No sooner did thy dear and onely Son

Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of Night

From Chaos and th inroad of Darkness old,

Heavns everlasting Frame, while ore the necks [ 395 ]

Hail Son of God, Saviour of Men, thy Name

Forget, nor from thy Fathers praise disjoine. [ 415 ]

The luminous inferior Orbs, encloread.99csw.comsd [ 420 ]

Perceive thee purposd not to doom frail Man

Satan alighted walks: a Globe farr off

To execute fierce vengeance on his foes,

Shall be the copious matter of my Song

Starless exposd, and ever-threatning storms [ 425 ]

Here walkd the Fiend at large in spacious field. [ 430 ]

Thee onlyhttps://read.99csw.com extolld, Son of thy Fathers might,

Back from pursuit thy Powers with loud acclaime

So strictly, but much more to pitie encline:

By thee created, and by thee threw down

He to appease thy wrauth, and end the strife

Th Aspiring Dominations: thou that day

Thou drovst of warring Angels disarraid.

Nor stread.99csw.comop thy flaming Chariot wheels, that shook

Regardless of the Bliss wherein hee sat

Thy Fathers dreadful Thunder didst not spare,

Love no where to be found less then Divine!

It seemd, now seems a boundless Continent

So strictly, but much more to pitie enclind, [ 405 ]

Father of Mercie and Grace, thou didst not d九九藏書oome

Second to thee, offerd himself to die

Save on that side which from the wall of Heavn

Mean while upon the firm opacous Globe

Thus they in Heavn, above the starry Sphear,

Of Chaos blustring round, inclement skie;

Not so on Man; him through their malice falln, [ 400 ]

For mans offence. O unexampld love, [ 410 ]

Thoughｒｅａd•9９ｃｓw•coｍ distant farr some small reflection gaines

Thir happie hours in joy and hymning spent.

Of Mercy and Justice in thy face discernd,

Hee Heavn of Heavens and all the Powers therein [ 390 ]

Of glimmering air less vext with tempest loud:

Of this round World, whose first convex divides

Henceforth, and never shall my Harp thy praise