In with the River sunk, and with it rose

That kept thir watch; thence full of anguish drivn,

Of Gabriel out of Eden, now improvd

Into a Gulf shot under ground, till part

Mæotis, up beyond the River Ob;

Considerd every Creature, which of all

He circld, four times crossd the Carr of Ni九*九*藏*書ght [ 65 ]

On mans destruction, maugre what might hap

Twilight upon the Earth, short Arbiter [ 50 ]

Rose up a Fountain by the Tree of Life;

Ganges and Indus: thus the Orb he roamd

Where Tigris at the foot of Paradise

On the eighth returnd, and on the Coast averse

By Night hｈｔｔpｓ://rｅad.99csｗ.cｏｍe fled, and at Midnight returnd.

From entrance or Cherubic Watch, by stealth

West from Orontes to the Ocean barrd [ 80 ]

Of heavier on himself, fearless returnd.

With narrow search; and with inspection deep

Now not, though Sin, not Time, first wraught the change, [ 70 ]

Sread.99csw.comince Uriel Regent of the Sun descrid [ 60 ]

Downward as farr Antartic; and in length

At Darien, thence to the Land where flowes

With darkness, thrice the Equinoctial Line

His entrance, and forewarnd the Cherubim

From Pole to Pole, traversing each Colure;

From compassing the Earth,ｈtｔｐs://ｒead•９９cｓｗ.coｍ cautious of day,

When Satan who late fled before the threats

The Sun was sunk, and after him the Starr

The Serpent suttlest Beast of all the Field.

Found unsuspected way. There was a place,

The space of seven continud Nights he rode

Where to lie hid; Sea he had searcht and Land

In meditateread.99csw.comd fraud and malice, bent [ 55 ]

Satan involvd in rising Mist, then sought [ 75 ]

Nights Hemisphere had veild the Horizon round:

Twixt Day and Night, and now from end to end

From Eden over Pontus, and the Poole

Of Hesperus, whose Office is to bring

Most opportune might serve his Wiles, and found [ 85 ]