15 which two lines from john milton's paradise lost provide clues to his purpose in writing the epic poem? wast present, and with mighty wings outspread dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss and mad'st it pregnant: [ (a.) what in me is dark illumine, what is low raise and support; ] that to the highth of this great argument [ (b.) i may assert th' eternal providence, ] [ (c.) and justifie the wayes of god to men. ] [ (d.) say first, for heav'n hides nothing from thy view nor the deep tract of hell ], [ (e.) say first what cause mov'd our grand parents in that happy state, ]