...Stygian flood As Gods, and by their own rccovcr'd strength, 240 Not by the sufferance of supernal Power. Is this the region, this the soil, the clime, Said...seat That we must change for Heaven ; this mournful glotrat For that celestial light ? Be it so ! since he, 346 Who row is Sov'reign, can dispose and bid...

...the Leader, more than any other angel, takes penetrating and comprehensive views of his situation : " Is this the region, this the soil, the clime, —...Archangel, — this the seat That we must change for Heaven 1 " SEWARD. Beelzebuh, at first, and throughout, is a grand, a sublime angel; beyond all the others,...

..."expanded wings" and stands upon a "dreary plain" to face his fate with words that win our admiration: Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Arch Angel, this the seat That we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?...

...beauty by fiat: Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Climate. . . . That we must change for Heav'n; this mournful gloom For that celestial light? Be it...is Sovran can dispose and bid What shall be right. (1.242,244-47) Such a "sovran" cannot simply let the world be, either by accepting its pain or by welcoming...

...inhabitants. The reviewers' comment on this passage takes the form of a quotation from Paradise Lost: "Is this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then the lost Archangel — (70) Birkbeck is here explicitly identified with Milton's Satan, who speaks these words on arrival...

...own dark designs, That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. 7556 Paradise Lost 7557 Paradise Lost Farewell, happy fields Where joy for ever dwells: hail horrors, hail Infernal world,...

...flood As gods, and by their own recover'd strength, 2(1 Not by the sufferance of supernal power. "1s this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then...gloom For that celestial light? Be it so, since he 25 Who now is sovereign can dispose and bid What shall be right: farthest from him is best. Whom reason...

...about in corners, and the fiddle, which was only silent when we were asleep, hung by them.'—p. 109. 'Is this the region, this the soil, the clime! Said then the lost Archangel' And is this then the state of happiness; is this 'the land of promise,' for which such multitudes cross...

...appearances, making God a being no different from himself, except in the extrinsic attribute of power: Is this the region, this the soil, the clime, Said...that celestial light? Be it so, since he Who now is sovereign can dispose and bid What shall be right: furthest from him is best Whom reason hath equalled,...

...this dire Calamity, What reinforcement we may gain from Hope, If not what resolution from despair. Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Arch- Angel, this the seat That we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?...