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Shot through with orient Beams: when all the Plain [ 15 ]
Chariots and flaming Armes, and fierie Steeds
Obsequious darkness enters, till her houre [ 10 ]
Messiah, who by right of merit Reigns.
Against revolted multitudes the Cause
They led him high applauded, and present
Within the Mount of God, fast by his Throne, [ 5 ]
Re九-九-藏-书-网flecting blaze on blaze, first met his view:
Grateful vicissitude, like Day and Night;
Through Heavns wide Champain held his way, till Morn,
By force, who reason for thir Law refuse,
Of Truth, in word mightier then they in Armes;
Returnd not lost: On to the sacred hill [ 25 ]
Back on thy foes more glorious to
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Lodge and dislodge by turns, which makes through Heavn
ALL night the dreadless Angel unpursud
The better fight, who single hast maintaind [ 30 ]
Such as in highest Heavn, arrayd in Gold
Seem twilight here; and now went forth the Morn
Unbarrd the gates of Light. Ther
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Coverd with thick embatteld Squadrons bright,
With joy and acclamations loud, that one
Light issues forth, and at the other dore
Empyreal, from before her vanisht Night,
Before the seat supream; from whence a voice
Remains thee, aided by this host of friends,
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And for the testimonie of Truth hast born
Right reason for thir Law, and for thir King
To veile the Heavn, though darkness there might well
That of so many Myriads falln, yet one
From midst a Golden Cloud thus milde was heard.
Where light and darkness in perpetual round
Among those friendly Powe九*九*藏*书*网rs who him receavd
Judgd thee perverse: the easier conquest now
Warr he perceavd, warr in procinct, and found
To stand approvd in sight of God, though Worlds
Then scornd thou didst depart, and to subdue [ 40 ]
Already known what he for news had thought [ 20 ]
Wakt by the circling Hours, with rosie hand
To have reported: gladly then he mixt