...exasperate Th' almighty victor to spend all his rage, And that must enrf us ; that must be our cure, To ie no more — Sad cure ! — For who would lose, Though...that wander through eternity, — To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion? — But will...

...be more philosophical than the reasoning which Milton puts into the mouth of the fallen angel : — "And that must end us, that must be our cure, To be...womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? " Nearly the same account may be given in answer to the question which has been asked, Why so few...

...off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repulsed, our final hope Is flat despair : we must exasperate The Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows,...

...off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repulsed, our final hope Is flat despair : we must exasperate The Almighty Victor to spend all his rage: And that...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion? And who knows,...

...his irony and raillery, his exquisite love of life and pleasure, would win any audience — but this. That must be our cure To be no more; sad cure; for...lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, 7 See below, p. 944. Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and...

...Divine" - are seconded, but far more eloquently, by Belial, in an infernal version of Hamlet's soliloquy: To be no more; sad cure; for who would lose, Though...womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion? ... (II. 146-51) Given the fundamental tenet of angelology, the invulnerability and immortality of...

...masculinist or any other. The question is a perennial one, and it is posed by Belial when he asks, "who would lose, / Though full of pain, this intellectual...Eternity, / To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost?" (PL 11.146-9). One answer is that Milton would, at least at those times when he expresses a desire...

...off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repulsed, our final hope Is flat despair: we must exasperate Th' Almighty Victor to spend all his rage; And that must...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, 150 Devoid of sense and motion? And who...

...remarkable for nothing, is not to be at all; and less eligible than to be remarkably a blockhead. — For who would lose Though full of Pain this Intellectual...up, and lost In the wide Womb of Uncreated night. Milton. He that upon trial finds himself incapable of any science may turn to something else until...

...purge off the baser fire Victorious. Thus repulsed, our final hope Is flat despair: we must exasperate The almighty victor to spend all his rage, And that...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, 150 Devoid of sense and morion? and who...