...Heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the torturer ; hem breath, but higher sung, Blind Melesigenes, thence Homer call'd, Whose poem Phcebus challeng'd Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments. But perhaps The way seems...

...heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer ; when to meet the noise Of His almighty engine he shall...equal rage Among his angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments. But perhaps, The way seems...

...Heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer ; when to meet the noise Of His almighty engine He shall...equal rage Among His angels ; and His Throne itself Mixed with Tartarean sulphur and strange fire, His own invented torments. But perhaps The way seems...

...Heaven's high towers to foree resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer ; when to meet the noise Of His almighty engine He shall...equal rage Among His angels ; and His Throne itself Mixed with Tartarean sulphur and strange fire, His own invented torments. But perhaps The way seems...

...into horrid arms Against the Torturer ; when to meet the noise Of his infernal engine he shall hear 65 Infernal thunder, and for lightning see Black fire...equal rage Among his angels, and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments. But perhaps 70 The way seems...

...into horrid arms Against the torturer; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear & Infernal thunder, and for lightning see Black fire...equal rage Among his angels; and his throne itself " sit contriving] See Milton's Prose Works, vol. ii. 380 ii. 24. ' But to sit contriving.' n Black...

...passage and "assnred ;"" prosper "and" prosfor the play on the words " surer " perity." See Spectator. Infernal thunder ; and, for lightning, see Black fire...equal rage Among his Angels ; and his throne itself 05 Mixed with Tartarean1 sulphur, and strange fire His own invented torments. But, perhaps, The way...

...audacious, and desperate. Such is that of arming themselves with tortures, and turning their punishments upon him who inflicted them : — ' No, let us rather...equal rage Among his angels; and his throne itself Mizt with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments — ' His preferring annihilation...

...them. -No, let us rather choose, Arm'd with hell flames and fury, all at once O'er heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into...preferring annihilation to shame or misery, is also highly suitable to his character, as the comfort he draws from their disturbing the peace of heaven,...

...heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the torturer; when, to meet the noise Of his almighty engine, he...equal rage Among his angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments. But, perhaps, The way seems...