tzan menyany of wing.
June summat over Ever to receive
Thar names of thee, set over mazy a tract
If harrer they maret & and many a province wide,
Vert of this serene.
Fen the bezon the north appear'd
From som uskrs & fiery region, stretch'd
21 za us aspern, and nearer view
Basel w right beams innumerable
of ripit speses, mud helmets throng'd, and shields
Tous wit bons mens portray'd,
The Nanded powers of Satat basting on
fus expedition for they ween'd
Tusc sa-same asy, by fight or by surprise,
Tr win the mood, and on his throne
Ti ses the errier of his state, the proud
Aspirer: but their thoughts proved fond and vain
In the mid way. Though strange to us it seem'd
At first, that angel should with angel war,
And it fierce hosting meet, who want to meet
Se oft in festivals of joy and love
Unanimons, as sons of one great Sire,
Hymzing the Evermal Father: but the shout
Of hazel zrw began, and rushing sound
Of set ended soon each miller thought.
High in the mist, exalted as a god.
The spostate in his sun-bright chariot sat,
15% of majesty divine, enclosed
With flaming cherubim and golden shields;
Then lighted from his gorgeous throne, for now
Twixt host and host but narrow space was left.
A dreadful interval; and front to front
Presented stood in terrible array
Of hideous length. Before the cloudy van,
On the rough edge of battel ere it join'd,
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,
Came towering, arm'd in adamant and gold.
Milton has raised the image in proportion to his subject. See an "Essay upon Milton's Imitations of the Ancients," p. 9. NEWTON.
To the north appeared a fiery region, and nearer to the view appeared the banded powers of Satan. It appeared a fiery region indistinctly at first, but upon nearer view it proved to
be Satan's rebel army. -NEWTON.
This image is amazingly picturesque and magnificent.