SeewithwhatheattheseDogsofHelladvance

    TowasteandhavoderWorld,whichI

    Soodcreated,andhadstill

    KeptinthatState,hadnotthefollyofMan

    LetinthesewastfulFuries,whoimpute[620]

    Follytomee,sodoththePrinceofHell

    AndhisAdherents,thatwithsomuchease

    Isufferthemtoenterandpossess

    Aplacesoheavnly,andivingseem

    TogratifiemysfulEnemies,[625]

    Thatlaugh,asiftransportedwithsomefit

    OfPassion,Itothemhadquittedall,

    Atrandomyieldeduptotheirmisrule;

    AndknownotthatIcalldahemthither

    MyHell-hounds,tolickupthedraffandfilth[630]

    WhispollutingSinwithtainthathshed

    Onwhature,tillcrammdandgd,nighburst

    Withsudgluttedoffal,atonesling

    OfthyvictoriousArm,well-pleasingSon,

    BothSin,ah,andyawningGraveatlast[635]

    ThroughChaoshurld,obstructthemouthofHell

    Forever,andsealuphisravenousJawes.

    ThenHeavhrenewdshallbemadepure

    Tosanctitiethatshallreceivenostaine:

    TillthentheCursepronounbothprecedes.[640]

    Heended,andtheHeavnlyAudienceloud

    SungHalleluia,asthesoundofSeas,

    Throughmultitudethatsung:Justarethyways,

    RighteousarethyDecreesonallthyWorks;

    Whoextehee?otheSon,[645]

    DestiorerofMankind,bywhom

    NewHeavhshalltotheAgesrise,

    OrdownfromHeavndesd.Suchwasthirsong,

    WhiletheCreatorcallingforthbyname

    HismightieAngelsgavethemseveralcharge,[650]

    Assortedbestwithpresentthings.TheSun

    Hadfir