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“Expert
When to advance…or turn the sway
…no thought of flight,
None of retreat, no unbecoming deed
That argued fear; each on himself relied” VI, 233-8
“Long time in even scale
The battle hung” 245-6
“Deep entering sheared
All his right side; then Satan fist knew pain” 326-7
“Cancelled from heaven and sacred memory…through infamy seeks fame: therefore eternal silence be their doom.” 379-85
— May 06, 2026 10:14AM
When to advance…or turn the sway
…no thought of flight,
None of retreat, no unbecoming deed
That argued fear; each on himself relied” VI, 233-8
“Long time in even scale
The battle hung” 245-6
“Deep entering sheared
All his right side; then Satan fist knew pain” 326-7
“Cancelled from heaven and sacred memory…through infamy seeks fame: therefore eternal silence be their doom.” 379-85
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Kelly
is on page 149 of 317
“Pursuing drive them out from God and bliss,
Into their place of punishment, the gulf
Of Tartarus…” VI, 52-4
“…their bright legions, to the sound
Of instrumental harmony that breathed
Heroic ardour to adventurous deeds
Under their godlike leaders, in the cause
Of God and his Messiah.” 64-8
“Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled” 181
“…ruinous assault
And inextinguishable rage” 216-7
— May 05, 2026 04:46PM
Into their place of punishment, the gulf
Of Tartarus…” VI, 52-4
“…their bright legions, to the sound
Of instrumental harmony that breathed
Heroic ardour to adventurous deeds
Under their godlike leaders, in the cause
Of God and his Messiah.” 64-8
“Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled” 181
“…ruinous assault
And inextinguishable rage” 216-7
Kelly
is on page 142 of 317
“…yet fraught
With envy against the Son of God, that day
Honoured by his great father, and proclaimed
Messiah king anointed, could not bear
Through pride that sight…” V, 661-5
“Drew after him the third part of heaven’s host” 710
“…and teach us to cast off this yoke?” 786
“Flatly unjust, to bind with laws the free” 819
“Cease then this impious rage…
While pardon may be found” 845-9
— May 04, 2026 08:56AM
With envy against the Son of God, that day
Honoured by his great father, and proclaimed
Messiah king anointed, could not bear
Through pride that sight…” V, 661-5
“Drew after him the third part of heaven’s host” 710
“…and teach us to cast off this yoke?” 786
“Flatly unjust, to bind with laws the free” 819
“Cease then this impious rage…
While pardon may be found” 845-9
Kelly
is on page 133 of 317
“…but in those hearts
Love unlibidinous reigned, nor jealousy
Was understood, the injured lover’s hell.” V, 448-50
“…whence the soul
Reason receives, and reason is her being,
Discursive, or intuitive; discourse
Is oftest yours” 486-9
“In contemplation of created things
By steps we may ascend to God” 511-12
“…ordained thy will
By nature free, not overruled by fate
Inextricable…” 526-8
— May 02, 2026 03:52PM
Love unlibidinous reigned, nor jealousy
Was understood, the injured lover’s hell.” V, 448-50
“…whence the soul
Reason receives, and reason is her being,
Discursive, or intuitive; discourse
Is oftest yours” 486-9
“In contemplation of created things
By steps we may ascend to God” 511-12
“…ordained thy will
By nature free, not overruled by fate
Inextricable…” 526-8
Kelly
is on page 127 of 317
“Them thus employed beheld
With pity heaven’s high king…” V, 219-20
“Happiness in his power left free to will,
Left to his own free will, his will though free,
Yet mutable; whence warn him to beware
He swerve not too secure…
By violence no, for that shall be withstood,
But by deceit and lies; this let him know,
Lest wilfully transgressing he pretend
Surprised, unadmonished, unforewarned.” 235-45
— May 01, 2026 02:33PM
With pity heaven’s high king…” V, 219-20
“Happiness in his power left free to will,
Left to his own free will, his will though free,
Yet mutable; whence warn him to beware
He swerve not too secure…
By violence no, for that shall be withstood,
But by deceit and lies; this let him know,
Lest wilfully transgressing he pretend
Surprised, unadmonished, unforewarned.” 235-45
Kelly
is on page 121 of 317
“…for his sleep
was airy light from pure digestion bred.” V, 3-4
“And why not gods of men, since good, the more
Communicated, more abundant grows” 71-2
“This uncouth dream, of evil sprung I fear;
Yet evil whence?” 98-9
“…the five senses represent,
She forms imaginations..
Which reason joining or disjoining, frames
All what we affirm or what deny” 104-7
“To us invisible, or dimly seen” 157
— Apr 30, 2026 04:19PM
was airy light from pure digestion bred.” V, 3-4
“And why not gods of men, since good, the more
Communicated, more abundant grows” 71-2
“This uncouth dream, of evil sprung I fear;
Yet evil whence?” 98-9
“…the five senses represent,
She forms imaginations..
Which reason joining or disjoining, frames
All what we affirm or what deny” 104-7
“To us invisible, or dimly seen” 157
Kelly
is on page 115 of 317
“Virtue…saw, and pined
His loss; but chiefly to find here observed
His lustre visibly impaired” IV, 848-50
“Wherefore with thee
Came not all hell broke loose?…Courageous chief
The first in flight from pain” 917-21
“And thou sly hypocrite, who now wouldst seem
Patron of liberty, who…servilely adored
Heaven’s awful monarch? Wherefore but in hope
To dispossess him, and thy self to reign?” 957-61
— Apr 16, 2026 09:27AM
His loss; but chiefly to find here observed
His lustre visibly impaired” IV, 848-50
“Wherefore with thee
Came not all hell broke loose?…Courageous chief
The first in flight from pain” 917-21
“And thou sly hypocrite, who now wouldst seem
Patron of liberty, who…servilely adored
Heaven’s awful monarch? Wherefore but in hope
To dispossess him, and thy self to reign?” 957-61
Kelly
is on page 108 of 317
“Silence was pleased: now glowed the firmament
With living sapphires…
And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw” IV, 604-10
“Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed, which declares his dignity” 618-9
“Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen” 677-8
“Blest pair; and O yet happiest if ye seek
No happier state, and know to know no more” 774-5
— Apr 07, 2026 04:04PM
With living sapphires…
And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw” IV, 604-10
“Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed, which declares his dignity” 618-9
“Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen” 677-8
“Blest pair; and O yet happiest if ye seek
No happier state, and know to know no more” 774-5
Kelly
is on page 102 of 317
“Thank him who puts me loath to this revenge
On you who wrong me not for him who wronged.” IV, 386-7
“…shall enjoy their fill
Of bliss on bliss, while I to hell am thrust” 507-8
“By ignorance is that their happy state…
To keep them low whom knowledge might exalt
Equal with gods…” 519-26
“Uriel, gliding through the even
On a sunbeam, swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night” 555-7
— Apr 06, 2026 03:04PM
On you who wrong me not for him who wronged.” IV, 386-7
“…shall enjoy their fill
Of bliss on bliss, while I to hell am thrust” 507-8
“By ignorance is that their happy state…
To keep them low whom knowledge might exalt
Equal with gods…” 519-26
“Uriel, gliding through the even
On a sunbeam, swift as a shooting star
In autumn thwarts the night” 555-7
Kelly
is on page 96 of 317
“this first grand thief into God’s fold:
So since into his church lewd hirelings climb.” IV, 192-3
“Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill.” 222
“So passed they naked on, nor shunned the sight
Of God or angel, for they thought no ill” 319-20
“…the unwieldy elephant
To make them mirth used all his might, and wreathed
His lithe proboscis…” 345-7
— Apr 03, 2026 08:24PM
So since into his church lewd hirelings climb.” IV, 192-3
“Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill.” 222
“So passed they naked on, nor shunned the sight
Of God or angel, for they thought no ill” 319-20
“…the unwieldy elephant
To make them mirth used all his might, and wreathed
His lithe proboscis…” 345-7
Kelly
is on page 90 of 317
“and from the bottom stir
The hell within him, for within him hell
He brings, and round about him, not from hell
One step no more than from himself can fly
By change of place.” IV, 19-23
“his new delight,
Mankind created, and for him this world.
So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,
Farewell remorse; all good to me is lost;
Evil be thou my good” 106-110
“Shade above shade, a woody theatre” 141
— Apr 02, 2026 04:07PM
The hell within him, for within him hell
He brings, and round about him, not from hell
One step no more than from himself can fly
By change of place.” IV, 19-23
“his new delight,
Mankind created, and for him this world.
So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,
Farewell remorse; all good to me is lost;
Evil be thou my good” 106-110
“Shade above shade, a woody theatre” 141
