In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and wit…

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In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. ✨ 'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 594
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