Cain.Ah me! and did they perish?
Lucifer. Yes, from their earth, as thou wilt fade from thine.
Cain. But was mine theirs?
Lucifer.It was.
Cain.But not as now.
It is too little and too lowly to
Sustain such creatures.
Lucifer.True, it was more glorious.
Cain. And wherefore did it fall?
Lucifer.Ask him who fells.[115]