第6章 Paradise Lost(2 / 3)

if

he

whom

mutual

league,

United

thoughts

and

counsels,equal

hope

And

hazard

in

the

glorious

enterprise,

Joined

with

me

once,now

misery

hath

joined

In

equal

ruin;into

what

pit

thou

seest

From

what

height

fallen,so

much

the

stronger

proved

He

with

his

thunder:

and

till

then

who

knew

The

force

of

those

dire

arms?

Yet

not

for

those,

Nor

what

the

potent

Victor

in

his

rage

Can

else

inflict,do

I

repent

or

change,

Though

changed

in

outward

luster,that

fixed

mind

And

high

disdain,from

sense

of

injured

merit,

That

with

the

Mightiest

raised

me

to

contend,

And

to

the

fierce

contention

brought

along

Innumerable

force

of

spirits

armed,

That

durst

dislike

his

reign,and

me

preferring,

His

utmost

power

with

adverse

power

opposed

In

dubious

battle

on

the

plains

of

Heaven,

And

shook

his

throne.

What

though

tile

field

be

lost?

All

is

not

lost:

the

unconquerable

will,

And

study

of

revenge,immortal

hate,

And

courage

never

to

submit

or

yield:

And

what

is

else

not

to

be

overcome?

That

glory

never

shall

his

wrath

or

might

Extort

from

me.

To

bow

and

sue

for

grace

With

suppliant

knee,and

deify

his

power

Who

from

the

terror

of

this

arm

so

late

Doubted

his

empire

that

were

low

indeed;

That

were

an

ignominy

and

shame

beneath

This

downfall;since

by

fate

the

strength

of

gods

And

this

empyreal

substance

cannot

fail;

Since,through

experience

of

this

great

event,

In

arms

not

worse,in

foresight

much

advanced,

We

may

with

more

successful

hope

resolve

To

wage

by

force

or

guile

eternal

war,

Irreconcilable

to

our

grand

Foe,

Who

now

triumphs,and

in

th’

excess

of