【】ofttheyassayed,</p>
hungerandthirstnstraining;druggedasoft,</p>
hhatefullestdisrelishhedtheirjaws,</p>
hsootanddersfilled;soofttheyfell</p>
intothesaillusion,notasn</p>
theytriuhedoncelapsed.thushey</p>
plagued</p>
andine,longandceaselesshiss,</p>
tilltheirlostshape,pertted,theyresud;</p>
yearlyenjoined,sosay,toundergo,</p>
thisannualhuliainnuereddays,</p>
paradiselost</p>
301of374</p>
todashtheirpride,andjoy,fornseduced.</p>
hoetraditiontheydispersed</p>
ahen,oftheirpurchasegot,</p>
andfabledhotheycalled</p>
ophiohewide</p>
encroageveperhaps,hadfirsttherule</p>
ofhigholyus;thencebysatudriven</p>
andops,ereyetdictaeanjovewasbo.</p>
anhehellishpair</p>
toosoonarrived;sin,thereinpowerbefore,</p>
oual;noodwell</p>
habitualhabitant;behindherdeath,</p>
closefolloou</p>
onhispalehorse:tosinthusbegan.</p>
sendofsatansprung,allnquerih</p>
pirenohougheaed</p>
htraveldifficult,erfar</p>
thanstillathellsdarkthresholdtohavesatch,</p>
unnad,undreaded,andthyselfhalfstarved</p>
thusthesinbonsteransweredsoon.</p>
to,inepine,</p>
alikeishell,orparadise,orheaven;</p>
therebest,ostayet;</p>
s</p>
tostuffthishisvastunhideboundrps.</p>
totheihusreplied.</p>
thouthereforeontheseherbs,andfruits,andflowers,</p>
feedfirst;oneachbeast,andfish,andfowl;</p>
noholyrselsahing</p>
paradiselost</p>
302of374</p>
thesitheoftiwsdown,devourunspared;</p>
tilli,innresiding,throughtherace,</p>
histhoughts,hislooks,ions,alli;</p>
andseasonhihylastaprey.</p>
thissaid,theybothbetooktheeveralways,</p>
bothtodestroy,oruniortalke</p>
allkinds,andfordestruature</p>
soonerorlater;ightyseeing,</p>
froistransdehesaintsang,</p>
tothhtordersutteredthushisvoice.</p>
see,hheatthesedogsofhelladvance</p>
toeandhavoderhi</p>
soodcreated;andhadstill</p>
keptinthatstate,hadnotthefollyofn</p>
letinthesepute</p>
follyto;sodoththeprinceofhell</p>
andhisadherents,thatuchease</p>
isuffertheoenterandpossess</p>
apla</p>
togratifysfulenees,</p>
thatlaugh,asif,transportedefit</p>
ofpassion,itotheadquittedall,</p>
atrandoieldeduptotheirsrule;</p>
andknothither,</p>
hellhounds,tolickupthedraffandfilth</p>
anspollutingsinhtainthathshed</p>
ondandged,nighburst</p>
hsuckedandgluttedoffal,atonesling</p>
ofthyvi,wellpleasingson,</p>
paradiselost</p>
303of374</p>
bothsin,ah,andyalast,</p>
throughouthofhell</p>
forever,andsealuphisravenousjaws.</p>
thenheavehreneadepure</p>
tosanctity,thatshallreceivenostain:</p>
tillthen,thecursepronounbothprecedes.</p>