"Fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night."

"Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, an…"

"Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while o…"

"Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the ch…"

"What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert et…"

"The infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile, Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind."

"Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottoml…"

"As far as angels' ken."

"Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible."

"The starry cope Of heaven."