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offourinfealrivers,thatdisge</p>

intothebuinglaketheirbalefulstrea</p>

paradiselost</p>

50of374</p>

abhorredstyx,thefloodofdeadlyhate;</p>

sadacheronofsorrokanddeep;</p>

entationloud</p>

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whoseehrage.</p>

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fortherstateandbeingfets</p>

fetsbothjoyandgrief,pleasureandpain.</p>

beyondthisfloodafrozen</p>

liesdarkands</p>

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ofapile;allelsedeepsnoe,</p>

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betiataanduntcasiusold,</p>

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offierceextres,extresbygerefierce,</p>

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iovable,infixed,andfrozenround</p>

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paradiselost</p>

51of374</p>

andruggle,astheypass,toreach</p>

thetetingstreaalldroptolose</p>

insfetfulnessallpainandwoe,</p>

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alltasteofliving,asofled</p>

thelipoftantalus.thusrovingon</p>

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roaves,lakes,fens,bogs,dens,andshadesof</p>

death</p>

auniverseofdeath,hgodbycurse</p>

createdevil,forevilonlygood;</p>

hlives,andnaturebreeds,</p>

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gons,andhydras,andchirasdire.</p>

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52of374</p>

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uptothefieryhigh.</p>

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ofteateandtidore,ertsbring</p>

theirspicydrugs;theyoradingflood,</p>

throughthehiopiantothecape,</p>

plysteingnightlytoed</p>