So spake the fervent Angel, but his zeale
None seded, as out of season judgd, [ 850 ]
Or singular and rash, whereat rejoicd
Th Apostat, and more haughty thus replid.
That we were formd then saist thou? and the work
Of sedarie hands, by task transferd
From Father to his Son? strange point and new! [ 855 ]
Do which we would know whence learnt: who saw
When this creation was? rememberst thou
Thy making, while the Maker gave thee being?
We know no time when we were not as now;
Know none before us, self-begot, self-raisd [ 860 ]
By our own quig power, when fatal course
Had circld his full Orbe, the birth mature
Of this our native Heavhereal Sons.
Our puissance is our own, our ht hand
Shall teach us highest deeds, by proof to try [ 865 ]
Who is our equal: then thou shalt behold
Whether by supplicatioend
Address, and to begirt th Almighty Throne
Beseeg or besieging. This report,
These tidings carrie to th anointed King; [ 870 ]
And fly, ere evil intercept thy ……（内容加载失败！）
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