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SATAN UNREPENTANT
SATAN UNREPENTANT
Lost from those lost archangelic thrones that star,Fadeless and fixed, heaven's light of azure bliss;Rejected of His splendour and depressedBeyond the birth of the first sun, and lowerThan the last star's decline, I here endure,Abased, majestic, fallen, beautiful,And unregretful in the doubted dark,Throneless, that greatens chaos-ward, albeitFrom chanting stars that throng the nave of nightLost echoes wander here, and of his praise,With ringing moons for cymbals dinned afar,And shouted from the flaming mouths of suns.
The shadows of impalpable blank deeps—Deep upon deep accumulate—close down,Around my head concentered, while above,In the lit, loftier blue, star after starSpins endless orbits betwixt me and heaven;And at my feet mysterious Chaos breaks,Abrupt, immeasureable. Round His throneNow throbs the rhythmic resonance of suns,Incessant, perfect, music infinite:I, throneless, hear the discords of the dark,And roar of ruin uncreate, than whichSome vast cacophony of dragons, heardIn wasted worlds, were pure melody.
The universe His tyranny constrainsTurns on: In old and consummated gulfs,The stars that wield His judgment wait at hand,And new deeps Apocalyptic sunsPrepare His coming: Lo, His mighty whimTo rear and mar, goes forth enormouslyIn nights and constellations! Darkness hears
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