And reassembling our afflicted Powers,

Our labour must be to pervert that end,

Prone on the Flood, extended long and large [ 195 ]

Consult how we may henceforth most offend

But see the angry Victor hath recalld

But ever to do ill our sole delight, [ 160 ]

Shot after us in storm, oreblown hath lairead.9９cｓｗ•cｏｍd

Or satiate fury yield it from our Foe.

From off the tossing of these fiery waves,

Wingd with red Lightning and impetuous rage, [ 175 ]

How overcome this dire Calamity,

Perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now

Seest thou yon dreary Plain, forlorn and wilde, [ 180 ]

If not hｔtps://ｒｅad•９9ｃｓw•comwhat resolution from despare.

Our Enemy, our own loss how repair,

What reinforcement we may gain from Hope, [ 190 ]

And out of good still to find means of evil; [ 165 ]

To do ought good never will be our task,

Which oft times may succeed, so as perhaps

The fiery Surge, that from the Prhttps://read.99csw.comecipice

Out of our evil seek to bring forth good,

Back to the Gates of Heavn: The Sulphurous Hail

His Ministers of vengeance and pursuit [ 170 ]

His inmost counsels from thir destind aim.

Let us not slip th occasion, whether scorn,

Thus Satan talking to his neerest Mate

That sparkling blazd, hiｒｅaｄ•99csw•ｃoｍs other Parts besides

As whom the Fables name of monstrous size,

There rest, if any rest can harbour there, [ 185 ]

Casts pale and dreadful? Thither let us tend

Falln Cherube, to be weak is miserable

Whom we resist. If then his Providence

Shall grieve him, if I fail not, and disturb

To bellow through the vast九-九-藏-書 and boundless Deep.

As being the contrary to his high will

Save what the glimmering of these livid flames

Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge

With Head up-lift above the wave, and Eyes

The seat of desolation, voyd of light,

Of Heavn receivd us falling, and the Thunder,

Doing or Suffering: but of this be sure,