BOOK 1116 PARADISE LOST. (Wider by far than that of after-times Over mount Sion, and, though that were large, 53o Over the Promis'd Land to God fa dear, By which to vifit oft thofe happy tribes, On high behefis his Angels to and fro Pafs'd frequent, and his eye with choice regard, From Paneas the fount of Jordan's flood 535 To Beerfaba, where the Holy Land Borders on !Egypt and th' Arabian (bore) So wide the opening feem'd, where bounds were let To darknefs, fuch as bound the ocean wave. Satan from hence now on the lower flair 54° That fcal'd by Reps of gold to heaven-gate, Looks down with wonder at the fudden view Of all this world at once. As when a fcout Thro' dark and defart ways with peril gone All night, at WI by break of chearful dawn 545 Obtains the brow of fome high-climbing hill, Which to his eye difcovers unaware The goodly profpea of fome foreign land Firtt feen, or fome renown'd metropolis With glittering fpires and pinnacles adorn'd, 550 Which now the riling fun gilds with his beams : Such wonder feiz'd, though after heav'n feen, The fpirit malign ; but much more envy feis'd At fight of all this world beheld fo fair. Round he furveys (and well might, where he flood 555 So high above the circling canopy Of night's extended (bade) from eaflern point Of Libra, to the fleecy fur that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic teas Beyond th' Horizon : then from Pole to Pole 56o He views in breadth ; and without longer panic Down right into the world's flat region throws His flight precipitant, and winds with cafe Through 79
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