Versos English Madison Julius Cawein Satan

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Satan

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Still shall I stand the everlasting hate Colossal Chaos builded ’neath thine eyes, The symbol of all evil, that defies Thy victory, and, vanquished, still can wait. Scar me again with such vast flame as late Hurled abrupt thunder and archangel cries, ’Mid fiery whirlwinds of the terrible skies, Down the deep’s roar against Hell’s monster gate! Thy wrath can not abolish or make less Me, an eternal wile opposed to wrath: Me, who to thwart thee evermore shall plan! Behold thy Eden’s vanished loveliness!-- Why hast thou set a sword within its path, And cursed and exiled thine own image, Man?