# Quote — John Milton, Paradise Lost

> Satan, now first inflam’d with rage, came down,
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> The Tempter ere th’ Accuser of man-kind,
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> To wreck on innocent frail man his loss
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> Of that first Battel, and his flight to Hell:
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> Yet not rejoycing in his speed, though bold,
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> Far off and fearless, nor with cause to boast,
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> Begins his dire attempt, which nigh the birth
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> Now rowling, boiles in his tumultuous brest,
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> And like a devillish Engine back recoiles
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> Upon himself; horror and doubt distract
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> His troubl’d thoughts, and from the bottom stirr
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> The Hell within him, for within him Hell
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> He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell
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> One step no more then from himself can fly
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> By change of place: Now conscience wakes despair
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> That slumberd, wakes the bitter memorie
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> Of what he was, what is, and what must be
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> Worse; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue.

- Author: [John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md)
- Book: [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md)
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> So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd
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> His nostril wide into the murky air,
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> Sagacious of his quarry from so far.

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> Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye,
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> In every gesture dignity and love.

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> To know
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> That which before us lies in daily life
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> Is the prime wisdom.

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