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  "text": "Under what torments inwardly I groane;\n\nWhile they adore me on the Throne of Hell,\n\nWith Diadem and Scepter high advanc’d\n\nThe lower still I fall, onely Supream\n\nIn miserie; such joy Ambition findes.\n\nBut say I could repent and could obtaine\n\nBy Act of Grace my former state; how soon\n\nWould highth recal high thoughts, how soon unsay\n\nWhat feign’d submission swore: ease would recant\n\nVows made in pain, as violent and void.\n\nFor never can true reconcilement grow\n\nWhere wounds of deadly hate have peirc’d so deep:\n\nWhich would but lead me to a worse relapse\n\nAnd heavier fall: so should I purchase deare\n\nShort intermission bought with double smart.\n\nThis knows my punisher; therefore as farr\n\nFrom granting hee, as I from begging peace:\n\nAll hope excluded thus, behold in stead\n\nOf us out-cast, exil'd, his new delight,\n\nMankind created, and for him this World.",
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      "text": "So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd\n\nHis nostril wide into the murky air,\n\nSagacious of his quarry from so far.",
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