Excerpt from Descensus Averno and Other Poems N ow rising high, revealing by their glare The dreary realms of sorrow and despair; Now falling low, and darkening, as they fall Hell's gloomy plains and loathsome caverns all Expectant, mute and motionless, alone In solemn state upon his ebon throne Beelzebub, the Prince of Hell, awaits With anxious gaze toward the frowning gates, The coming, long delayed, of Satan; him Whose lordly presence in these regions dim Serves every fear among his hosts to quell; Whose lengthened absence makes a void in hell. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.