Vernal delight and joy, able to drive [ 155 ]

Of goodliest Trees loaden with fairest Fruit,

Of Tobits Son, and with a vengeance sent [ 170 ]

Leaps ore the fence with ease into the Fould:

So since into his Church lewd Hirelings climbe.

When God hath showrd the earth; so lovely seemd

On which the Sun more glad impressd his beams [ 150 ]

Watching where Shepherds pehttps://read.99csw.comn thir Flocks at eeve [ 185 ]

That drove him, though enamourd, from the Spouse

Fanning thir odoriferous wings dispense

Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole

Due entrance he disdaind, and in contempt, [ 180 ]

Mozambic, off at Sea North-East windes blow

Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past [ 160 ]

All path of Man or Beast that paread.99csw.comst that way:

Cross-barrd and bolted fast, fear no assault, [ 190 ]

So clomb this first grand Thief into Gods Fould:

Cheard with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles. [ 165 ]

Of Arabie the blest, with such delay

So entertaind those odorous sweets the Fiend

Who came thir bane, though with them better pleasd

That Lantskip: And of pure now purer aire

On th other read.99csw.comside: which when th arch-fellon saw

Blossoms and Fruits at once of golden hue

Or as a Thief bent to unhoord the cash

Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires

All sadness but despair: now gentle gales

In at the window climbs, or ore the tiles;

Of Hill or highest Wall, and sheer within

One Gate there only was, and that lookd East

Of some rich Burgher, whose suread.99csw.combstantial dores,

Now to th ascent of that steep savage Hill

Then Asmodeus with the fishie fume,

Of shrubs and tangling bushes had perplext

Lights on his feet. As when a prowling Wolfe,

Well pleasd they slack thir course, and many a League

Sabean Odours from the spicie shoare

At one slight bound high over leapd all bound

Satan had journied on, pensive and slow;

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Then in fair Evening Cloud, or humid Bow,

And higher then that Wall a circling row

Whom hunger drives to seek new haunt for prey,

Appeerd, with gay enameld colours mixt:

From Media post to Ægypt, there fast bound.

Those balmie spoiles. As when to them who saile

As one continud brake, the undergrowth [ 175 ]

In hurdld Cotes amid the field secure,