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But thee, whom follow? thou wilt bring me soon
And towards the Gate rouling her bestial train,
Death ready stands to interpose his dart,
And by command of Heavns all-powerful King
Here in perpetual agonie and pain,
Th infernal dores, and on thir hinges grate
With terrors and with clamors 九九藏书compasst round
Exceld her power; the Gates wide opn stood,
Forthwith the huge Porcullis high up drew,
The Gods who live at ease, where I shall Reign
Of Erebus. She opnd, but to shut
Sad instrument of all our woe, she took;
Under spread Ensigns marching might pass through
Cast forth 99lib.netredounding smoak and ruddy flame.
My being gavst me; whom should I obey [ 865 ]
Into this gloom of Tartarus profound,
Th intricate wards, and every Bolt and Bar
Could once have movd; then in the key-hole turns
Inhabitant of Heavn, and heavnlie-born, [ 860 ]
These Adamantine Gates;
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Of massie Iron or sollid Rock with ease
Thus saying, from her side the fatal Key,
Thy daughter and thy darling, without end. [ 870 ]
Fearless to be ormatcht by living might. [ 855 ]
The key of this infernal Pit by due, [ 850 ]
At thy right hand voluptuous, as beseems
藏书网Which but her self not all the Stygian powers [ 875 ]
Thou art my Father, thou my Author, thou
So wide they stood, and like a Furnace mouth
To sit in hateful Office here confind,
But what ow I to his commands above
I keep, by him forbidden to unlock
With impetuous recoile and jarring sound [ 880
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]That with extended wings a Bannerd Host [ 885 ]
Unfastns: on a sudden opn flie
With Horse and Chariots rankt in loose array;
Of mine own brood, that on my bowels feed:
Harsh Thunder, that the lowest bottom shook
Who hates me, and hath hither thrust me down
To that new world of light and bliss, among