Leçons de ténèbres

He of the first, if not the first archangel, Great in power, favour and preeminence, He resolv'd with all his legions to dislodge And leave unworshipt the Throne Supreme. With ambitious aim they...

And Hell saw first the Bringer of Light weep. "O myriads of immortal spirits! I should not cry, For who can yet believe, though after loss, That all these legions, whose exile Has emptied Heaven,...

"We are only pain, Our fighting was vain." Say the evil. Drowning in the sea of lamentations, Sinking in the Abyss of desolation... Orb within Orb The Moon marry the Sun, And the universe...

We the host of Seraphim, the armies bright, We do not rue the dire event That, with sad overthrow and foul defeat, hath lost us Heaven. Ever to do ill will be our sole delight, Reassembling our...

Abject and lost lay these legions, Covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. Lucifer, above the rest, stood like a tower. He calls his servants, host and knights. Horrid appeal, at...

"The emerald rain shines and falls in vain. Away! Away! Away! Visions of sorrow, doleful shades, unfathomable pain. Rebuke me not in thy anger nor chasten me in thy wrath!"