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...Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death . A universe of death, which God by curse 621 Created evil, for evil only good : Where all life...breeds. Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse 625 Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and...

...and dreary vale They pass'd, and many a region dolorous, O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, 6UII Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades...inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire. Meanwhile the adversary of God and Man 4* Satun,...

...and dreary vale They pass'd, and many a region dolorous, O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, 6iJ<' Rocks, caves, lakes. fens, bogs, dens, and shades...monstrous, all prodigious things, 625 Abominable, inutterab'.e, and worse Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras...

...vaie O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp; 620 Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of A universe of death! which God by curse Created evil;...evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, tr.d nature breeds dsath; Perverse, ail monstrous, all prodigious thmgs, 62 i Abominable, unutterable;...

...Hell, but that memory and reflection torture its inhabitants. O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, 620 Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades...monstrous, all prodigious things, 625 Abominable, inalterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign 'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons and Hydras, and Chimeras...

...and dreary vale They pass'd, and many a region dolorous, O'er many a frozen, many a fiffry Alp, 620 Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades...lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prudigious things, 625 Abominable, inalterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived,...

...fate, whatever that abyss might be. Our great poet gives a direful picture of it in the words — " A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil,...breeds Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things; Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived — Gorgons, and...

...O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, [of death: Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil,...breeds. Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse ! Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, i Qorgons, and...

...O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, CM Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of deal h, A universe of death : which God by curse Created evil,...nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious tilings, 625 Abominable, inutterable, and worse Vhan fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons,...