LIVRE TROISIEME

ARGUMENT

Un, n^esnt sur son trône, voit Satan qui vole vers ce ■Qiide BoordleineDt créé. Il le montre à son Fils assis itt droite. Il prédit le succès de Satan , qui pervertira

BitMw at tast the sacred inflaence Of li^ appears , and from the waOs of Heaven Shoots Ev tnto the bosom of dim Night i ^aÊnenB% dawn : hère Nature first begins Hcr brthest verge , and Chaos to retire islrombaroiitaiofilworks, abroken foe^ Tilh tmmlt less and with less hostile din ; TVit Satan , with less toO , and now with ease, WiAs OD the calmer wave by dnbîoas light ; Aad , fike a wettber-beaten vessel , holds Gbdl; the port , tbongh shrouds and tackle tom; (^ Il Ihe enplier waste, resembUng air, Waghs lus apread wings , at leisure to behold F« qII tti' empyreal Heaven , extended wide Il ôtait , nndetermin'd square or round , With opal towers and battlements adorn*d <N'KTiiig capplûre , once his native seat ; iid laat by , han^ng in a golden chain , Thii pendent world, in bigness as a star Of anaUeit magnitude close by the moon. ÎUther, foU fraught with mischievous revenge t Aecnn'd, aod in a cnrsed hoor, he hies.