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| location = [[Land of Faith|Land C]] | | location = [[Land of Faith|Land C]] | ||
| terminal = Elevator | | terminal = Elevator | ||
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The mind is its own place, and in itself | The mind is its own place, and in itself | ||
Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. | Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. | ||
What matter where, if I be still the same, | What matter where, if I be still the same, | ||
And what I should be, all but less than he | And what I should be, all but less than he | ||
Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least | Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least | ||
We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built | We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built | ||
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: | Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: | ||
Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, | Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, | ||
To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: | To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: | ||
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. | Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The text originates from book 1 of John Milton's ''[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45718/paradise-lost-book-1-1674-version Lost]''. | * The text originates from book 1 of John Milton's ''[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45718/paradise-lost-book-1-1674-version Paradise Lost]''. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:59, 17 September 2024
| heaven.txt | |
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| Source: | poet_arc |
| Date: | 1667 CE |
| Area: | Land C |
heaven.txt is a text document stored in terminal Elevator in Land C.
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The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Notes
- The text originates from book 1 of John Milton's Paradise Lost.