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ate, which far
Outsh of Ormus and of Ind,
Or hand
Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl and Gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit raisd [ 5 ]
to t bad eminence; and from despair
ted beyond hope, aspires
Beyond tiate to pursue
Vain arr aught
ions thus displaid. [ 10 ]
Poies of heavn,
For since no deep hin her gulf can hold
Immortal vigor, t and falln,
I give not . From t
Celestial vertues rising, will appear [ 15 ]
More glorious and more dread then from no fall,
And trust to fear no second fate:
Mee t rig Laws of heavn
Did first create your Leader, next free choice,
it besides, in Counsel or in Fight, [ 20 ]
, yet this loss
t least recoverd, h much more
Establishrone
Yielded . tate
In y, might draw [ 25 ]
Envy from eac who here
ill envy w place exposes
Formost to stand against thunderers aim
Your bulo greatest share
Of endless pain? when no good [ 30 ]
For rive, no strife can grohere
From Faction; for none sure will claim in hell
Precedence, none, wion is so small
Of present pain, t ious mind
ill covet more. itage then [ 35 ]
to union, and firm Faith, and firm accord,
More turn
to claim our just inance of old,
Surer to prosper ty
Could best way, [ 40 ]