TheSunwassunk,andafterhimtheStarr

    OfHesperus,whoseOfficeist

    Twilightupoh,shortArbiter[50]

    TwixtDayandNight,andnowfromendtoend

    NightsHemispherehadveildtheHorizonround:

    WhenSatanwholatefledbeforethethreats

    OfGabrieloutofEden,nowimprovd

    Iatedfraudandmalice,bent[55]

    Onmaruaugrewhatmighthap

    Ofheavieronhimself,fearlessreturnd.

    ByNighthefled,andatMidnightreturnd.

    Frompassih,cautiousofday,

    SinceUrielRegentoftheSundescrid[60]

    HisentrandforewarndtheCherubim

    Thatkeptthirwatch;thencefullofanguishdrivn,

    ThespaceofseventinudNightsherode

    WithdarkhricetheEquinoctialLine

    Hecircld,fourtimescrossdtheCarrofNight[65]

    FromPoletoPole,traversingeachColure;

    Ohreturnd,andontheCoastaverse

    FromentranceorCherubicWatch,bystealth

    Foundunsuspectedway.Therelace,

    Nownot,thoughSin,notTime,firstwraughtthege,[70]

    WhereTigrisatthefootofParadise

    IntoaGulfshotunderground,tillpart

    RoseupaFountainbytheTreeofLife;

    InwiththeRiversunk,andwithitrose

    SataninvolvdinrisingMist,thensought[75]

    Wheretoliehid;SeahehadseardLand

    FromEdenoverPontus,andthePoole

    M?otis,upbeyondtheRiverOb;

    DownwardasfarrAntartidih

    WestfromOroheObarrd[80]

    AtDarieotheLandwhereflowes

    GangesandIndus:thustheOrbheroamd

    Withnarrowseardwithiiondeep

    siderdeveryCreature,whichofall

    Mostopportunemightser