Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, [ 210 ]

Luxurious by restraint; what we by day

Casual discourse draw on, which intermits

Sole Eve, Associate sole, to me beyond

Labour, as to debarr us when we need

Aid us, the work under our labour grows,

Love not the lowest end of human life.

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With Myrtle, find what to redress till Noon:

The Woodbine round this Arbour, or direct

Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposd [ 235 ]

Let us divide our labours, thou where choice

Compare above all living Creatures deare,

Well hast 九*九*藏*書thou motiond, well thy thoughts imployd

Our pleasant task enjoynd, but till more hands

For not to irksom toile, but to delight

He made us, and delight to Reason joynd.

Tending to wilde. Thou therefore now advise

To brute denid, and are of Love the food, [ 240 ]

Our taske we choose, wh九九藏書at wonder if so near

Adam, well may we labour still to dress [ 205 ]

Our dayes work brought to little, though begun

Early, and th hour of Supper comes unearnd. [ 225 ]

In Woman, then to studie houshold good,

And good workes in her Husband to promote.

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Unpraisd: for nothing lovelier can be found

Leads thee, or where most needs, whether to wind [ 215 ]

Of looks and smiles, for smiles from Reason flow,

The clasping Ivie where to climb, while I

To whom mild answer Adam thus returnd.

For while so near each other thus all day [ 220 ]

In yonder Sｈttpｓ://ｒｅad.９９csw•cｏｍpring of Roses intermixt

This Garden, still to tend Plant, Herb and Flour,

God hath assignd us, nor of me shalt pass

How we might best fulfill the work which here [ 230 ]

Or hear what to my minde first thoughts present,

Looks intervene and smiles, or object new

Refreshment, whether food, or talk between,