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Rh Of foreign worlds. He through the midst unmarked, In shew plebeian Angel militant Of lowest order, passed; and, from the door Of that Plutonian hall invisible, Ascended his high throne, which, under state Of richest texture spread, at the upper end Was placed in regal lustre. Down awhile He sat, and round about him saw unseen. At last, as from a cloud, his fulgent head And shape star-bright appeared, or brighter, clad With what permissive glory since his fall Was left him, or false glitter. All amazed At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng Bent their aspect, and whom they wished beheld, Their mighty Chief returned: loud was the acclaim. Forth rushed in haste the great consulting peers, Raised from their dark Divan, and with like joy Congratulant approached him, who with hand Silence, and with these words attention, won:
 * "Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers!

For in possession such, not only of right, I call ye, and declare ye now, returned, Successful beyond hope, to lead ye forth Triumphant out of this infernal pit, Abominable, accursed, the house of woe,