One Flesh; to loose thee were to loose my self.

Lives, as thou saidst, and gaines to live as Man

Higher degree of Life, inducement strong

Made common and unhallowd ere our taste;

Our State cannot be severd, we are one,

Nor can I think that God, Creator wise,

Nor yet on him found deadly, he yet lives,

So fo九九藏書rcible within my heart I feel [ 955 ]

To us, as likely tasting to attaine [ 935 ]

Had it been onely coveting to Eye

And peril great provokt, who thus hath dard

My own in thee, for what thou art is mine;

Not well conceavd of God, who though his Power [ 945 ]

Not God Omnipotent, nor Fate, yet so

Thｔtｐs://ｒeａd.99ｃｓｗ•ｃｏｍhus in calm mood his Words to Eve he turnd. [ 920 ]

But past who can recall, or don undoe?

That sacred Fruit, sacred to abstinence,

The Bond of Nature draw me to my owne,

Recomforted, and after thoughts disturbd

Profand first by the Serpent, by him first [ 930 ]

Most Favors, who can please hi九*九*藏*書m long; Mee first

Submitting to what seemd remediless,

Is not so hainous now, foretasted Fruit,

Proportional ascent, which cannot be

Set over all his Works, which in our Fall,

For us created, needs with us must faile,

Though threatning, will in earnest so destroy

But to be Gods, or Angels Demi-gods.

Triumph and九_九_藏_書 say; Fickle their State whom God

Dependent made; so God shall uncreate,

Certain to undergoe like doom, if Death

Consort with thee, Death is to mee as Life;

Us his prime Creatures, dignifid so high, [ 940 ]

Be frustrate, do, undo, and labour loose,

Matter of scorne, not to be given the Foe,

He ruind, now Mankind; wread.99csw.comhom will he next? [ 950 ]

Perhaps thou shalt not Die, perhaps the Fact

Much more to taste it under banne to touch. [ 925 ]

Creation could repeate, yet would be loath

Bold deed thou hast presumd, adventrous Eve

So having said, as one from sad dismay

Us to abolish, least the Adversary

However I with thee have fixt my Lot,