《Paradise Lost Ⅹ》第5章

voyagd　th　unreal；　vast；　unbounded　deep
of　horrible　confusion；　over　which
by　sin　and　death　a　broad　way　now　is　pavd
to　expedite　your　glorious　march；　but　i
toild　out　my　uncouth　passage；　forct　to　ride　＇　475　＇
th　untractable　abysse；　plungd　in　the　womb
of　unoriginal　night　and　chaos　wilde；
that　jealous　of　thir　secrets　fiercely　opposd
my　journey　strange；　with　clamorous　uproare
protesting　fate　supreame；　thence　how　i　found　＇　480　＇
the　new　created　world；　which　fame　in　heavn
long　had　foretold；　a　fabrick　wonderful
of　absolute　perfection；　therein　man
plact　in　a　paradise；　by　our　exile
made　happie：　him　by　fraud　i　have　seducd　＇　485　＇
from　his　creator；　and　the　more　to　increase
your　wonder；　with　an　apple；　he　thereat
offended；　worth　your　laughter；　hath　givn　up
both　his　beloved　man　and　all　his　world；
to　sin　and　death　a　prey；　and　so　to　us；　＇　490　＇
without　our　hazard；　labour；　or　allarme；
to　range　in；　and　to　dwell；　and　over　man
to　rule；　as　over　all　he　should　have　ruld。
true　is；　mee　also　he　hath　judgd；　or　rather
mee　not；　but　the　brute　serpent　in　whose　shape　＇　495　＇
man　i　deceavd：　that　which　to　mee　belongs；
is　enmity；　which　he　will　put　between
mee　and　mankinde；　i　am　to　bruise　his　heel；
his　seed；　when　is　not　set；　shall　bruise　my　head：
a　world　who　would　not　purchase　with　a　bruise；　＇　500　＇
or　much　more　grievous　pain？　ye　have　th　account
of　my　performance：　what　remains；　ye　gods；
but　up　and　enter　now　into　full　bliss。
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Paradise　Lost　Ⅹ13
小x说s网
so　having　said；　a　while　he　stood；　expecting
thir　universal　shout　and　high　applause　＇　505　＇
to　fill　his　eare；　when　contrary　he　hears
on　all　sides；　from　innumerable　tongues
a　dismal　universal　hiss；　the　sound
of　public　scorn；　he　wonderd；　but　not　long
had　leasure；　wondring　at　himself　now　more；　＇　510　＇
his　visage　drawn　he　felt　to　sharp　and　spare；
his　armes　clung　to　his　ribs；　his　leggs　entwining
each　other；　till　supplanted　down　he　fell
a　monstrous　serpent　on　his　belly　prone；
reluctant；　but　in　vaine：　a　greater　power　＇　515　＇
now　ruld　him；　punisht　in　the　shape　he　sind；
according　to　his　doom：　he　would　have　spoke；
but　hiss　for　hiss　returnd　with　forked　tongue
to　forked　tongue；　for　now　were　all　transformd
alike；　to　serpents　all　as　accessories　＇　520　＇
to　his　bold　riot：　dreadful　was　the　din
of　hissing　through　the　hall；　thick　swarming　now
with　plicated　monsters　head　and　taile；
scorpion　and　asp；　and　amphisb？na　dire；
cerastes　hornd；　hydrus；　and　ellops　drear；　＇　525　＇
and　dipsas　（not　so　thick　swarmd　once　the　soil
bedropt　with　blood　of　gorgon；　or　the　isle
ophiusa）　but　still　greatest　hee　the　midst；
now　dragon　grown；　larger　then　whom　the　sun
ingenderd　in　the　pythian　vale　on　slime；　＇　530　＇
huge　python；　and　his　power　no　less　he　seemd
above　the　rest　still　to　retain；　they　all
him　followd　issuing　forth　to　th　open　field；
where　all　yet　left　of　that　revolted　rout
heavn…falln；　in　station　stood　or　just　array；　＇　535　＇
sublime　with　expectation　when　to　see
in　triumph　issuing　forth　thir　glorious　chief；
they　saw；　but　other　sight　instead；　a　crowd
of　ugly　serpents；　horror　on　them　fell；
and　horrid　sympathie；　for　what　they　saw；　＇　540　＇
they　felt　themselvs　now　changing；　down　thir　arms；
down　fell　both　spear　and　shield；　down　they　as　fast；
and　the　dire　hiss　renewd；　and　the　dire　form
catcht　by　contagion；　like　in　punishment；
as　in　thir　crime。　thus　was　th　applause　they　meant；　＇　545　＇
turnd　to　exploding　hiss；　triumph　to　shame
cast　on　themselves　from　thir　own　mouths。　there　stood
a　grove　hard　by；　sprung　up　with　this　thir　change；
his　will　who　reigns　above；　to　aggravate
thir　penance；　laden　with　fruit　like　that　＇　550　＇
which　grew　in　paradise；　the　bait　of　eve
usd　by　the　tempter：　on　that　prospect　strange
thir　earnest　eyes　they　fixd；　imagining
for　one　forbidden　tree　a　multitude
now　risn；　to　work　them　furder　woe　or　shame；　＇　555　＇
yet　parcht　with　scalding　thurst　and　hunger　fierce；
though　to　delude　them　sent；　could　not　abstain；
but　on　they　rould　in　heaps；　and　up　the　trees
climbing；　sat　thicker　then　the　snakie　locks
that　curld　meg？ra：　greedily　they　pluckd　＇　560　＇
the　frutage　fair　to　sight；　like　that　which　grew
neer　that　bituminous　lake　where　sodom　flamd；
this　more　delusive；　not　the　touch；　but　taste
deceavd；　they　fondly　thinking　to　allay
thir　appetite　with　gust；　instead　of　fruit　＇　565　＇
chewd　bitter　ashes；　which　th　offended　taste
with　spattering　noise　rejected：　oft　they　assayd；
hunger　and　thirst　constraining；　drugd　as　oft；
with　hatefullest　disrelish　writhd　thir　jaws
with　soot　and　cinders　filld；　so　oft　they　fell　＇　570　＇
into　the　same　illusion；　not　as　man
whom　they　triumphd　once　lapst。　thus　were　they　plagud
and　worn　with　famin；　long　and　ceasless　hiss；
till　thir　lost　shape；　permitted；　they　resumd；
yearly　enjoynd；　some　say；　to　undergo　＇　575　＇
this　annual　humbling　certain　numberd　days；
to　dash　thir　pride；　and　joy　for　man　seduct。
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Paradise　Lost　Ⅹ14
however　some　tradition　they　dispersd
among　the　heathen　of　thir　purchase　got；
and　fabld　how　the　serpent；　whom　they　calld　＇　580　＇
ophion　with　eurynome；　the　wide…
encroaching　eve　perhaps；　had　first　the　rule
of　high　olympus；　thence　by　saturn　drivn
and　ops；　ere　yet　dict？an　jove　was　born。
mean　while　in　paradise　the　hellish　pair　＇　585　＇
too　soon　arrivd；　sin　there　in　power　before；
once　actual；　now　in　body；　and　to　dwell
habitual　habitant；　behind　her　death
close　following　pace　for　pace；　not　mounted　yet
on　his　pale　horse：　to　whom　sin　thus　began。　＇　590　＇
second　of　satan　sprung；　all　conquering　death；
what　thinkst　thou　of　our　empire　now；　though　earnd
with　travail　difficult；　not　better　farr
then　stil　at　hels　dark　threshold　to　have　sate　watch；
unnamd；　undreaded；　and　thy　self　half　starvd？　＇　595　＇
whom　thus　the　sin…born　monster　answerd　soon。
to　mee；　who　with　eternal　famin　pine；
alike　is　hell；　or　paradise；　or　heaven；
there　best；　where　most　with　ravin　i　may　meet；
which　here；　though　plenteous；　all　too　little　seems　＇　600　＇
to　stuff　this　maw；　th