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2、omsinfulblotIspurg'd,andforascenttoHeavenprepares.Here,Oyehallow'dNine!forinyourtrainIfollow,herethedeadenedstrainrevive;NorletCallioperefusetosoundAsomewhathighersong,ofthatloudtone,WhichwhenthewretchedbirdsofchatteringnoteHadheard,theyofforgivenesslostallhope.Sweethu
3、eofeasternsapphire,thatwasspreadO'erthesereneaspectofthepureair,Highupasthefirstcircle,tomineeyesUnwontedjoyrenew'd,soonasI'scap'dForthfromtheatmosphereofdeadlygloom,Thathadmineeyesandbosomfill'dwithgrief.Theradiantplanet,thattoloveinvites,Madealltheorientlaugh,andveil
4、'dbeneathThePisces'light,thatinhisescortcame.TotherighthandIturn'd,andfix'dmymindOnthe'otherpoleattentive,whereIsawFourstarsne'erseenbeforesavebythekenOfourfirstparents.HeavenoftheirraysSeem'djoyous.Othounorthernsite,bereftIndeed,andwidow'd,sinceofthesedepriv'd!Asfromt
5、hisviewIhaddesisted,straightTurningalittletow'rdstheotherpole,Therefromwhencenowthewainhaddisappear'd,IsawanoldmanstandingbymysideAlone,soworthyofrev'renceinhislook,Thatne'erfromsontofathermorewasow'd.Lowdownhisbeardandmix'dwithhoarywhiteDescended,likehislocks,whichpar
6、tingfellUponhisbreastindoublefold.ThebeamsOfthosefourluminariesonhisfaceSobrightlyshone,andwithsuchradianceclearDeck'dit,thatIbeheldhimasthesun."Saywhoareye,thatstemmingtheblindstream,Forthfromth'eternalprison-househavefled?"Hespokeandmovedthosevenerableplumes."Whohath
7、conducted,orwithlanternsureLightsyouemergingfromthedepthofnight,Thatmakestheinfernalvalleyeverblack?ArethefirmstatutesofthedreadabyssBroken,orinhighheavennewlawsordain'd,Thatthus,condemn'd,yetomycavesapproach?"Myguide,thenlayingholdonme,bywordsAndintimationsgivenwithha
8、ndandhead,MademybentkneesandeyesubmissivepayDuereverence;thenthustohimreplied."NotofmyselfIcome;aDamefromheaven2THEVI