First there was Chaos, the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageo… - John Milton

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First there was Chaos,
the vast immeasurable abyss
Outrageous as a sea,
dark, wasteful, wild.

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John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is most famous for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.

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Peor and Baälim
Forsake their temples dim.

Yet I argue not
Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate one jot
Of heart or hope; but still bear up, and steer
Right onward.

Then to the spicy nut-brown ale.

First there was Chaos, the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea, dark, wasteful, wild. - John Milton

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