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330 Of merit high to all the infernal host, Easing their passage hence, for intercourse Or transmigration, as their lot shall lead. Nor can I miss the way, so strongly drawn By this new-felt attraction and instinct."
 * Whom thus the meagre shadow answered soon:

"Go whither Fate and inclination strong Lead thee; I shall not lag behind, nor err The way, thou leading; such a sent I draw Of carnage, prey innumerable, and taste The savor of death from all things there that live. Nor shall I to the work thou enterprisest Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid."
 * So saying, with delight he snuffed the smell

Of mortal change on earth. As when a flock Of ravenous fowl, though many a league remote, Against the day of battle, to a field, Where armies lie encamped, come flying, lured With sent of living carcases designed For death, the following day, in bloody fight: So sented the grim Feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air, Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Then both, from out Hell-gates, into the waste Wide anarchy of Chaos, damp and dark, Flew diverse; and with power—their power was great—