radition they dispersd
Among t,
And Fabld , whey calld [ 580 ]
Ophe wide-
Encroac the rule
Of urn drivn
And Ops, ere yet Dict?an Jove was born.
Mean whe hellish pair [ 585 ]
too soon arrivd, Sin there in power before,
Once actual, noo dwell
ual ant; beh
Close follo mounted yet
On o whus began. [ 590 ]
Second of Satan sprung, all conquering Death,
t though earnd
itravail difficult, not better farr
til at o e ch,
Unnamd, undreaded, and tarvd? [ 595 ]
er answerd soon.
to mee, wernal Famin pine,
Alike is hell, or Paradise, or heaven,
t, ;
eous, all too little seems [ 600 ]
to stuff t unhide-bound Corps.
to hus replid.
ts, and Flours
Feed first, on eac next, and Fish, and Fowle,
No ever thing [ 605 ]
time mowes down, devour unspard,
till I in Man residing the Race,
s, ions all infect,
And season and sest prey.
took them several wayes, [ 610 ]
Boto destroy, or unimmortal make
All kinds, and for destruction to mature
Sooner or later; wie seeing,
From ranscendent Seat ts among,
to t Orders utterd thus his voice. [ 615 ]