...attention holding them mute. Satan is so overcome by the spectacle that he cannot speak momentarily: Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears...forth: at last Words interwove with sighs found out thir way. (1.619-21) He begins his speech bemoaning "this dire change / Hateful to utter" (625-26)...

...borrowing can be determined more confidently. These lines from book i describe Satan: He now prepared To speak: whereat their doubled ranks they bend From...wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: auention held them mute. li.6i5-i8) We have here only an echo of the opening words of the second book...

...fallen monarch who conceals his defeat, Satan holds his audience mute in anticipation of his oration: "Thrice he assay'd and thrice in spite of scorn /...forth: at last / Words interwove with sighs found out thir way" (1.619-21). Satan uses rhetoric and gestures to smooth over any signs of conflict or self-contradition,...

...fallen monarch who conceals his defeat, Satan holds his audience mute in anticipation of his oration: "Thrice he assay'd and thrice in spite of scorn /...forth: at last / Words interwove with sighs found out thir way" (1.619-21). Satan uses rhetoric and gestures to smooth over any signs of conflict or self-contradiction,...

...for release, the newly ejected Satan prepares to address the angels who have followed him to Hell: "Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn, / Tears such as Angels weep, burst forth" (1.619-20). The fallen Adam also grieves as he contemplates the implications of his state. Realizing...

...from Eternal Splendors flung For his revolt, yet faithfull how they stood, Thir Glory witherd. . . . Thrice he assayd, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears...last Words interwove with sighs found out their way. (I, 6040*) This is a continuation of our previous insight into Satan's consciousness. In spite of the...

...a tow 'r; hisform had yet not lost/ All her original brightness ...) und 619ff. (Thrice he assaged, and thrice in spite of scorn,/ Tears such as angels weep, burst forth: at last/ Words interwove with sighsfound out their way.); bereits Homer, Ilias XIII 20 (Dreimal erhob er den Schritt, und das viertemal...

...growth though bare Stands on the blasted Heath. He now prepar'd 615 To speak; whereat thir doubl'd Ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose...scorn, Tears such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last 6M Words interwove with sighs found out thir way. O Myriads of immortal Spirits, O Powers Matchless,...

...pines,0 With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round0 With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he essayed, and thrice in spite of scorn,...