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...war in heaven, and battle proud, With vain attempt. Him the Almighty power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion,...In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms."— Book First. Now, when it is remembered that there is not a single verse...

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...the rout of the celestial rebels. -' Him th' Almighty power Hurled headlong flaming from th' etherial sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...adamantine chains, and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms.' — I. 44. ' There the companions of his fall, o'erwhelmed With floods and...

...the rout of the celestial rebels. ' Him th' Almighty power Hurled headlong flaming from th' etherial sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless...adamantine chains, and penal fire, Who durst defy th' Omnipotent to arms.'—I. 44. * There the companions of his fall, o'erwhelmed With floods and whirlwinds...

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