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P A R A D IS E L O S T LIBRO II
B O O K II
En alto y regio trono que con mucho
T H F . A R G U M E N T
Deslumbra la riqueza de la India
O el Oriente gozoso que. opulento.
The consultation begun. Satan debates whether another battle
be to be hazarded for ¡he recovery of Heaven: same advise it. A sus bárbaros reyes da oro y perlas.
Se sienta por sus méritos Satán
others dissuade. .-1 third propasa/ is preferred, mentioned En maligna eminencia. De su ruina.
befare by Salan, ta search ¡he truth oí that praphecy or
Levantado tan alto sin soñarlo.
traditian in Heaven concern i ng another world. and another
king oí creature. equaí or notnwch inferior, to themselves, Aspira, no saciado, proseguir
Guerra inútil con Dios. No escarmentando
about this time to be created. Their dottbt who shall be sent on
this dit)icnlt search: Salan, their chlef undertak.es alone the Y su altivo soñar despliega así:
“Poderes y dominios de los Cielos.
voyage: is honoured and applauded. The council thus ended.
the rest betake ¡heñí severa/ ways and to severa! employments, Pues ya que no hay abismo que retenga
El inmortal vigor aunque caído.
as their inclinations tead them. to entertain the time lili Satan
No renuncio a los cielos. De este lapso
retum. He passes on his journey to Hell-gates: 1'tnds them shut,
and who sat títere to guard them: by whom at length they are
opened. and discover to him the great gulf between IleU and
Heaven: with wi dificulte he passes through directed by Chaos,
the Power of that place, to the sight oí this new World which
he sought.
HIGH on a throne of royal statc. which lar
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind.
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Showers on her kings barbarie pearl and gold.
Satan exalted sat. by merit raised
To that bad cminence;and. from despair
Thus high uplifted beyond hope. aspires
Beyond thus high. insatiate to pursue
Vain war with Heaven: and. by success untaught.
His proud imaginations thus displayed:- 10
'Powers and Dominions. Deities of Heaven!-
For, since no deep within her gulf can hold
Inmortal vigour. though oppressed and fall’n,
I give not Heaven for lost: from this descent