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Impart against his will if all be his?
Wisdom without their leave? and wherein lies [ 725 ]
The Gods are first, and that advantage use
Sollicited her longing eye; yet first
An eager appetite, raisd by the smell [ 740 ]
That whoso eats thereof, forthwith attains
Might tempt alone, and in her ears the sound
W九九藏書hy but to keep ye low and ignorant,
On our belief, that all from them proceeds;
Fixt on the Fruit she gazd, which to behold [ 735 ]
Into her heart too easie entrance won:
Why then was this forbid? Why but to awe,
Warmd by the Sun, producing every kind,
And what are Gods that Man may not become
I ohttps://read.99csw.comf brute human, yee of human Gods.
Internal Man, is but proportion meet,
With Reason, to her seeming, and with Truth;
Knowledge of Good and Evil in this Tree,
What can your knowledge hurt him, or this Tree
That ye should be as Gods, since I as Man, [ 710 ]
His worshippers; he knows that in the read.99csw.comday [ 705 ]
Pausing a while, thus to her self she musd.
Mean while the hour of Noon drew on, and wakd
Causes import your need of this fair Fruit.
Th offence, that Man should thus attain to know?
In Heavnly brests? these, these and many more [ 730 ]
Yet are but dim, shall perfetly be then
So savorie of that read•99csw.comFruit, which with desire,
I question it, for this fair Earth I see, [ 720 ]
Though threatnd, which no worse then this can bring. [ 715 ]
Or is it envie, and can envie dwell
Human, to put on Gods, death to be wisht,
Yet rung of his perswasive words, impregnd
Them nothing: If they all things, who enclosd
Inclinable nread.99csw.comow grown to touch or taste,
He ended, and his words replete with guile
Opnd and cleerd, and ye shall be as Gods,
So ye shall die perhaps, by putting off
Knowing both Good and Evil as they know.
As they, participating God-like food?
Goddess humane, reach then, and freely taste.
Ye Eate thereof, your Eyes that seem so cleere,