The monstrous sight Struck them with horrour backward, but far worse Urged them behind: Headlong themselves they threw 865 Down from the verge of Heaven; eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit. Hell heard the unsufferable noise, Hell saw Heaven ruining from Heaven, and would have fled Affrighted; but strict Fate had cast too deep 870 Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound. Nine days they fell:
