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Rh I might relate of thousands, and their names Eternize here on Earth; but those elect Angels, contented with their fame in Heaven, Seek not the praise of men: the other sort, In might though wondrous and in acts of war, Nor of renown less eager, yet by doom Cancelled from Heaven and sacred memory, Nameless in dark oblivion let them dwell; For strength, from truth divided and from just, Illaudable, nought merits but dispraise And ignominy, yet to glory aspires, Vainglorious, and through infamy seeks fame: Therefore eternal silence be their doom.
 * "And now, their mightiest quelled, the battle swerved,

With many an inroad gored; deformed rout Entered, and foul disorder; all the ground With shivered armor strown, and on a heap Chariot and charioteer lay overturned, And fiery foaming steeds; what stood recoiled, O'er-wearied, through the faint Satanic host, Defensive scarce, or with pale fear surprised, Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominous, to such evil brought By sin of disobedience, till that hour Not liable to fear, or flight, or pain. Far otherwise the inviolable Saints, In cubic phalanx firm, advanced entire,