Our two first Parents, yet the onely two [ 65 ]

Seasons return, but not to me returns

Of things invisible to mortal sight. [ 55 ]

But cloud in stead, and ever-during dark [ 45 ]

Beatitude past utterance; on his right

Now had the Almighty Father from above,

Day, or the sweet approach of E九*九*藏*書vn or Morn,

Hell and the Gulf between, and Satan there [ 70 ]

Of mankind, in the happie Garden plact,

Cut off, and for the Book of knowledg fair

High Thrond above all highth, bent down his eye,

Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers

Purge and disperse, that I may serｅａd•99ｃｓw.ｃoｍe and tell

So much the rather thou Celestial light

Coasting the wall of Heavn on this side Night

Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love,

Presented with a Universal blanc

His onely Son; On Earth he first beheld

Sings darkling, and in shadiest Covert hid

Of Natures works to mee ex九九藏書pungd and rasd,

To stoop with wearied wings, and willing feet

About him all the Sanctities of Heaven [ 60 ]

The radiant image of his Glory sat,

Firm land imbosomd without Firmament, [ 75 ]

In the dun Air sublime, and ready now

Or sight of vernal bloom, or Summers Rose,

Stood thick as Starrshttps://read.99csw.com, and from his sight receivd

And wisdome at one entrance quite shut out. [ 50 ]

On the bare outside of this World, that seemd

Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful Bird

Or flocks, or heards, or human face divine;

Surrounds me, from the chearful wayes of men

Then feed on thoughts, that voluntarｈttｐｓ://reａｄ•９９cｓｗ.ｃomie move

Uninterrupted joy, unrivald love

Uncertain which, in Ocean or in Air.

From the pure Empyrean where he sits

In blissful solitude; he then surveyd

Irradiate, there plant eyes, all mist from thence

Tunes her nocturnal Note. Thus with the Year [ 40 ]

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