If he opposd; and with ambitious aim
Against the Throne and Monarchy of God
Raisd impious War in Heavn and Battel proud
With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power
Hurld headlong flaming from th Ethereal Skie [ 45 ]
With hideous ruine and bustion down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
In Adamantine s and penal Fire,
Who durst defie th Omnipotent to Arms.
imes the Space that measures Day and Night [ 50 ]
To mortal meh his horrid crew
Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe
fouhough immortal: But his doom
Reservd him to more wrath; for now the thought
Both of lost happiness and lasting pain [ 55 ]
Torments him; rouhrows his baleful eyes
That witnessd huge affli and dismay
Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:
At once as far as Angels kenn he views
The dismal Situation waste and wilde, [ 60 ]
A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round
As one great Furnace flamd, yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible
Servd oo dischts of woe,
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace [ 65 ]
A ever dwell, hope never es
That es to all; but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed
With ever-burning Sulphur und:
Such place Eternal Justice had prepard [ 70 ]
For those rebellious, here thir Prison ordaind
In utter darkness, and thir portio
As far removd from God and light of Heavn
As from the ter thrice to th utmost Pole.
O how uhe place from whehey fell! [ 75 ]
There the panions of his fall, orewhelmd
With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire,
He soon diss, aring by his side
O himself in power, a in crime,