t us bend all our ts, to learn

    creatures t, of w mould, [ 355 ]

    Or substance,  thir Power,

    And ed best,

    By force or suttlety: t,

    And rator sit secure

    In rengthis place may lye exposd [ 360 ]

    tmost border of

    to t: here perhaps

    Som advantagious act may be achievd

    By sudden onset, eith hell fire

    to e ion, or possess [ 365 ]

    All as our own, and drive as we were driven,

    tants, or if not drive,

    Seduce to our Party, t thir God

    May prove ting hand

    Abolishis would surpass [ 370 ]

    Common revenge, and interrupt his joy

    In our Confusion, and our Joy upraise

    In urbance; when his darling Sons

    o partake h us, shall curse

    thir frail Original, and faded bliss, [ 375 ]

    Faded so soon. Advise if th

    Attempting, or to sit in darkness here

    chus Beelzebub

    Pleaded  devisd

    By Satan, and in part proposd: for whence, [ 380 ]

    But from thor of all ill could Spring

    So deep a malice, to confound the race

    Of mankind in one root, and Earth hell

    to mingle and involve, done all to spite

    t Creatour? But te still serves [ 385 ]

    o augment. the bold design

    Pleasd ates, and joy

    Sparkld in all t

    te: w hus renews.