Bending his eare; perswasion in me grew

The good which we enjoy, from Heavn descends;

As I shall thee enlighten, intermix [ 115 ]

Out of despaire, joy, but with fear yet linkt;

Charmd with Arcadian Pipe, the Pastoral Reed

His heart I know, how variable and vain

Had ended now thir Orisons, and found,

Leucothea wakd, and with fresh dews imbalmd [ 135 ]

If patiently thy bidding they obey,

Hast thee, and from the Paradise of God

Evn to the Seat of God. For since I saught

Without remorse drive out the sinful Pair, [ 105 ]

Thy choice of flaming Warriours, least the Fiend

Perread.99csw.competual banishment. Yet least they faint

So prevalent as to concerne the mind

Cherubic watch, and of a Sword the flame [ 120 ]

The Ground whence he was taken, fitter soile.

O Sons, like one of us Man is become

Dismiss them not disconsolate; reveale

Home to my brest, and to my memorie

To them and to thir Progenie from thence

Assures me that the bitterness of death

And send him from the Garden forth to Till

Kneeld and before him humbld all my heart, [ 150 ]

Or one short sigh of humane breath, up-borne

From hallowd ground th unholie, and denounce

Strength https://read.99csw.comadded from above, new hope to spring

At the sad Sentence rigorously urgd,

But that from us ought should ascend to Heavn

To whom thus Eve with sad demeanour meek.

His knowledge of Good lost, and Evil got,

Eve rightly calld, Mother of all Mankind,

Of God high-blest, or to incline his will, [ 145 ]

Which then not minded in dismay, yet now

With whose stoln Fruit Man once more to delude. [ 125 ]

Of that defended Fruit; but let him boast

Reach also of the Tree of Life, and eat,

He ceasd; and th Archangelic Power prepard

Eve, easily may Faith admit, that all

Me九_九_藏_書thought I saw him placable and mild,

To resalute the World with sacred Light

His promise, that thy Seed shall bruise our Foe; [ 155 ]

Where entrance up from Eden easiest climbes,

Michael, this my behest have thou in charge,

Wide waving, all approach farr off to fright,

For swift descent, with him the Cohort bright

And guard all passage to the Tree of Life:

The Earth, when Adam and first Matron Eve

Happier, had sufficd him to have known

For ever, to remove him I decree,

To know both Good and Evil, since his taste [ 85 ]

He sorrows now, repents, and prayes contrite, [ 90 ]https://read.99csw.com

And live for ever, dream at least to live [ 95 ]

Which thus to Eve his welcome words renewd. [ 140 ]

To Spirits foule, and all my Trees thir prey,

For I behold them softnd and with tears [ 110 ]

Is past, and we shall live. Whence Haile to thee,

To Adam what shall come in future dayes,

Of Argus, and more wakeful then to drouze,

Good by it self, and Evil not at all.

Or in behalf of Man, or to invade

My motions in him, longer then they move,

Spangld with eyes more numerous then those [ 130 ]

Self-left. Least therefore his now bolder hand

Had, like a double Janus, all thir shape

Bew九*九*藏*書ailing thir excess, all terror hide.

Vacant possession som new trouble raise:

My Covnant in the womans seed renewd;

Hard to belief may seem; yet this will Prayer,

And on the East side of the Garden place,

That I was heard with favour; peace returnd

Of Hermes, or his opiate Rod. Mean while

So send them forth, though sorrowing, yet in peace:

Mother of all things living, since by thee [ 160 ]

Least Paradise a receptacle prove

Man is to live, and all things live for Man.

By Prayer th offended Deitie to appease,

Of watchful Cherubim; four faces each

Take to thee from among the Cherubim [ 100 ]