Belial came last, than whom a Spirit more lewd188 Fell not from Heaven, or more gross to love Vice for itself: to him no temple stood Or altar smoked; yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars, when the priest 495 Turns atheist, as did Eli’s sons, who filled189 With lust and violence the house of God. In courts and palaces he also reigns And in luxurious cities, where the noise190 Of riot ascends above their loftiest tow’rs,191 500 And injury and outrage: and when night192, 193 Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.194
