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...pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare* Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, > Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words,...

...embracing them, besought His peace." Mark also Satan's attempt to address the legions of Hell:— " Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn,...Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way." Comment upon this fine passage would be superfluous, and I shall say no more. FIFTH SPEAKER. — I...