Eden is further described (lines 131–71). Satan arrives in Eden, which is described as having a “thicket overgrown” (line 136) around it to bar entry. Unfortunately for Satan, he made this speech with gestures unbecoming of a good angel, and Uriel spotted him, recognizing him as an intruder (lines 114–30). So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,įarewell remorse: all good to me is lost īy thee, and more than half perhaps will reign Īs man ere long, and this new world shall know. This speech by Satan is the Rubicon, which he now crosses.
He says that even if he did repent and attain his former station, pride would just eat at him again and he’d rebel again (lines 93–97). None left but by submission and that wordĭisdain forbids me, and my dread of shameĪmong the spirits beneath, whom I seduced Left for repentance, none for pardon left? He thinks about repentance, and then talks himself out of it. Whereas in earlier speeches Satan sounded bitter against God, here he upbraids himself, and wonders why he continues to dig his own hell deeper. These doubts leads to a speech by Satan (lines 32–113), an interesting speech, in which Satan sounds downright sorry for his rebellion in heaven against a God who created him and loved him and demanded only the easy service of praise. He remembers what he was, reflects on what he has become, and fears a worse fate. On his way to Paradise, Satan has second thoughts (lines 1–31).
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