32 PARADISE LOST; Boole Th Becam'ft inamor'd, nd fuch joy thou tooleft 765 With we in tecret, that my womb conceiv'd A growing burthen. Mitan while war arofe, And fields were fo!Ight in heav'n; wherein remain'd (Fur what could elt0 to our Almighty foe Clear wetory ; to our part lois and rout, 770 Through all the empyrean, down they fell Driv'n headlong from the pitch of heaven, down Into this Deep; and in the gen'ral fall alfo : at which time this powerfull key Into my hand was giv'n, with charge to keep 775 Th4e gates for ever Phut, which none can pafs Without my op'ning. Penfive here I fat Alone, but long 1 fat not, till my womb Pregnant by thee, and now exceflive grown, Procdgious motion felt, and rueful throes : 780 At 'all this odious offspring whom thou feed, Thine own begotten, breaking violent way Tole through my intrails, that with fear and pain Dittorted, all my nether fhape thus grew Transforir'd : but he my inbred enemy 7$5 Forth ifiut], brandifhing his fatal dart, Mide to &Elroy': I fled, 'and cry'd out Death ! irembl'd at the hideous name, and figh'd Fr, 'm ail her caves, and back refounded, Death 1 tied, but he purfu'd (though more, it kerns,' 790 kflam'd with lull than rage) and twifter far-, Me overtook his mother, all difmay'd, And in embraces foecible and foul Ingendring with me, of that rape begot Thele yelling monflers ; that with ceatelefs cry 765 urioutid me, as thou lawft, hourly conceiv'd And hourly born, with furrow infinite To me, for when they lift into the womb That bred them they return, and howl and gnaw My
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