MILT ON's PARADISE LOST: I N T W E L V E BOOKS. B 0 0 K II. HIGH on a throne of royal Rate, which far Outlhone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous eaft with richeft hand Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl and Gold, Satan exalted fat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence : and from defpair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, afpires Beyond thus high, infatiate to purfue Vain war with heav'n, and by fucceis untaught His proud imaginations thus difplay'd. Powers and Dominions, Deities of heav'n For fince no deep within her gulph can hold Immortal vigor, though opprefs'd and fall'n, I give not heav'n for loft® From this defcent Ccekflial S
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