This also thy request with caution askt

And longer will delay to heare thee tell

To ask, nor let thine own inventions hope

End, and dismiss thee ere the Morning shine.

Much of his Race though steep, suspens in Heavn

Wisdom to Folly, as Nourishment to Winde. [ 130 ]

Or if the Starr of Eevning and thread.９9cｓｗ.ｃome Moon

Into his place, and the great Son returnd [ 135 ]

I have receavd, to answer thy desire

Oppresses else with Surfet, and soon turns

Obtaine: though to recount Almightie works

Of knowledge within bounds; beyond abstain [ 120 ]

Eternal Father from his Throne beheld

Haste to thy audiｈｔｔps://ｒeaｄ.9９cｓｗ.comence, Night with her will bring [ 105 ]

What words or tongue of Seraph can suffice,

And thus the Godlike Angel answerd milde. [ 110 ]

Of Angels, then that Starr the Starrs among)

To glorifie the Maker, and inferr

But Knowledge is as food, and needs no less

Thus Adam his illustrious Guehｔｔｐs://ｒeaｄ•９９csw.cｏｍst besought:

Fell with his flaming Legions through the Deep

Or heart of man suffice to comprehend?

His Generation, and the rising Birth

And the great Light of Day yet wants to run

Silence, and Sleep listning to thee will watch,

Know then, that after Lucifer from Heavn

Victorious with his Saints,ｒeａｄ.9９cｓｗ.ｃｏm th Omnipotent

To none communicable in Earth or Heaven:

Yet what thou canst attain, which best may serve [ 115 ]

(So call him, brighter once amidst the Host

Her Temperance over Appetite, to know

Held by thy voice, thy potent voice he heares, [ 100 ]

Onely Omniscient hath supprest in Night,

Thee also happier, htｔｐｓ://ｒｅａｄ•９9csw.comshall not be withheld

Things not reveald, which th invisible King,

Thir multitude, and to his Son thus spake.

Of Nature from the unapparent Deep:

Anough is left besides to search and know. [ 125 ]

In measure what the mind may well contain,

Or we can bid his absence, till thy Song

Thy hearing, such Commission from above