With faultring speech and visage incomposd

Possesses lately, thither to arrive

To your behoof, if I that Region lost,

Your dungeon stretching far and wide beneath;

Answerd. I know thee, stranger, who thou art, [ 990 ]

Lies through your spacious Empire up to light,

So much the neerer danger; go and speed;

Mhttps://read.99csw.comade head against Heavns King, though overthrown.

Now lately Heaven and Earth, another World

(Which is my present journey) and once more [ 985 ]

From your Dominion won, th Ethereal King

That mighty leading Angel, who of late

Fled not in silence through the frighted deep

Weakning the Scehttps://read.99csw.compter of old Night: first Hell

Confusion worse confounded; and Heavn Gates

Hung ore my Realm, linkd in a golden Chain [ 1005 ]

Pourd out by millions her victorious Bands

I travel this profound, direct my course; [ 980 ]

That little which is left so to defend [ 1000 ]

Keep residence; if all I ca九-九-藏-書n will serve,

All usurpation thence expelld, reduce

Yours be th advantage all, mine the revenge.

Pursuing. I upon my Frontieres here

If that way be your walk, you have not farr;

And Spirits of this nethermost Abyss,

Confine with Heavn; or if som other place

To her original darkness and your sway

With purpose to exread.99csw.complore or to disturb

Directed no mean recompence it brings

With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, [ 995 ]

To that side Heavn from whence your Legions fell:

I saw and heard, for such a numerous Host

Thus Satan; and him thus the Anarch old

Erect the Standard there of ancient Night;

T whom Satan turning boldly, thus. Ye Powe九九藏書rs

Chaos and ancient Night, I come no Spy, [ 970 ]

Wandring this darksome Desart, as my way

What readiest path leads where your gloomie bounds

Alone, and without guide, half lost, I seek [ 975 ]

Encroacht on still through our intestine broiles

The secrets of your Realm, but by constraint

Havock and spoil and ruin are my gain.