Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue …

John Milton
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Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss ✨ John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins, p.32
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Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss ✨ John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins, p.32

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