Be now who seemd

    In bigness to surpass Eart Sons

    No Dwarfs, in narrow room

    t Pigmean Race [ 780 ]

    Beyond t, or Faerie Elves,

    Revels, by a Forrest side

    Or Fountain some belated Peasant sees,

    Or dreams he Moon

    Sits Arbitress, and neerer to th [ 785 ]

    h and dance

    Intent, h jocond Music charm his ear;

    At once  rebounds.

    ts to smallest forms

    Reducd t large, [ 790 ]

    t number still amidst the hall

    Of t infernal Court. But far hin

    And in themselves

    t Seraphic Lords and Cherubim

    In close recess and secret conclave sat [ 795 ]

    A ts,

    Frequent and full. After s silence then

    And summons read, t consult began.