BookCaps

“The Almighty Power threw him Down in flames from the skies of Heaven With terrible flame and destruction, down To the bottomless pit of hell, to live there Bound in unbreakable chains, burned with punishing fire, For having dared challenge the Almighty to battle.   For nine days, as they are measured By men, he and his terrible gang Lay beaten, thrashing in the fiery sea, Defeated though still immortal: But his fate Raised further anger in him; for now the thought Of the happiness he had lost and the pain he now faces Tortures him: he cast around his hate filled eyes Which showed great pain and terror Mixed with unyielding pride and unmoving hate: As far as Angels can see he sees The terrible place, bleak and wild, A horrible dungeon, whose walls all around Burned like one great oven, but from those flames There is no light, but a visible darkness Which only showed things of sadness, Lands of sorrow, miserable shadows, where peace And rest are unknown, where the hope that comes to all Never comes; endless torture Drives on forever, and there is a fiery storm, fed By sulphur which burns forever and never runs out: This was the place God’s justice had made For these rebels, here he had ordered their prison built In total darkness, and their allotted place Was to be as far away from God and Heaven’s light As three times distance from the equator to the Poles.   Oh, how different it was to their former home! There those who fell with him,”
― BookCaps, Paradise Lost In Plain and Simple English