Paradise Lost
As far as angels’ ken A great furnace flamed Yet from those flames No light but rather darkness

Regions of sorrow Doleful shades A fiery deluge fed with Ever-burning sulphur

Farewell, happy fields Where joy forever dwells! Hail, horrors – hail! And thou profoundest Hell

Receive thy new possessor A mind not to be changed by place or time The mind is its own place And in itself can make A Heaven of Hell A Hell of Heaven

Farewell, happy fields Where joy forever dwells! Hail, horrors – hail!And thou profoundest Hell