Boot( II. PkRADISE LOST. 43 More tolerable; if there be cure or charm 460 To refpite or deceive, or flack the pain Of this ill manfion. Intermit no watch Againft a wakeful foe, while I abroad Through all the coafts of dark deftruEtion feek Deliverance for us all : this enterprize 465 None than partake with me.--,Thus laying role The Monarch, and prevented all reply ; Prudent, lett from his refolution rais'd Others among the chief might offer now (Certain to be refus'd) what era they fear'd 3 470 And fo refus'd might in opinion nand His rivals, winning cheap the high repute Which he through hazard huge mutt earn. But they Dreaded not more th' adventure than his voice Forbidding ; and at oncewith him they role : 475 Their .riling all at once was as thelound Of thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone; and as a God Extol him equal to the higheft in heav'n : Nor fail'd they to exprefs how much they prais'd, 480 That for the general fafety he defpis'd His own :'(for neither do the spirits damn'd Lofe all their virtue ; left bad men should boat' Their Ipecious deeds on earth, which glory excites ; Or dole ambition varnifli'd o'er with zeal.) 485 Thus they their doubtful confultations dark Ended, rejoicing in their matchleis Chief : As when from mountain tops the &ay clouds Atcending, while the north-wind fleeps, o'er-fpread Heav'n's chearful face, the lowring element 490 Scowls o'er the darken'd landlcape thJw, or flower If chance the radiant fun with farewel tweet Extend his ev'ning belhh, the fields revive, The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds - Audi
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