At least our envious Foe hath faild, who thought
All like himself rebellious, by whose aid [ 140 ]
This inaccessible high strength, the seat
Of Deitie supream, us dispossest,
He trusted to have seisd, and into fraud
Drew many, whom thir plaows here no more;
Yet farr the greater part have kept, I see, [ 145 ]
Thir station, Heav populous retaines
Number suffit to possess her Realmes
Though wide, and this high Temple to frequent
With Ministeries due and solemn Rites:
But least his heart exalt him in the harme [ 150 ]
Already doo have dispeopld Heavn
My damage fondly deemd, I repaire
That detriment, if such it be to lose
Self-lost, and in a moment will create
Another World, out of one man a Race [ 155 ]
Of men innumerable, there to dwell,
Not here, till by degrees of merit raisd
They open to themselves at length the way
Up hither, under long obedierid,
Ah be gd to Heavn, & Heavn to Earth, [ 160 ]
One Kingdom, Joy and Union without end.
Mean while inhabit laxe, ye Powers of Heavn,
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