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Thou sever not: Trial will come unsought.
Persisted, yet submiss, though last, replid.
And fall into deception unaware,
Not keeping strictest watch, as she was warnd.
But if thou think, trial unsought may finde [ 370 ]
Delighted, but desiring more her stay.
Since Reason not impossibly may mee九-九-藏-書t [ 360 ]
With thy permission then, and thus forewarnd
Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve,
Likeliest she seemd, Pomona when she fled
Some specious object by the Foe subornd,
So bent, the more shall shame him his repulse.
A Foe so proud will first the weaker seek,
First thy ob九-九-藏-書edience; th other who can know,
In gate surpassd and Goddess-like deport,
Not seeing thee attempted, who attest?
On what thou hast of vertue, summon all,
Guiltless of fire had formd, or Angels brought.
Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
Seek not temptation then, which to avo
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May finde us both perhaps farr less prepard,
Were better, and most likelie if from mee [ 365 ]
Touchd onely, that our trial, when least sought, [ 380 ]
Soft she withdrew, and like a Wood-Nymph light
Chiefly by what thy own last reasoning words
Vertumnus, or to Ceres in her Prime, [ 395 ]九九藏書
Oread or Dryad, or of Delias Traine,
To Pales, or Pomona, thus adornd,
Us both securer then thus warnd thou seemst,
But with such Gardning Tools as Art yet rude,
Her long with ardent look his Eye pursud
Thus saying, from her Husbands hand her hand [ 385 ]
Yet Virgin of Proserpina from Jove.
Betookread.99csw.com her to the Groves, but Delias self
Though not as shee with Bow and Quiver armd, [ 390 ]
So spake the Patriarch of Mankinde, but Eve
Wouldst thou approve thy constancie, approve
The willinger I goe, nor much expect
For God towards thee hath done his part, do thine. [ 375 ]
Go in thy native innocence, relie