Paradise Lost. 
 
 P . O E M, 
 
 IN 
 
 TWELVE B O OKS. 
 
 The Author. 
 
 John Milton. 
 
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PARADISE LOST. 
 
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 POEM 
 
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 twelve books. 
 
 The AUTHOR 
 
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To the Ri 
 
 John 
 
 My Lord: 
 
 T was Your Lord- 
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 appearing of this 
 
 Poem in the Folio Edition, which 
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iv DEDICATION. 
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 My LORD, 
 
 Tour Lordp^ip’s 
 
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THE 
 
 L I F E 
 
 OF 
 
 Mr , John Milton. 
 
 ROM a family, and town 
 of his name in Oxfordfhire. 
 our Author deriv’d his de- 
 feent 5 but He was born at 
 London in the year 1608. The Pub- 
 lifher of his Works in Profe ( on 
 whofe veracity fome part of this nar- 
 rative mu ft entirely depend ) dates 
 his birth two years earlier than this : 
 but contradifting himfelf afterwards in 
 his own computation, I reduce it to 
 A 3 the 
 
vi ^'he 'Ll ^ ^ of 
 
 the time that Monfieur 'Bayle hath af- 
 fign’d 5^ and for the fame reafon which 
 prevail’d with him to affign it. His 
 father, fohn Milton^ by profeffion a 
 Scrivener, liv’d in a reputable manner 
 on a competent eftate, entirely his 
 own acquhition j having been early 
 difinherited by his Parents for re- 
 nouncing the communion of the 
 Church of Rome, to which they were 
 zealoufly devoted. By his wife Sarah 
 Cafon he had likewife one daughter, 
 named Anna\ and another fon, Chrif 
 topber, whom he train’d to the prac- 
 tice of the Common Law ; who in 
 the Great Rebellion adher’d to the 
 royal caufe : and in the reign of 
 King James II. by too eafy a com- 
 pliance with the dodlrines of the 
 Court, both religious and civil, he at- 
 tain’d to the dignity of being made 
 a Judge of the Common Pleas ; of 
 which he dy’d diverted not long after 
 the Revolution. 
 
 But 
 
Mr. John Milton. vii 
 
 But yOHN^ the fubjefl: of the pre- 
 fent Effay, was the favourite of his fa- 
 ther’s hopes ; who, to cultivate the 
 great genius which early difplay’d it- 
 fclf, was at the expenfe of a domeftic 
 Tutor : whofe care and capacity his 
 Pupil hath gratefully celebrated in an 
 excellent Latin Elegy. At ■ ^ 
 
 his initiation He is laid to 
 have apply’d himfelf to Letters with 
 fuch indefatigable induftry, that he 
 rarely was prevail’d with to quit his 
 ftudies before mid-night : which not 
 only made him frequently fubjed: to 
 fevere pains in his head y but ^like- 
 wife occafion’d that weaknefs in his 
 eyes, which terminated in a total pri- 
 vation of fight. From a domeftic 
 education He was remov’d to St. PauPs 
 School, to complete his acquaintance 
 with the Claflics under the care of 
 Dr. Gtll : and after a Ihort ftay there, 
 was tranfplanted to Chriji's College in 
 A 4 ^ Catri’^ 
 
Vlll 
 
 An. JEt at. 23 , 
 
 ^he L I F E 
 
 ^ ^ Cambridge, where He dif- 
 tinguifh’d himfelf in all 
 kinds of Academical Exercifes. Gf 
 this Society He continued -a Member 
 "till He commenc’d Mafter of Arts : 
 and then leaving the Univerfity, He 
 return’d to his father 3 who had quit- 
 ted the town, and liv’d at Horton in 
 Buckinghamjldire 5 where 
 He purfu’d his ftudies 
 with unparallel’d affiduity and fuc- 
 cefs. 
 
 After fome years fpent in his ftu- 
 dious retirement, his mother dy’d : 
 and then He prevail’d with his father 
 to gratify an inclination He had long 
 entertain’4 of feeing foreign countries. 
 Sir Henry Wotton^ at that time Pro- 
 vo(l of Eitoji College, gave 
 him a letter of advice for 
 the diredion of his travels : but by not 
 obferving ^ an excellent Maxim in 
 it. He incurr’d great danger by dif- 
 
 in. jEtat. 30 . 
 
 ^ J pnfierl flretti, ed it'vifo fciolto. 
 
 puting 
 
IS 
 
 Mr. John Mix-ton. 
 
 puling againft the fuperftition o£ the 
 Church of Rome, within the verge o 
 the Fatican. Having employ d hi 
 curiofity about * two years 
 and Italy, on the news of a civil war 
 breaking out in England, He return d ; 
 withouf taking a furvey of Greece^ 
 Sicily, as at his fetting out the fchem 
 L%jeaed. t At the Lord 
 
 Vifcount Scudamore, Ambaffador from 
 King Charles I. at the Court of France 
 
 introduc’d him to the acquaintance ot 
 
 Grotiui 5 who at that time was ho- 
 nor’d with the fame charaOer theie 
 by Chripna Queen of Sweden. la 
 Rome, Genoa, Florence, and other ci- 
 ties of Italy, He contrafted a fami- 
 liarity with thofe who were of high- 
 eft reputation for wit and learning : fe- 
 
 * Et jmn ih -vtriJi furgebat culmm arijia, 
 
 Et totidem flams mmerabant horrea 
 ■ Hec ium aderat Thyrfii: faflmem fdlUettllum 
 Dulds asn^r Mu/. Thufca reSinsiat « 
 
 .(■ Defeuflu Secmda. Pag. 9®- , 
 
X 
 
 1‘he "Life, of 
 
 veral of whom gave him very obliging 
 teflimonies of their friendlhip and 
 efteem, which are printed before his 
 , Latin Poems. The firft of them was 
 written by Manfo Marquis of Villa, a 
 great patron of Vajfo, by whom he 
 JS celebrated in his * Poem on the 
 Conqueft of Jerufalem. ' It is highly 
 probable that to his converfation with, 
 this noble Neapolitan we owe the 
 firft defign which Milton con- 
 ceiv’d of writing an Epic Poem : and i 
 
 It appears by fome Latin verfes ad- I 
 
 drefs’d to the Marquis with the title 
 of Manfus, that He intended to fix on 
 King 'Arthur for his hero : but Ar- 
 thur was referv’d to another def- 
 tiny ! 
 
 Returning from his travels He 
 
 Jn.yEtat.iz. England on the 
 
 point of being involv’d in 
 blood and confufion. It feems wonder- 
 
 * Fra CanjalieF magnanlmiy e eortejt, 
 
 Fe/flende a MsiTiio . — - Lib. -20. 
 
 ful 
 
XI 
 
 Jtfr. J 0 H N M I t T 0 N. 
 
 ful that one of fo warm, and faring 
 
 a fpirit, as his J ^ ’ in thofe 
 
 be rcftrain’d from the canap 
 
 unnatural commotions. I fuppo 
 
 may impute it wholly to 
 
 defae J He paid to paternal autl o 
 
 rity, that Be refir’^d to lodgings pro- 
 vided for him in the city : whic 
 being commodious for the reception 
 of his fifter’s fons, and fome other 
 young Gentlemen, He undertoo-k their 
 education : and is faid to have form d 
 them on the fame plan which He at- 
 terwards publifo'd, in a 
 tate infcrib’d to his friend Mr. Hart- 
 
 lib 
 
 in this philofophical courfe He con- 
 tinued without a wife to the year 1643 j 
 when He marry’d Mary 
 the Daughter of Richard 
 Powel of Forefi-hill in Oxfordjhire : a 
 Gentleman of eftate and reputation in 
 
 that county ; and of principles fo very 
 
 oppofite 
 
XH rht Life of 
 
 oppofite to his Son-in-law, that the 
 marriage is more to be wonder’d at, 
 than the reparation which enfued, in 
 little more than a month after Ihe 
 Iwd cohabited with him in London, 
 Her defertion provok’d him both to 
 write feveral treatifes concerning the 
 doanne and difcipline of Divorce j 
 and alfo to make his addrelfes to a 
 young Lady of great wit and beauty ; 
 but before he had engag’d her af- 
 feaions to conclude the marriage- 
 treaty, in a vifit at one of his relations 
 He found his Wife proftrate before 
 him, imploring ^ forgivenefs, and recon- 
 ciliation. It is not to be doubted 
 but an interview of that nature, lb 
 little expeaed, mull wonderfully affea 
 him : Snd perhaps the impreflions it 
 made on his imagination contributed 
 much to the painting of that pathetic 
 Scene in * Paradise Los1> in 
 
 * Book X. ver. 909, 
 
 which 
 
Mr. J o H N M I L T o N, xiii 
 
 wkich Eve addrefs’d herfelf to Adam 
 for pardon and peace. At the inter- 
 ceffion of his friends who were pre- 
 fent, after a fhort reludtance He ge- 
 neroufly faerificed all his refentment to 
 her tears. 
 
 Soon his heart relented 
 Towards her^ his lifefo late^ and fok delight: 
 NoWy at his feet fubmijjive in difir ejs! 
 
 And after this re-union, fo far was 
 He from retaining an unkind memory 
 of the provocations which He had re« 
 ceiv’d from her ill condu<ft3 that when 
 the King’s caufe was entirely opprefs’d, 
 and her father, who had been adive in 
 his loyalty, was expos’d to fequeftration . 
 Milton received both him and his 
 femily to protedlion, and free entertain-, 
 ment, in his own houfe, ’till their affairs 
 were accommodated by his intereft in 
 the vidorious fadion. 
 
 For 
 
xW The Life of 
 
 For He was now grown 
 An, JEtat, 41 . Yiis polemical 
 
 writings of various kinds/ and held in 
 great favor and efteem, by thofe who 
 had power to difpofe of all prefer- 
 ments in the State. ’^Tis in vain ta 
 diffemble, and far be it from me to 
 defend, his engaging with a Party 
 combin’d in the deftrudlion of our 
 Church and Monarchy. Yet, leaving 
 the juftification of a mif-guided fince- 
 rity to be debated in the Schools, may 
 I prefume to obferve in his favour, that 
 his zeal, diftemper'd and furious as it 
 was, does not appear to have been in- 
 fpirited by felf-interefted views ? For 
 it is affirm’d, that though He . liv’d 
 always in a frugal retirement, and be- 
 fore his death had difpofed of his Li- 
 brary (which we may fuppofe to have 
 been a valuable colleftion) He left no 
 more than fifteen hundred pounds be- 
 hind him for the fupport of his fami- 
 ly : and whoever confiders the Pofts 
 
 to 
 
Mr. John Milton. xv 
 
 to which He was advanc’d, and the 
 times in which He enjoy’d them, will, 
 I believe, confefs He might have accu- 
 mulated a much more plentiful for- 
 tune : in a difpaffionate mind it will' 
 not require any extraordinary meafure 
 of candor to -conclude, that though He 
 abode in the heritage qf opprejfors, and 
 the fpoils of his country lay at his feet, 
 neither his confcience nor his honor, 
 could ftoop to gather them, 
 
 A Commiffion to con- 
 ftitute him Adjutant -Ge- •^•-^''*^•42. 
 neral to Sir William Waller was pro^ 
 mis’d } but foon fuperfeded by Waller'^ 
 being jaid afide, when his Mailers, 
 thought it proper to new-model their 
 army. However, the keennefs of his, 
 Pen had fo cffedlually recommended 
 him to CromwelT% efteem, that when 
 he took the reins of government into, 
 his own hand, he advanc’d him to be; 
 
 Latin 
 
xvl 7"^^ Life of 
 
 Latin Secretary, both to himfelf and 
 the Parliament : the former of thefe 
 Preferments He enjoy’d both under 
 the Ufurper, and his Son ; the other, 
 ’till King Charles 11. was reftored. For 
 fome time he had an apartment for 
 his family in Whitehall ; but his health 
 requiring a freer acceffion of air. He 
 was oblig’d to remove from thence to 
 lodgings which open’d into St. James's 
 Park. Not long after his fettlement 
 there, his wife died In child -bed ; 
 and much about the time of her 
 death, a Gutta Serena, which had for 
 feveral years been gradually increafing, 
 totally extinguilh’d his fight. In this 
 melancholic condition He was eafily 
 prevail’d with to think of taking ano- 
 ther wife 5 who was Catharine the 
 daughter of Captain Woodcock of Hack-~ 
 ney : and the too, in lefs than a year 
 after their marriage, dy’d in the fame 
 
 unfoi- 
 
Mr. John Milton. xvfl 
 
 unfortunate manner as the former had 
 done ; and in his twenty third Sonnet 
 He does honour to her memory. 
 
 Thefe private calamities 
 
 f , . ■ - - Jn. Mtat, 52. 
 
 were much heightened by 
 the different figure he was likely to 
 make in the new fcene of affairs, 
 which was going to be afted in the 
 State. For, all things now confpiring 
 to promote the King’s Reftoration, 
 He was too confcious of his own 
 adtivity during the Ufurpatioh, to ex- 
 pedb any favour from the Crown : and 
 therefore He prudently abfconded ’till 
 the Ad: of Oblivion was publifh’d | 
 by which He was only render’d inca- 
 pable of bearing any office in the Na- 
 tion. Many had a very juft efteem of 
 his admirable parts and learning, whif> 
 detefted his principles 5 by whofe inter- 
 ceffion his Pardon pafs’d the Seals : and 
 I wifh the laws of Civil Hiftory could 
 have extended the benefit of that obli- 
 vion 
 
Xviii . L I F E 5/* 
 
 vion to the memory of his guilt,, 
 which was indulged to his perfon 5 
 ne tanti facinoris immanifas aut exti^ 
 aut non mndicata fuijfe^ videa-^ 
 
 tur. 
 
 Having thus gain'd a full proteitlon 
 from the Government, (which was in 
 truth more than He could have rea- 
 fonably hoped) He appear'd as much 
 in publick as he formerly us'd to do 5 
 and employing his friend Dr. Paget 
 to make choice of a third con fort, on 
 his recommendation He married £//- 
 ^^abeth the Daughter of Mr. Minjhul 
 a Chep^ire Gentleman, by whom He 
 had no iflue. Three daughters by 
 his firft wife were then living ; the 
 two elder of whom are faid to have 
 been very ferviceable to him in his 
 ftudies. For, having been inftrudled 
 to pronounce not only the Modern, 
 but alfo the Latm^ Greeks and Hebrew 
 languages ; they read in their refpec- 
 
 tive 
 
Mr. J 0 H N M I L T 0 N. xlx 
 
 live originals whatever Authors He 
 wanted to confult ; though they un- 
 derftood none but their mother-tongue. 
 This employment, however, was too 
 unpleafant to be continued for any 
 long procels of time ; and therefore 
 He difmilTed them to receive an edu- 
 cation more agreeable to their fex, and 
 temper. 
 
 We come now to take a furvey of 
 him in that point of view, in which 
 He will be look’d on by all fucceed- 
 ing ages with equal delight, and ad- 
 miration. An interval of above twenty 
 years had elaps’d fince He wrote the 
 Mask of * Comus, L’ AUe- * 26. 
 
 gro, II Penforofo, and -f- Ly- ' + * 9 - 
 
 ddas ; all in fuch an exquifite ftrain I 
 that though He had kft no other ino- 
 numents of his Genius behind him, 
 his name had been immortal. But, 
 neither the infirmities of age and con- 
 ftitution, nor the vicilTjtudes of for- 
 tune. 
 
XX 
 
 Lrl T "E of 
 
 tune, could deprels the vigor of his 
 mind ; or divert it from executing a 
 defign He had ^ long conceiv’d of 
 writing an Heroick Poem. The Fall 
 -of Man was a fubjeft which He had 
 fome years before fix’d on for a Tra- 
 gedy, which he intended to form by 
 the models of Antiquity : and fome, 
 not without probability, fay the Play, 
 open’d with that Speech in the fourth 
 Book of Paradise Lost, ver. 32, 
 which is addrefs’d by Satan to the Sun. 
 Were it material, I believe I could pro- 
 duce other palTages which more plain- 
 ly appear to have been originally in- 
 tended for the fcene. But whatever 
 truth there may be in this report, ’tis 
 certain that he did not begin to mold 
 his Subject in the form which it bears 
 now, before He had concluded his 
 controverfy with Salmafus and More ; 
 when He had wholly loft the ufe of 
 
 ^ ?ar. Lofi, B. ix, Ver. zS.' 
 
 hfe 
 
An, Mtat. 6l. 
 
 Mr. J O H N M I L T O N, xxi 
 
 his eyes ; and was forc’d to employ in 
 the office of -an Amanuenfis any friend 
 who accidentally paid him a vifit. Yet, 
 under all thefe difcou ragemen ts^ and 
 various interruptions, in the 
 ^ Year 1669 He publifh’d 
 his Pa R A D I s E L o s T I the nobleft 
 Poem, next to thofe of Homer and 
 Virgil^ that ever the wit of man pro- 
 duc’d in any age or nation. Need I 
 mention any other evidence of its in- 
 eftimable worth, than that the lineft 
 Genius’s who have fucceeded him have 
 ever efteem’d it a merit to reliffi, and 
 illuftrate its beauties ? Whilll the Cri- 
 tic who gaz’d, with fo much wanton 
 malice, on the nakednefs of Shakefpear 
 when he flept, after having -f* formally 
 declar’d war againft it, wanted courage 
 
 * Mllton’j Contrast nxjith his Bookfeller S. Simmons 
 for the Copy bears Date April 27, 1667. 
 
 f 7 be tragedies of the la(i age confderd, p, 143^ 
 
 to 
 
Kxll ^he L I F E 
 
 to make his attack ; flufh’d though he 
 was with his conquefls over Julius 
 Ccefar^ and T’he Moor : which infolence 
 his Mufe, like the other affaffines of 
 Cc^far^ ^ feverely reveng’d on herfelf ; 
 and not long after her triumph, became 
 her own executioner. Nor is it un- 
 worthy our obfervation, that though, 
 perhaps, no one of our Englijh Poets 
 hath excited fo many admirers to imi- 
 tate his Manner, yet I think never any 
 was known to afpire to emulation : 
 even the late ingenious Mr. Philips^ 
 who, in the colors of ftyle, came the 
 neareft of all the Copiers to refemble 
 the great Original, made his diftant 
 advances with a filial reverence ; and 
 reftrain’d his ambition within the fame 
 bounds which Lucretius prefcrib’d to hi§ 
 own imitation. 
 
 Iton it a certandi cupidus, quam propter amorem 
 
 ^od T E imitari anjeo : quid enim contendat hirunds 
 
 Cycnis . 
 
 f Vide Edgar. 
 
 And 
 
XXIU 
 
 Mr. John Milton. 
 
 And now perhaps it may pafs fon 
 fidion, what with great veracity I af- 
 firm to be faft, that Mi l t o n, after- 
 having ‘ with much difficulty prevail’d 
 to have this Divine Poem licens’d for 
 the Prefs, could fell the Copy for no 
 more than Fifteen Pounds : the pay- 
 ment of which valuable conjideration 
 depended on the fale of three numerous 
 impreffions. So unreafonably may per- 
 fonal prejudice affieft the moft excellent 
 performances ! 
 
 I About * two years after, 
 
 I together with Samson 
 I A G o N I s T E s (a Tragedy not unwor* 
 
 I thy the Grecian Stage when Athens was 
 
 j in her glory) He publifti'd Pa R A d i s e 
 I Regain’d. But, Oh! what a falling- 
 
 I off was there!- Of which I will lay 
 
 I no more, than that there is fcarcely a 
 
 more remarkable inftance of the frailty 
 
 * Tbiy nuere Licenfed July z, 167©, but not frlnted 
 tb^ore the year enfuing, 
 
 of 
 
xxlv 1 j i fE of 
 
 of human reafon, than our Author gave 
 in preferring this Poem to Paradise 
 Lost^ nor a more inftruftive caution 
 to the beft writers, to be very diffident 
 in deciding the merit of their own pro- 
 duftions. 
 
 And thus having attended him to 
 the Sixty Sixth year of his age, as 
 clbfely as fuch imperfedl lights as men 
 of Letters, and retirement, ufually 
 leave to guide our inquiry, would al- 
 low i it now only remains to be re- 
 corded, that in the Year 
 1674 the Gout put a pe- 
 riod to his life at Bunhill near London ; 
 from whence his body was convey'd 
 to St. Giles'^ Church by Cripplegate^ 
 where it lies interred in the Chancel ; 
 but neither has, nor wants a Monument 
 to perpetuate his memory. 
 
 In his youth He is faid to have been 
 extremely handfom : the color of his 
 hair was a light-brown ; the lymmetry 
 
 of 
 
Mr. John Milton. xx\r 
 
 of his features exaft ; enliven'd with 
 an agreeable air, and a beautiful mix- 
 ture of fair and ruddy : which occa- 
 fion'd the Marquifs of Villa to give 
 his * Epigram the fame Turn of 
 Thought, which Gregory Arch -Dea- 
 con of Rome had employed above a 
 thoufand years before, in praifing the 
 amiable complexions of fomc EngliJIo 
 Youths, before their converfion to 
 Chriftianity. His ftature (J- as we find 
 it meafur'd by himfelf) did not exceed 
 I the middle-fize ; neither too lean, nor 
 corpulent: his limbs well proportion’d, 
 
 I nervous, and adtive ; ferviceabJe in all 
 irefpedls to his exercifing the fword, in 
 which He much delighted ; and want- 
 ed neither skill, nor courage, to refent 
 ;an affront from men of the moft ath- 
 letic con fti tut ions. In his diet He was 
 
 * Ut mensy formay decor y facie Sy mosy fi pi etas Jic, 
 
 Non Anglus, njerum hercle Angelus ipfe fores. 
 
 'I' Defenfo fecundcii p. 87. FoL 
 
 ^ - ab- 
 
XXVI 
 
 The L I F E ^ I 
 
 abftemious 5 not delicate in the choice I 
 of his diflies ; and ftrong liquors of all : 
 kinds were his averfion. Being too fadly : 
 convinc’d how much his health had ® 
 fulFer’d by night-lludies in his younger 
 years, He ufed to go early (feldom latery' 
 than Nine) to reft ; and rofe common- 
 ly before Five in the morning. It is 
 reported, (and there is a paffage in 
 one of his Latin Elegies to coun- 
 tenance the tradition) that his fency 
 made the happieft flights in the Spring : 
 but one of his Nephews ufed to deli- 
 ver it as Milton’s own obferva- 
 tion, that his invention was in its high- 
 eft perfeftion from September to the 
 Vernal JEquinox : however it was, the 
 great inequalities to be found in his 
 compofures, are inconteftable proofs, 
 that in fome feafons He was but one 
 of the people. When blindnefs re- 
 ftrain’d him from other exercifes. He 
 had a machine to fwing in, for the 
 prefervation of his health ; and divert- 
 
Mr. John Milton. 3^vli 
 
 cd himfelf in his chamber with play- 
 ing on an Organ. His Deportment was 
 ereft, open, affable ; his Converfation 
 eafy, chearful, inftruftive | his Wit on 
 all occafions at command^ facetious^ 
 grave, or fatiricalj as the fubjed: re- 
 quir’d. His Judgment, when difen- 
 gag’d from religious and political fpe- 
 culations, was juft and penetrating | 
 his Apprehenfion, quick ; his Memory, 
 tenacious of what He read | his Read- 
 ing, only not fo extenfive as his Genius, 
 -for That was univerfal. And having 
 treafur’d up fuch immenfe ftores of 
 fcience, perhaps the faculties of his 
 foul grew more vigorous after He was 
 depriv’d of his fight : and his imagina- 
 tion (naturally fublime, and enlarg’d by 
 reading Romances. ^ of which He was 
 much enamour’d in his youth) when it 
 was wholly abjftradted from material ob- 
 jeds, was more at liberty to make fuch 
 amazing excurfions into the Ideal World, 
 
 * His Apology for Smedymnuus, p. 177. foL 
 
 a a when 
 
xxvHi The Life, CSc, 
 
 when in compofing his Divine Work He 
 was tempted to range 
 
 Beyond the vijible diurnal fphere. 
 
 With fo many accompliChments, not to 
 have had fome faults and misfortunes, 
 to be laid in the balance with the fame, 
 and felicity, of writing Paradise 
 Lost, wou’d have been too great a 
 portion for humanity. 
 
 Elijah Fenton. 
 
POSTSCRIPT. 
 
 T H E wotks of inferior Genius’s have their in« 
 fancy, and often receive additions of tengtli 
 and beauty, in the feveral impreffions they 
 undergo whilft their Authors live : but the following 
 Poem came into the world, like the Perfons whom 
 it celebrates, in a ftato of maturity. However, though 
 in the firft Edition it was difpos’d into Ten Books 
 only, Milton thought proper in the Second t© 
 make a new divifion of it into Twelve *. not, I fup- 
 pofe, with refpea to the ^neis (for he was, in both 
 fenfes of the phrafe, above imitation) But more pro- 
 bably, becaufe the length of the Seventh and Tenth 
 requir’d a paufe in the Narration, he divided them 
 each into Two ; on which diftribution, to the be- 
 ginning of thofe Books which arc now the Eighth 
 and Twelfth, he added the following Verfes, which 
 were neceffary to make a Gonneftlon, 
 
 Book VIII. ver. r» 
 
 Angel ended, and in Adam’j ear 
 charming left his njoice, that he a ‘whils 
 thought hitn fill /peaking ; fill flood fix d to hears 
 fhen, as ne^-^alCd, thus gratefully reply’d. 
 
 The latter half of the verfe was taken from this in 
 the fird Edition, 
 
 To whom thus Adam gratefully reply ’'4 
 
 a ^ ^ok 
 
p 0 s r s c R I p r. 
 
 Book XII. ver. u 
 
 As me fwho in his journey hates at noon, 
 
 though bent on /peed : Jo here th' Arch- Angel paus'd,. 
 
 Betwixt the m^orld dejirof d, and njuorld refior d ; , 
 
 If Adam ought perhaps might interpofe : 
 
 Then, mith tranfition fweet, nenv fpeech refumes » 
 
 At tke fame time; the: Author made fome new addi- 
 tions in other places of the Poem, which are here 
 inferted for the fatisfadion of the, curious. 
 
 Book ver. 637; 
 
 « They eat, they drink, and with refe< 5 lion fweet 
 Are fill’d, before! th’ all-bounteous King, 
 were thus enlarg’d in the Second Edition, 
 
 They eat, they drink, and in communion fweet 
 ^uaff immortality, . and joy,, (ft cure 
 Of furfeit, nxihere full meafure only bounds 
 Excefs) before th’ all-bounteous King, iAc.. 
 
 Book XI. ver. 484. after, 
 
 “ Inteftine ftbne, and ulcer, coliek* pangs,, 
 thefe three verfes. were added, 
 
 JD^moniac phrenzy, moping melancho^. 
 
 And moon-firuck madnefs, pining atrophy ; 
 
 Marafmus, and nvide-^afing pef Hence. 
 
 And ver. 551. of the fame Book (which was origi. 
 Rally thus, 
 
 « Of rendring up. Michael to him reply *d) 
 
 receiv’d this addition, 
 
 Of rendring up, and patiently attend 
 Uy dilution.. Michael reply’d. 
 
F 0 T S C RIFT. 
 
 To what I have faid in the Life, of our Author’s, 
 having no Monument, it may not be improper to add ; 
 that I defir’d a Friend to enquire at St. Giles's Church?.; 
 where the Sexton fhew’d him a fmall Monument, 
 
 I which Le faid was fuppos’d to be Milton’s? 
 j but the Infcription had never been legible hnce he 
 I was employed in that office, which he has poffefs’d 
 I about Forty Years. This, fure, cou’d never Have 
 happen’d in fo fliort a fpace of time, unlefs the 
 Epitaph had been induftriouHy eras’d ; and that fup-> 
 pofition carries with it fo much inhumanity, that I 
 think we ought to believe it was not ere^ed to hk 
 Memory. 
 
 in 
 
I ^ 
 
 Paradisum Amissam 
 
 S u M M I Poe 
 
 JoANNIS MiLTONI, 
 
 Q U I legis Amissam Paradisum, grandia Magna; 
 
 Carmina Miltoni, quid nifi cunaa legis? 
 
 Res cunftas, & cunaarum primordia rerum, 
 
 Et I'ata, & fines continet ifte liber. 
 
 Intima panduntur magni penetralia mundi ; 
 
 Scribitur & toto quicquid in orbe latet : 
 
 Terrseqae, traaufique maris, ccelumque profundum, 
 Sulpbureufque Erebi, Eammivomufque fpecus. 
 Quseque colunt terras, poiitumque, & Tartara caeca i; 
 
 Quseque colunt fummi lueida regna poli. 
 
 Et quodcunque nllis conclufum eft finibus ufquam 5 
 Et fine fine Chaos, & fine fine D E U S r 
 Et fine fine magis, (fi quid magi s eft fine fine) 
 
 In CHRISTO erga homines conciliates amor, 
 Hsec qui fperaret, quis crederet efie futura ? 
 
 Et tamen. base hodie terra Britann a legit. 
 
 O quantos in bella Duces ! quae protulit arma.! 
 
 Qu® canit, & quanta praelia dira tuba ! 
 
 Cceleftes acies ! atque in certamine caelum! 
 
 Et quae cceleftes pugna deceret agros I 
 Quantus in aethereis tollit ie Lucifer armis !’ 
 
 Atque ipfo graditur vix Michaele minor I 
 
 ^ Quanti&,, 
 
Quantis, & quam funeftis concurntur irrs, 
 
 Dum ferus hie ftellas protegit, ille rapit ? 
 
 Dum vuHos montes, ceu tela reciproca, torquent ? 
 Et non mortal! defuper igne pluunt ; 
 
 Star dubius cui fe parti concedat Olympus j 
 E t metuit pagnas non fupereffe fuag. 
 
 At fimul in ccelis M E S S I ^ infignia fulgent^ 
 
 Et currus animes, armaque digna DEO ; 
 
 Horrendumque rotas Undent, & feva rotarum 
 Erumpant tor vis fulgura iuminib.us ; 
 
 Et flammee vibrant, & vera tonitrua raoco 
 Admiftis flammis infonuere polo: 
 
 Excidit attonitis mens omnis, & impetus omnis, 
 
 Et calTis dextris irrita tela cadunt. 
 
 Ad pcenas fugiunt, & (ceu foret Orcus afykm 1) 
 Infernis certant condere fe tenebris. 
 
 Cedite Romani Scriptores, cedite G r ai i, 
 
 Et quos Fama recens, vel celebravit anus i 
 
 Haec quicunque leget, tantum ceciniffe putabk 
 M^onidem Ranas, Virgilium Cuiices* 
 
 Sam. Barrow, M. D. 
 
 to 
 
On Paradise Lost. 
 
 W HEN I beheld the Poet blind, yet bold. 
 In ilender book His vail defign unfold : 
 MESSIAH crown’d, G O D’s reconcil’d decree. 
 Rebelling Angeljs^ the Forbidden Tree, 
 
 Heav’n, Hell, Earth, Chaos, All! the argum,ent 
 Held me a while mifdoubting His intent ; 
 
 That He would ruin (for I faw him ftrong) 
 
 The Sacred Truths to fable, and old fong ; . 
 
 (So Sampson grop’d, the temple’s pofts in fpight) 
 The world o’er whelming to revenge His light. 
 
 Yet as I read, foon growing lefs fevere, 
 
 I lik’d his project, the luccefs djd fear ; ^ 
 
 Through that wide field how He his way fhould find. 
 O’er which lame faith leads underftanding blind; 
 Left He perplex’d the things He would explain. 
 
 And what was eafy. He ftiould render vain. 
 
 Or, if a work fo infinite He fpann’d. 
 
 Jealous I was that fome lefs skilful hand 
 (Such as difquiet always what is well. 
 
 And by ill imitating would excell) . ^ , 
 
 Might hence prefume, the whole creation s day 
 To change in feenes, and ftiew it in a Play. 
 
 Pardon me, mighty Poet! nor defpife 
 My caufelefs, yet not impious, furmife. 
 
 But I am now convinc’d, and none will dare 
 Within thy Labours to pretend a lhare. , . , - . 
 
 Thou haft not mifs’d one thought that could be fit ; 
 And all that was improper doft omit *. 
 
 i 
 
 I 
 
 S9 
 
So that no room is here for Writers left 
 But to deted their ignorance, or theft. 
 
 That majeftf which through Thy Work doth reign. 
 Draws the devout, deterring the profane : 
 
 ^nd Things Divine Thou treat’ll of in fuch ftate. 
 
 As them preferves, and Thee inviolate. 
 
 At once delight and horror on us feife. 
 
 Thou fing’ft with fo much gravity and eafe j 
 And above humane light doll foar aloft. 
 
 With plume fo ftrong, fo equal, and fo foft ! 
 
 The bird nam’d from that Paradife You fing 
 So never flags, but always keeps on wing. 
 
 Where couldft Thou words of fuch a compafs find f 
 Whence furnifh fuch a vaft expenfe of mind ? 
 
 Juft Heav’n Thee, like Tiresias, to requite. 
 
 Rewards with prophefy Thy lofs of fight. 
 
 Well might’ft Thou fcorn thy readers to allure ; 
 With tinkling rhyme, of Thy own fenfe fecure j 
 While the Town-bays writes all the while and fpells. 
 And, like a pack-horfe, tires without his bells. 
 
 Their fancies like our buftiy -points appear. 
 
 The Poets tag them, we for fafliion wear. 
 
 I too tranfported by the mode commend ; 
 
 And while I mean to praife Thee, mull offend. 
 
 Thy verfe created like Thy Theme fublime, 
 
 In number, weight, and meafure, needs not rhyme. 
 
 Andrew Marvell 
 
T'he Verse. 
 
 T H E meafure is En g l i s h Heroic Verfe without 
 Rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of 
 ViP^GiL in Latin ; Rhyme being no neceffary ad- 
 jund, or true ornament of Poem or good verfe ; in 
 lonn;er works efpecially ; but the invention of a bar- 
 barous age, to fet-off wretched matter and lame m«etre : 
 grac’d indeed fmce by the ufe of fome famous mo- 
 dern Poets carried away by Cuftom ; but mmch to their 
 own vexation, hindrance, and conftraint to exprefs 
 many things othervvife (and for the m.oft part vvorfe) 
 than elfe they would have exprell them. Not with- 
 out caufe therefore fom.e (both Italian and Spanish) 
 Poets of prime note have rejeded Rhyme, both in 
 longer and fhorter works ; as have alfo long fmce our 
 beft English Tragedies ; as a thing of itfelf, to 
 all judicious ears, tnvial and of no true mufical de- 
 light : which confifts 011% in apt Numbers, fit quantity 
 of fyllables, and the fenfe varioufly drawn out from 
 one verfe into another : not in the jingling found of 
 like endings ; a fault avoided by the learned Antients 
 both in Poetry and all good Oratory. This negled 
 then of Rhyme fo little is to be taken for a defed ; 
 (though it may feem £b perhaps to vulgar readers) 
 that it rather is to be efieem’d an example fet (the 
 firfi: in E n g l i s h) of antient liberty recover’d to He- 
 roic Poem, from the troublefome and modern bondage 
 of Rhyming. 
 
 THE 
 
THE 
 
 first book 
 
 O F 
 
 ARADISE LOST. 
 
 B 
 
The Argument. 
 
 ^hts firjl hook propofesyfrjiin brief, the <uihole fubjeSi, Matte 
 dijohedience, and the lofs thereupon of Paradife therein 
 he ^ivas placd : Phen touches the prime caufe of his fall* 
 the Serpent, or rather Satan in the ferpent ; <voho revolt ^ 
 -ing from God, and drawing to his Jide ma/ny legion's of 
 Angels, was by the command ofGoYs driven out of Hea^ 
 ven with all his crew into the great deep. Which adiion 
 pafs'd over, the Poem hafies into the midji of things, pre^ 
 fenting Satan with his Angels now fallen into hell, de- 
 fcriPd here, not in the center (for Heaven and Earth 
 may be fuppos'd as yet not made, certainly not yet ac~ 
 curs'* d ) but in a place of utter darknefs, fitlieft call'd 
 Chaos : Here Satan with his Angels lying on the burning 
 lake, thunder f ruck and afonifod, after a certain fpace 
 recovers, as from confufton, calls up him who next in 
 order and dignity lay by him : they confer of their mifera- 
 hie fall. Satan awakens all his legions, who lay ‘'till 
 then in the fame manner confounded : Phey rife,^ their 
 numbers, array of battel, their chief leaders nam'd, ac- 
 cording to the idols known afterwards in Canaan and the 
 emntries adjoining. To thefe Satan dircB^ hb fpeech, 
 oomforts them nuith hope yet of regaining Heaven, but 
 tells them laflly of a nevi tiuorld and neau kind of creature 
 'to be created, according to an ancient prophecy or re- 
 port in Heaven ; for that Angels -were long before this 
 mifible creation, vsas the opinion of many ancient Fathers. 
 To find out the truth of this prophecy, and ^hatto de- 
 termine thereon, he refers to a full council. U hat his 
 affociates theme attempt. Pandemonium, the palace of 
 Satan, rifes, fuddenly built out of the deep : the infernal 
 Peers there fit in council. 
 
7 
 
PARADISE 
 
 LOST. 
 
 mm 
 
 j F Man’s firll difobedience, and the fruit 
 !Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte 
 Brought death into the world, and all our 
 woe. 
 
 With lofs of Eden, ’till one greater Man 
 Reftore us, and regain the blifsful feat, 5 
 Sing heav’nly Mufe, that on the fecret top 
 Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didft infpire 
 That fhepherd, who firft taught the chofen feed, * 
 
 In the beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth 
 Rofe out of Chaos : Or if Sion hill 
 Delight thee more, and Siloa’s brook that flow’d 
 Faft by the oracle of God ; I thence 
 Invoke thy aid to my adventrous fong. 
 
 That with no middle flight intends to foar 
 
 Above th’ Aonian mount, while it purfues i j 
 
 Things unattempted yet in profe or rhime. 
 
 B 2 
 
 10 
 
4 Paradise Lost; Book I, 
 
 And chiefly Thou, O Spi’rit, that doft prefer 
 Before all temples th’ upright heart and pure, 
 
 Inftruft me, for Thou know’ft ; Thou from the firfl: 
 Wall: prefent, and with mighty wings outfpread 26 
 Dove-like fatfl: brooding on the vaft abyfs. 
 
 And mad’ft if pregnant : what in me is dark 
 Illumin, what is low raife and fupport ; 
 
 That to the highth of this great argument 
 I may aflert eternal Providence, 2 ^ 
 
 And juftify the ways of God to Men. 
 
 Say firfl, for Heav’n hides nothing from thy view. 
 Nor the deep tra£l of Hell, fay firfl what caufe 
 Mov’d our grand parents, in that happy ftate. 
 
 Favor’d of Heav’n fo highly, to fall olF 3O 
 
 From their Creator, and tranfgrefs his will 
 For One reftraint, lords of the world befides ? 
 
 Who firfl feduc’d them to that foul revolt ? 
 
 Th’ infernal Serpent ; he it was, whofe guile, 
 
 Stirr’d up with envy and revenge, deceiv’d 35. 
 
 The mother of mankind, what time his pride 
 Had call him out from Heav’n, with all his hoft 
 Of rebel Angels, by whofe aid afpiring 
 To fet liimfelf in glory’ above his peers. 
 
 He trufted to have equal’d the moil High, 4O' 
 
 If he oppos’d ; and with ambitious aim 
 Againft the throne and monarchy of God 
 Rais’d impious war in Heav’n and battel proud 
 With vain attempt. Him the almighty Power 
 Hurl’d headlong flaming from th’ ethereal sky, 45 
 With hideous ruin and combuftion, down 
 To bottomlefs perdition, there to dwell 
 In adamantin chains and penal fire, 
 
 Wlio durfl defy th’ Omnipotent' to arms. 
 
 Nine times the fpace that meafures day and night 50 
 
Book I. P A R A D I S E L 0 S T. \ ^ 
 
 To mortal m^n, h€ with his horrid crew 
 L^y vanquifh’d, rolling in the fiery gulf. 
 Confounded though immortal : But his doom 
 Referv'd him to more wrath ; for now the thought 
 Both of loft happinefs and lafting pain 
 Torments him ; round he throws his baleful eyes. 
 That witnefs’d huge afflidion and difmay 
 Mix’d with obdurate pride and ftedfaft hate : 
 
 At once, as far as Angels ken, he Views 
 The difmal fituation wafte and wild ; 
 
 A dungeon horrible on all fides round 
 As one great furnace flam’d, yet from thofe flames 
 No light, but rather darknefs viiible 
 Serv’d only to difcovcr fights of woe. 
 
 Regions of forrow, doleful fhades, where peace 
 And reft can never dwell, hope never comes 
 That comes to all ; but torture without end 
 Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed 
 With ever-burning fulphur unconfum’d : 
 
 Such place eternal Juftice had prepar’d 
 
 For thofe rebellious, here their pris’on ordain’d 
 
 In utter darknefs, and their portion fet 
 
 As far remov’d from God and light of Heaven, 
 
 As from the center thrice to th’ utmoft pole. 
 
 O how unlike the place from whence they fell ! 
 There the companions of his fall, o’erwhelm’d 
 With floods and whirlwinds of tempeftuous fire. 
 
 He foon difcerns, and welt’ring by his fide 
 One next himfelf in pow’r, and next in crime. 
 Long after known in Paleftine, and nam’d 
 Beelzebub. To whom th’ Arch-Enemy, 
 
 And thence in Heav’n call’d Satan, with bold words 
 Breaking the horrid filence thus began. 
 
 S-3 
 
 6o 
 
 65 
 
 70 
 
 75 
 
 80 
 
 If thou bceft he ; but O how fall’n f how chang’d 
 From him, who in the happy realms of light 85 
 2 3 
 
6 Par ADIS E Lost.’ Book I. 
 
 Cloth’d with tranfcendent brightnefs didft outfliine 
 Myriads though bright ! If he whom mutual league, 
 United thoughts and counfels, equal hope 
 And hazard in the glorious enterprife. 
 
 Join’d with me once, now mifery hath join’d 
 In equal ru’in : into what pit thou feell 
 From what highth fall’n, fo much the ftronger prov’d 
 He with his thunder : and till then who knew 
 The force of thofe dire arms ? yet not for thofe. 
 
 Nor what the potent vidlor in his rage 95 
 
 Can elfe inflift, do I repent or change. 
 
 Though chang’d in outward luftre, that fix’d mind. 
 And high difdain from fenfe of injur’d merit. 
 
 That with the Mightieft rais’d me to contend, 
 
 And to the fierce contention brought along 100 
 
 Innumerable force of Spirits arm’d. 
 
 That durft diflike his reign, and me preferring. 
 
 His utmoft pow’r with adverfe pow’r oppos’d 
 In dubious battel on the plains of Heaven, 
 
 And fliook his throne. What though the field be loft ? 
 All is not loft ; th’ unconquerable will, 106 
 
 And ftudy of revenge, immortal hate. 
 
 And courage never to fubmit or yield. 
 
 And what is elfe not to be overcome ; 
 
 That glory never ihall his wrath or might 1 1 0 
 
 Extort from me. To bow and fue for grace 
 With fuppliant knee, and deify his power. 
 
 Who from the terror of this arm fo late 
 Doubted his empire j that were low indeed, 
 
 That were an ignominy’ and fhame beneath 1 1 5 
 
 This downfall i fince by fate the ftrength of Gods 
 And this empyreal fubftance cannot fail. 
 
 Since through experience of this great event 
 In arms not worfe, in forefight much advanc’d, 
 
 We maj with more fuccefsful hope refolve i ze 
 
1 
 
 Bookl. Paradise Lost; 
 
 To wage by force or guile eternal war, 
 
 Irrcconcileable to our grand foe. 
 
 Who now triumphs, and in th’ excefs of joy 
 Sole reigning holds the ’ tyranny of Heaven, 
 
 So fpake th’apoftate Angel, though in pain, 125 
 Vaunting aloud, but rack’d with deep defpair : 
 
 And him thus anfwer’d foon his bold compeer. 
 
 O Prince, O Chief of many throned Powers, 
 
 That led th’ imbattePd Seraphim to war 
 
 Under thy conduft, and in dreadful deeds 1 50 
 
 Fearlefs, mdanger’d Heav’n’s perpetual king^. 
 
 And put to proof his high fupremacy. 
 
 Whether upheld by ftrength, or chance, or fate 1 
 Too well I fee and rue the dire event. 
 
 That with fad overthrow and foul defeat 13I 
 
 Hath loft us Heav’n, and all this mighty hoft 
 In horrible deftruftion laid thus low. 
 
 As far as Gods and heav-’nly elTences 
 Can perifti : for the mind and fpi’rit remaint 
 Invincible, and vigor foon returns, 140 
 
 Though all our glory’ cxtin£l, and happy ftate 
 Here fwallow’d up in endlefs mifery. 
 
 But what if he our conqu’ror (whom I now 
 Of force believe almighty, lince no lefs 
 Than fuch could have o’er-pow’r’d fuch force as ours) 
 Have left us this our fpi’rit and ftrength entire 146 
 Strongly to fuffer and fupport our pains. 
 
 That we may fo fuffice his vengeful ire. 
 
 Or do him mightier fervice as his thralls 
 
 By right of war, whate’er his buftnefs be 150 
 
 Here in the heart of Hell to work in fire. 
 
 Or do his errands in the gloomy deep ; 
 
 What can it then avail, though yet we feel 
 
Book I, 
 
 8 Paradise Lost. 
 
 Strength undiminifh’d, or eternal being 
 To undergo eternal punilhment ? 
 
 Whereto with fpeedy words th’ Arch-Fiend 
 
 reply’d. 
 
 *55 
 
 Fall’n Cherub, to be weak is miferable 
 Doing or fufFering : but of this be fure. 
 
 To do ought good never will be our task; 
 
 But ever to do ill our foie delight. 
 
 As bei’ng the contrary to his high will 
 Whom we refill. If then his providence 
 Out of our evil feek to bring forth good. 
 
 Our labor mull be to pervert that end. 
 
 And out of good Hill to find means of evil j 
 Which ofttimes may fucceed, fo ajs perhaps 
 Shall grieve him, if I fail not, and didurb 
 His inmoll counfels from their dellin’d aim. 
 
 But fee the angry viftor hath recall’d 
 His minillers of vengeance and purfuit 
 Back to the gates of Heav’n : the fulphurous hail 
 Shot after us in dorm, o’erblown hath laid 
 The fiery furge, that from the precipice 
 Of Heav’n receiv’d us falling ; and the thunder, 
 Wing’d With red lightning and impetuous rage. 
 Perhaps hath fpent his lhafts, and ceafes now 
 To bellow through the vail and boundlefs deep. 
 Let us not flip th’ occalion, whether fcorn. 
 
 Or fatiate fury yield it from our foe. 
 
 Seed thou yon dreary plain, forlorn and wild. 
 The feat of defolation, void of light. 
 
 Save what the glimmering of thefe livid flames 
 Cads pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend 
 From off the tolling of thefe fiery waves. 
 
 There red, if any red can harbour there. 
 
 And re-affembling our afilidled Powers, 
 
 Confult how we may henceforth mod offend 
 
 i6o 
 
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 *7S 
 
 180 
 
 1 85 
 
 i 
 
 4 :: 
 
9 
 
 Bookl. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Our enemy, our own lofs how repair. 
 
 How overcome this dire calamity, 
 
 TOiat reinforcement we may gain from hope; 190 
 If not what refolution from defpair. 
 
 Thus Satan talking to his neareft mate 
 With head up-lift above the wave, and eyea 
 That fparkling blaz’d, bis other parts befides 
 Prone on the flood, extended long and large 195 
 Lay floting many a rood, in bulk as huge 
 As whom the fables name of monftrous lize, 
 
 Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr’^d on Jove, 
 
 Briareos or Typhon, whom the den 
 
 By ancient T arfus held, or that fea-beaft 20D 
 
 Leviathan, which God of all his works 
 
 Created hugefl that fwim th’ ocean ftream t 
 
 Him haply flumb’ring on the Norway foam 
 
 The pilot of fome {mall night-founder d skiiF 
 
 Deeming fome iland, oft, as fea-men tell, 20$ 
 
 With fixed anchor in his skaly rind 
 
 Moors by his {ide under the lee, while night 
 
 Invefts the fea, and wiflied morn delays : 
 
 So ftretch'd out huge in length the Ar ch-Fiend lay 
 Chain’d on the burning lake, nor ever thence 210 
 Had ris’a or heav’d his head, but that the will 
 And high permiffion of all-ruling Heaven 
 Left him at large to his own dark defigns. 
 
 That with reiterated crimes he might 
 
 Heap on himfelf damnation, while he fought 21 1 
 
 Evil to others, and enrag’d might fee 
 
 How all his malice ferv’d but to bring forth 
 
 Infinite goodnefs, grace and mercy Ihown 
 
 On Man by him feduc’d, but on himfelf 
 
 Treble confufion, wrath and vengeance pour’d, 220 
 
 Forthwith upright he rears from off the pool 
 
10 Par A DISC Lost. BookL 
 
 His mighty ftature ; on each hand the flames 
 Driv’n backward flope their pointing fpires, and roll’d 
 In billows, leav^e fth’ midfl; a horrid vale. 
 
 Then with expanded wings he fleers his flight 225 
 
 Aloft, inoimbent on the dusky air 
 
 That felt nnufual weight, ’till on dry land 
 
 He lights, if it were land that ever burn’d 
 
 With folid„ as the lake with liq^uid fire ; 
 
 And fuch appear’d in hue, as when the force. 25® 
 Of fubterranean wind* tranfports a hill 
 Torn from Pelorus, or the Ihatter’d fide 
 Of thund’ring JEtna, whofc combuflible: 
 
 And fueP'd entrails thence conceiving fire^ 
 
 Sublim’d with mineral fury, aid the winds, 23^ 
 
 And leave a fmged bottom all involv’d 
 With flench and fmoke : Such refting found the foie 
 Of unbleft feet. Him follow’d his next mate 
 Both glorying to have ’fcap’d tho Stygian flood 
 As Gods, and by their own recover’d ilrength, 24.<2 
 Hot by the fuflerance of fupernal Power.. 
 
 Is this the region, this the foil, the climei 
 Said- then the loft Arch-Angel, this the feat 
 That we mufl change for Heav’n, this mournful gloons. 
 For that, celeflial light ? Be’ it fo, fince he 245: 
 
 Who now is Sovran can difpofe and bid 
 What fhall be right : fartheft from him is beft, 
 
 Whom reas’on hath eq^ual’d, force hath made fupreme 
 Above his equals. Farewel happy fields, 
 
 Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail 250 
 Infernal world, and thou profoundefl Hell 
 Receive thy new poflelFor ; one who brings 
 A mind not to be chang’d by place or time. 
 
 The mind is its own place, and in itfelf 
 
 Can make a Heav’n of Hell,, a Hell of Heav’h. 255 
 
BookL Paradise Lost, h 
 
 What matter where, if I be ftill the fame. 
 
 And what I fhould be, all but iefs than he 
 
 Whom thunder hath made greater! Here at leaft 
 
 We lhall be free ; th’ Almighty hath not built 
 Here for his envy i will not drive us hence i 2.6q 
 
 Here we may reign fe&ure, and in my choice 
 To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : 
 
 Better to reign in Hell, than ferve in Heaven. 
 
 But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, 
 
 Th’ aflociates and copartners of our lofs, 2 S 
 
 Lie thus aftonilh’d on th’ oblivious pool,^ 
 
 And call them not to ihare with us their part 
 In this unhappy manfion, or once more 
 With rallied arms to try what may be jQt 
 Regain’d in Heav’n, or what more loft in Hell i 270 
 
 So Satan fpake, and him Beelzebub 
 Thus anfwer’d. Leader of thofe armies bright. 
 
 Which but th’ Omnipotent none could have foil d. 
 
 If once they hear that voice, their livelieft pledge 
 Of hope in fears and dangers, heard fo oft 275 
 
 In worft extremes, and on the perilous edge 
 Of battel when it rag’d, in all affaults 
 Their fureft fignal, they will foon refume 
 New courage and revive, though now they hV 
 Groveling and proftrate on yon lake of fire, 2^0 
 As we erewhile, aftounded and amaz d, 
 
 No wonder, fall’n fuch a pernictous highth. 
 
 He fcarce had ceas’d when the (uperior Fiend‘s 
 Was moving tow’ard the fhore ; his pond’rous fliield,. 
 Ethereal temper, maffy, large and round, 285 
 
 Behind him caft ; the broad circumference 
 Hung on his ihoulders like the moon, whofe orfe 
 Through optic glafs the Tufcan artiil views 
 
12 
 
 Paradise Lost. Book I. 
 
 At evening from the top of ^Fefol^ 
 
 Or in Vaidarno, to defcry new lands. 
 
 Rivers or mountains in her fpotty globe. 
 
 His fpear, to equal which the talleft pine 
 Hewn ©n Norwegian hills, to be the maft 
 Of fome great ammiral, were Hut a wand. 
 
 He walk’d with to fupport uneafy fteps 
 Over the burning marie, not like thofe fteps 
 On Heaven’s azure, and the torrid clime 
 Smote on him fore befides, vaulted with fire : 
 
 Nathlefs he fo indur’d, till on the beach 
 Of that inflamed fea he flood, and eall’d 
 His legions, Angel forms, who lay intrane’d 
 Thick as autumnal leaves that flrow the brooks 
 In Vallombrofa, where th’ Etrurian lhades 
 High over- arch’d imbow’r i or fcatter’d fedge 
 Aflote, when with fierce winds Orion arm’d ^ 
 Hath vex’d the Red-Sea coafl, whofe waves o’erthrew 
 Bufiris and his Memphain chivalry. 
 
 While with perfidious hatred they purfued 
 The fojourners of Gofhen, who beheld 
 From the fafe fhore their fioting carcafes 
 And broken chariot wheels : fo thick bedrown 
 Abjeft and loft lay thefe, covering the flood. 
 
 Under amazement of their hideous change. 
 
 He call’d fo loud, that all the hollow deep 
 Of Hell refounded. Princes, Potentates, 
 
 Warriors, the flo w’r of Keav’n, once yours, now loft. 
 If fuch aftoniftiment as this can feife 
 Eternal Spi’rits ; or have ye chos’n this place 
 After the toil of battel to repofe 
 Your" wearied virtue, for the eafe you find 
 To flumber here, as in the vales of Heaven ? 
 
 Or in this abjed pofture have ye fworn 
 To’ adore the conqueror ? who now beholds 
 
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 Cherub and Seraph rolling in the flood 
 With fcatter’d arms and enfigns, till anon 325 
 
 His fwift purfuers from Heav’n gates difcern 
 Th’ advantage, and defcending tread us down 
 Thus drooping, or with linked thunderbolts 
 Transfix us to the bottom of this gulf. 
 
 Awake, arrfe, or be for ever falfn. 3^0 
 
 They heard, and were abafli’d, and up they fprung 
 Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch 
 On duty, fleeping found by whom they dread, 
 
 Roufe and beftir themfelves ere well awake. 
 
 Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 
 In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel 1 
 Yet te their general’s voice they foon obey’d 
 Innumerable, As when the potent rod 
 Of Amram’s fon, in Egypt’s evil day. 
 
 Wav’d round the coaft, up call’d a pitchy cloud 
 Of loeufts, warping on the eaftern wind. 
 
 That o’er the realm of Impious Pharaoh hung 
 Like night, and darken’d all the land of Nile ; 
 
 So numberlefs were thofe bad Angels feen 
 Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell 
 ’Tvvixt upper, nether, and furrounding fires 1 
 Till, as a fignal giv’n, th’ up-lifted fpear 
 Of their great Sultan waving to dired 
 Their courfe, in even balance down they light 
 On the firm brimflone, and fill all the plain 5 
 A multitude, like which the populous north 
 Pour’d never from her frozen loins, to pafs 
 Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous fons 
 Came like a deluge on the fouth, and fpread 
 Beneath Gibralter to the Lybian fands. 
 
 Forthwith from every fquadron and each band 
 The heads and leaders Either halle where flood 
 
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 Their great commander ; Godlike fliapes and forms 
 Excelling human, princely Dignities, 
 
 And Pow’rs that erfl: in Heaven fat on thrones ; 36a 
 
 Though of their names in heav’nly records now 
 Be no memorial, blotted out and ras’d 
 By their rebellion from the books of life* 
 
 Nor had they yet among the fons of Eve 
 
 Got them new names, till wand’ring o’er the earth, 365: 
 
 Through God’s high fufferance for the tri’al of man. 
 
 By falfities and lies the greateft part 
 
 Of mankind they corrupted to forfake 
 
 God their Creator, and th’ invifible 
 
 Glory of him that made them to transform 370 
 
 Oft to the image of a brute, adorn’d 
 
 With gay religions full of pomp and gold. 
 
 And Devils to adore for Deities : 
 
 Then were they known to men by various names. 
 And various idols through the Heathen world. 37^^ 
 
 Say,Mufe, their names then known, who firll, who lall,. 
 Rous’d from the dumber, on that fiery couch. 
 
 At their great empe’rors call, as next in worth 
 Came dngly where he flood on the bare flrand. 
 
 While the promifcuous croud flood yet aloof. 38^0 
 The chief were thofe who from the pit of Hell 
 Roaming to feek their prey on earth, durft fix 
 Their feats long after next the feat of God, 
 
 Their altars by his altar, Gods ador’d 
 
 Among the nations round, and durft abide 385 
 
 Jehovah thund’ring out of Sion, thron’d 
 
 Between the Cherubim ; yea, often plac’d 
 
 Within his fanduary itfelf their fhrines. 
 
 Abominations ; and with curfed things 
 
 His holy rites and fblemn feafts profan’d, 39^ 
 
 And with their darknefs durft affront his light. 
 
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 Firft Moloch, horrid king, befmear’d with blood 
 Of human facrifice, and parents tears, 
 
 Though for the noife of drums and timbrels loud 
 Their childrens cries unheard, that pafs^d through fire 
 To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite 39^ 
 
 Worfhipt in Rabba and her watry plain. 
 
 In Argob and in Bafan, to the ftream 
 Of utmoft Arnon. Nor content with fuch 
 Audacious neighbourhood, the wifeft heart 400 
 
 Of Solomon he led by fraud to build 
 His temple right againft the temple’ of God 
 On that opprobrious hill, and made his grove 
 The pleafant valley’ of Hinnom, Tophet thence 
 And black Gehenna call’d, the type of Hell. 405 
 Next Chemos, th’ obfcene dread of Moab’s Tons, 
 
 From Aroar to Nebo, and the wild 
 
 Of fouthmoft Abarim 1 in Hefebon 
 
 And Horonaim, Seon’s realm, beyond 
 
 The flow’ry dale of Sibma clad with vines, 410 
 
 And Eleale to th’ Afphaltic pool. 
 
 Peor his other name, when he entic’d 
 Ifrael in Sittim on their march from Nile 
 To do him wanton rites, which coll them woe. 
 
 Yet thence his ludful orgies he inlarg’d 415 
 
 Ev’n to that hill of fcandal, by the grove 
 Of Moloch homicide, lull hard by hate ; 
 
 Till good Jofiah drove them thence to Hell. 
 
 With thefe came they, who from the bord’ring flood 
 Of old Euphrates to the brook that parts 4ZO 
 
 Egypt from Syrian ground, had general names 
 Of Baalim and Afhtaroth, thofe male, 
 
 Thefe feminine. For Spirits when they pleafe 
 Can either fex aflume, or both j fo- foft 
 And uncompounded is their eflence pure, 425 
 
 Not ty’d or manacled with joint or lim4 
 
i 6 Paradise Lost. Bookl. 
 
 Nor founded on the brittle ftrength of bones, 
 
 Like cumbrous flefh ; but in what fhape they choofe 
 Dilated or condens’d, bright or obfcure. 
 
 Can execute their aery purpofes, 
 
 And works of love or enmity fulfiL 
 
 For thofe the race of Ifrael oft forfook 
 
 Their living ftrength, and unfrequented left 
 
 His righteous altar, bowing lowly down 
 
 To beftial Gods ; for which their heads as low 435 
 
 Bow’d down in battel, funk before the fpear 
 
 Of defpicable foes. With thefe in troop 
 
 Came Aftoreth, whom the Phoenicians call’d 
 
 Aftarte, queen of Heav’n, with crefcent horns ; 
 
 To whofe bright image nightly by the moon 440 
 Sidonian virgins paid their vows and fongs. 
 
 In Sion alfo not unfung, where flood 
 Her temple @n th’ ofFenfive mountain, built 
 By that uxorious king, whofe heart though large. 
 Beguil’d by fair idolatrefles, fell 44J 
 
 To idols foul. Thammuz came next behind, 
 
 Whofe annual wound in Lebanon allurM 
 The Syrian Damfels to lament his fate 
 In amorous. ditties all a fummer’s day. 
 
 While fmooth Adonis'” from his native rock 430 
 
 Ran purple to the fea, fuppos’d with blood 
 Of Thammuz yearly wounded : the love-tale 
 Infeded Sion’s daughters with like heat, 
 
 Whofe wanton pafTions in the facred porch 
 Ezekiel faw, when by the vihon led 43 ^ 
 
 His eye furvey’d the dark idolatries 
 Of alienated Judah. Next came one 
 Who mourn’d in earneft, when the captive ark 
 Maim’d his brute image, head and hands lopt off 
 In his own temple, on the grunfel edge, 460 
 
 Where he fell flat, and fliam’d his worfhippers : 
 
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 Dagon his name, fea monfter, upward man 
 And downward liih : yet had his temple high 
 Rear’d in Azotus, dreaded through the coafl 
 Of Paleftine, in Gath and Afcalon, 
 
 And Accaron and Gaza’s frontier bounds. 
 
 Him follow’d Rimmon, whofe delightful feat 
 Was fair Damafeus, on the fertil banks 
 Of Abbana and Pharphar, lucid dreams. 
 
 He alfo’ againft the houfe of God was bold ; 
 
 A leper once he loft, and gain’d a king, 
 
 Ahaz his fottifti conqu’ror, whom he drew 
 God’s altar to difparage and difplace 
 For one of Syrian mode, whereon to barn 
 His odious offerings, and adore the Gods 
 Whom he had vanquifti’d. After thefe appear'd 
 A crew who under names of old renown, 
 
 Ofiris, Ifis, Orus, and their tram. 
 
 With monftrous ftiapes and forceries abus’d 
 
 Fanatic Egypt and her priefts, to feek 48# 
 
 Their wand’ring Gods difguis’d in brutifti forms 
 
 Rather than human. Nor did Ifraei ’fcape 
 
 Th’ infedion, when their borrow’d gold compos’d 
 
 The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king 
 
 Doubled that fin in Bethel and in Dan, 4^5^ 
 
 Likening his Maker to the grazed ox, 
 
 Jehovah, who in one night when he pafi’d 
 From Egypt marching, equal’d with one ftroke 
 Both her firft-born and all her bleating Gods. 
 
 Belial came laft, than whom a Spi’rit more lewd 490 
 Fell not from Heaven, or more grofs to love 
 Vice for itfeif : to him no temple ftood 
 Or altar fmok’d ; yet who more oft than he 
 In temples and at altars, when the prieft 
 Turns atheift, as did Eli’s Tons, who fill’d 
 With kft and violence the houfe of God ? 
 
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 In courts and palaces he alfo reigns 
 And in luxurious cities, where the noife 
 Of ri’ot afcends above their loftieft towers. 
 
 And injury and outrage : And when night 500 
 
 Darkens the ftreets, then wander forth the fons 
 Of Belial, flown with infolence and wine. 
 
 Witnefs the ftreets of Sodom, and that night 
 
 In Gibeah, when the hofpitable door 
 
 Expos’d a matron to avoid worfe rape. 505 
 
 Thefe were the prime in order and in might ; 
 
 The reft were long to tell, though far renown’d, 
 
 Th’ Ionian Gods, of Javan’s ifTue held 
 
 Gods, yet confefs’d later than Heav’n and Earth, 
 
 Their boafted parents : Titan Heav’n’s firft-born, 510 
 
 With his enormous brood, and birthright feis’d 
 
 By younger Saturn ; he from mightier Jove 
 
 His own and Rhea’s fon like meafure found ; 
 
 So Jove ufurping reign’d : thefe firft in Crete 
 
 And Ida known, thence on the fnowy top 515 
 
 Of cold Olympus rul’d the middle air. 
 
 Their higheft Heav’n or on the Delphian cliff. 
 
 Or in Dodona, and through all the bounds 
 Of Doric land j or who with Saturn old 
 Fled over Adria to th’ Hefperian fields, |20 
 
 And o’er the Celtic roam’d the utmoft iles. 
 
 All thefe and more came flocking ; but with looks 
 Down call and damp, yet fuch wherein appear’d 
 Obfcure fome glimpfe of joy, to’ have found their chief 
 Not in defpair, to’ have found themfelves not loft 525 
 In lofs itfelf ; which on his count’nance caft 
 Like doubtful hue : but he his wonted pride 
 Soon recolledling, with high words, 'that bore 
 Semblance of worth not fubftance, gently rais’d 
 
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 Their fainting courage, and difpeU’d their fears. 
 
 Then ftrait commands that at the warlike found 
 Of trumpets loud and clarions be uprear’d 
 His mighty ftandard : that proud honor darn’d 
 Azazel as his right, a Cherub tall ; 
 i Who forthwith from the glittering ftaff unfurl’d 535 
 I Th’ imj^rial enlign, which full high advanc’d 
 I Shone like a meteor ftrcaming to the wind, 
 
 ' With gems and golden luftre rich imblaz’d. 
 
 Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while 
 Sonorous metal blowing martial founds : 54a 
 
 At which the univerfal hoft up fent 
 A Ihout, that tore Hell’s concave, and beyond 
 Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. 
 
 All in a moment through the gloom were feen 
 i Ten thoufand banners rife into the air 545 • 
 
 With orient colors waving : with them rofe 
 A foreft huge of fpears ; and thronging helm* 
 
 Appear’d, and ferried Ihields in thick array 
 Of depth immeafurable : anon they move 
 In perfed phalanx to the Dorian mood 550 
 
 Of flutes and foft recorders ; fuch as rais’d 
 To highdi of nobleft temper heroes old 
 Arming to battel, and inftead of rage 
 Deliberate valor breath’d, firm and unmov’d 
 With dread of death to flight or foul retreat; 555 
 Nor wanting pow’r to mitigate and fwage 
 With folemn touches troubled thoughts, and chafe 
 Anguifh and doubt and fear and forr’ow and pain 
 From mortal or immortal minds. Thus they 
 Breathing united force with fixed thought 560 
 
 Mov’d on in filence to foft pipes, that charm’d 
 Their painful fteps o’er the burnt foil j and now 
 Advanc’d in view they Hand, a horrid front 
 Of dreadful length and dazling arms, in guife 
 
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 Of warriors old with order’d fpear and ihield, 565 
 Awaiting what command their mighty chief 
 Had to impofe : He through the armed files 
 Darts his experienc’d eye, and foon traverfe 
 The whole battalion views, their order due. 
 
 Their vifages and ftature as of Gods, 
 
 Their number laft he fums. And now his heart 
 Diftends with pride, and hard’ning in his ftrength 
 Glories : for never fmce created man. 
 
 Met fuch imbodied force, as nam’d with thefe 
 Could merit more than that fmall infantry 57^ 
 
 Warr’d on by cranes ; though all the giant brood 
 Of Phlegra with th’ heroic race were join’d 
 That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each fide 
 Mix’d with auxiliar Gods ; and what refounds 
 In fable or romance of Uther’s fon 
 Begirt with Britifh and Armoric knights j 
 And all who fince, baptiz’d or infidel, 
 
 Joufted in Afpramont or Montalban, 
 
 Damafco, or Marocco,or Trebifond, 
 
 Or whom Biferta fent from Afric Ihore, 
 
 When Charlemain with all his peerage fell 
 By Fontarabbia. Thus far thefe beyond 
 Compare of mortal prowefs, yet obferv’d 
 Their dread commander : he above the reft 
 In fihape and gefture proudly eminent 
 Stood like a tow’r ; his form had yet not loll: 
 
 All her original brightnefs, nor appear’d 
 Lefs than Arch-Angel ruin’d, and th’ excefs 
 Of glory’ obfcur’d j as when the fun new rifen 
 Looks through the horizontal mifty air 
 Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon 
 In dim eclipfe difaftrous twilight flieds 
 On half the nations, and with fear of change 
 Perplexes monafchs. Darken’d fo, yet flione 
 
Book I. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Above them all th’ Arch- Angel : but his face 
 Deep fears of thunder had intrench’d, and care 
 Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows 
 Of dauntlefs courage, and confiderate pride 
 Waiting revenge : cruel his eye, but caft 
 Signs of remorfe and paffion to behold 
 The fellows of his crime, the followers rather 
 (Far other once beheld in blifs) condemn’d 
 For ever now to have their lot in pain. 
 
 Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc’d y 
 Of Heav’n, and from eternal fplendors flung 
 For his revolt, yet faithful how they flood. 
 
 Their glory wither’d : as when Heaven’s fire 
 Hath fcath’d the foreft oaks, or mountain pines. 
 With finged top their flately growth though bare 
 Stands on the blafted heath* He now prepar’d 
 To fpeak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend 
 From wing to wing, and half inclofe him round 
 With all his peers : attention held them mute. 
 Thrice he aflay’d, and thrice in fpite of fcorn 
 Tears, fuch as Angels weep, burft forth : at laft 
 Words interwove with fighs found out their way. 
 
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 O Myriads of immortal Spi’rits, O Powers 
 Matchlefs, but with th’ Almighty, and that flrife 
 ! Was not inglorious, though th’ event was dire, 
 
 I As this place teftifies, and this dire change 6 z^ 
 
 I Hateful to utter : but what pow’r of mind 
 Forefeeing or prefaging, from the depth 
 Of knowledge paft or prefent, could have fear’d. 
 
 How fuch united force of Gods, how fuch 
 
 As flood like thefe, could ever know repulfe ? 633 
 
 For who can yet believe, though after lofs. 
 
 That all thefe puiiTant legions, whofe exile 
 Hath emptied Heav’n, lhall fail to re-afeend 
 
2.2 Paradise Lost? 
 
 Self-rais’d, and repoffefs their native feat ? 
 
 Book I. 
 
 635 
 
 For me be witnefs all the hoft of Heaven, 
 
 If counfels different, or danger fhunn’d 
 By me, have loll our hopes. But he who reigns 
 Monarch in Heav’n, till then as one fecure 
 Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute, 
 
 Confent or cuftom, and his regal Hate 640 
 
 Put forth at full, but Hill his ftrength conceal’d. 
 Which tempted our attempt, and wrought our fall. 
 Henceforth his might we know, and know our own. 
 
 So as not either to provoke, or dread 
 
 New war, provok’d; our better part remains 645 
 
 To work in clofe defign, by fraud or guile. 
 
 What force effefted not : that he no lefs 
 At length from us may find, who overcomes 
 By force, hath overcome but half his foe. 
 
 Space may produce new wwlds ; whereof fo rife 650 
 There went a fame in Heav’n that he ere long 
 Intended to create, and therein plant 
 A generation, whom his choice regard 
 Should favor equal to the fons of Heaven : 
 
 Thither, if but to pry, lhall be perhaps 65 5 
 
 Our firll eruption, thither or elfewhere : 
 
 For this infernal pit lhall never hold 
 Celeftial Spi’rits in bondage, nor th’ abyfs 
 Long under darknefs cover. But thefe thoughts 
 Full counfel mull mature : Peace is defpair’d, 66c 
 For who can think fubmiffion ? War then. War 
 Open or underftood mull be refolv’d. 
 
 He fpake : and to confirm his words, out-fiew 
 Millions of flaming fwords, drawn from the thighs 
 Of mighty Cherubim ; the hidden blaze 665 
 
 Far round illumin’d Hell : highly they rag’d 
 Againll the High’ell, and fierce with grafped arms 
 
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 Clafli’d on their founding fhields the din of war. 
 Hurling defiance tow’ard the vault of Heaven. 
 
 There flood a hill not far, whofe grifly top 670 
 Belch’d fire and rolling fmoke ; the reft entire 
 Shone with a glofly fcurf, undoubted fign 
 i That in his womb was hid metallic ore, 
 j The work of fulphur. Thither wing’d with fpeed 
 A numerous brigad haften’d : as when bands 675 
 Of pioneers with fpade and pickax arm’d 
 Foreran the royal camp, to trench a field. 
 
 Or call a rampart. Mammon led them on. 
 
 Mammon, the leaft eredled Spi’rit that fell 
 From Heav’n, for e’en in Heav’n his looks and thoughts 
 Were always downward bent, admiring jnore 681 
 
 The riches of Heav’n’s pavement, trodden gold. 
 
 Than ought divine or holy elfe enjoy’d 
 In vifion beatific : by him firft 
 
 Men alfo, and by his fuggeftion taught, 685 
 
 i Ranfack’d the center, and with impious hands 
 Rifled the bowels of their mother earth 
 For treafures better hid. Soon had his crew 
 Open’d into the hill a fpacious wound. 
 
 And digg’d out ribs of gold. Let none admire 690 
 That riches grow in Hell ; that foil may beft 
 Heferve the precious bane. And here let thofe 
 ! Who boaft in mortal things, and wond’ring tell 
 i Of Babel, and the works of Memphian kings. 
 
 Learn how their greateft monuments of fame, 695 
 And ftrength and art are eafily out-done 
 By Spirits reprobate, and in an hour 
 What in an age they with inceflant toil 
 And hands innumerable fcarce perform. ^ 
 
 Nigh on the plain in many cells prepar d, 700 
 
 That underneath had veins of liquid fire 
 
24 Paradise Lost, Book I; 
 
 Sluc’d from the lake, a feeond multitude 
 With wondrous art founded the malTy ore. 
 
 Severing each kind, and fcumm’d the bullion drofs .* 
 
 A third as foon had form’d within the ground 70" 
 A various mold, and from the boiling cells 
 By ftrange conveyance fill’d each hollow nook. 
 
 As in an organ from one blaft of wind 
 To many a row of pipes the found-board breathes. 
 Anon out of the earth a fabric huge 
 Rofe like an exhalation, with the found 
 Of dulcet fymphonies and voices fweet. 
 
 Built like a temple, where pilafters round 
 Were fet, and Doric pillars overlaid 
 With golden architrave ; nor did there want 
 Cornice or freeze, with boffy fculptures graven ; 
 
 The roof was fretted gold. Not Babylon, 
 
 Nor great Alcairo fuch magnificence 
 Equal’d in all their glories, to inlhrine 
 Belus or Serapis their Gods, or feat 
 Their kings, when Egypt with Afiyria llrove 
 In wealth and luxury. Th’ afcending pile 
 Stood fix’d her ftately highth, and ftrait the doors 
 Opening thdr brazen folds difcover wide 
 Within, her ample fpaces, o’er the fmooth 
 And level pavement : from the arched roof 
 Pendent by fubtle magic many a row 
 Of ftarry lamps and blazing crelTets fed 
 With Naphtha and Afphaltus yielded light 
 As from a sky. The hafty multitude 
 Admiring enter’d, and the work fome praifo 
 And fome the architefl ; his hand was known 
 In Heav’n by many a towred llruaure high. 
 
 Where fcepter’d Angels held their refidence. 
 
 And fat as princes, whojn the fupreme King 
 Exalted to fuch pow’r, and gave to rule. 
 
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 Each in his hierarchy, the orders bright. 
 
 Nor was his name unheard or unador’d 
 In ancient Greece ; and in Aufonian land 
 Men call’d him Mulciber ; and how he fell 
 From Heav’n, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove 
 Sheer o’er the cryftal battlements j from mom 
 To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, 
 
 A fummer’s day j and with the fetting fun 
 Dropt from the zenith like a falling ftar. 
 
 On Lemnos th’ .^'gean ile : thus they relate. 
 
 Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout 
 Fell long before ; nor ought avail’d him now 
 T’ have built in Heav’n high tow’rs j nor did he ’fcape 
 By all his engins, but was headlong fent y^o 
 
 With his induftrious crew to build in Hell. 
 
 Mean while the winged heralds by command 
 
 Of fovran pow’r, with awful ceremony 
 
 And trumpet’s found, throughout the hoft proclame 
 
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 A folemn council forthwith to be held 
 At Pandemonium, the high capital 
 Of Satan and his peers : their fummons call’d 
 From every band and fquared regiment 
 By place or choice the worthieft j they anon 
 With hundreds and with thoufands trooping came 
 Attended : all accefs was throng’d, the gates 
 And porches wide, but chief the fpacious hall 
 (Though like a cover’d field, where champions bold 
 Wont ride in arm’d, and at the Soldan’s chair 
 Defy’d the bell: of Panim chivalry 
 To mortal combat, or carreer with lance) 
 
 Thick fwarm’d, both on the ground and in the air 
 Brulh’d with the hifs of rufling wings. As bees 
 In fpring time, when the fun with Taurus rides, 
 Pour forth their populous youth above the hive 
 In clufiers ; they among frelh dews and fiowers 
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 Fly to and fro, or on the fmoothed plank. 
 
 The fuburb of their ftraw-biiilt citadel. 
 
 New rubb’d with balm, expatiate and confer 
 Their ftate affairs. So thick the aery croud 775 
 Swarm’d and were ffraiten’d ; till the fignal given, 
 
 Behold a wonder f they but now who feem’d 
 In bignefs to furpafs earth’s giant fons. 
 
 Now lefs than fmalleil dwarfs, in narrow room 
 Throng numberlefs, like that pygmean race 780 ‘ 
 Beyond the Indian mount, or faery elves, 
 
 'Whofe midnight revels by a foreft fide 
 
 Or fountain fome belated peafant fees, 1 
 
 Or dreams he fees, while over-head the moon 
 
 Sits arbitrefs, and nearer to the earth 785 
 
 Wheels her pale courfe, they on their mirth and dance 
 
 Intent, with jocond mufic charm his ear ; 
 
 At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. 
 
 Thus incorporeal Spi’rits to fmallefl: forms 
 Reduc’d their fiiapes immenfe, and were at large, 79® 
 Though without number fiill amidft the hall 
 Of that infernal court. But far within. 
 
 And in their own dimenfions like themfelves. 
 
 The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim 
 
 In clofe recefs and fecret conclave fat 795 
 
 A thoufand Demi-gods on golden feats, 
 
 Frequent and full. After fliort filence then 
 And fummons read, the great confult began. 
 
 End of the firfi Booh 
 
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 SECOND BOOK 
 
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 ARADISE LOST. 
 
The Argument. 
 
 ^he confultation begun, Satan debates fwhethen another hat-- 
 tel he to be ha%arded for the reco^very of Hea<ven : fame 
 -ad^vife it, others dijfuade, A third propofal is prefer r* d, 
 mention d before by Satan, to fearch the truth of that 
 frophecy or tradition inHeanjen concerning another ^orld, 
 and another kind of creature, equal, or not much inferior 
 to themfel^ves, about this time to be created : their doubt 
 n.vho Jhall be fent on this dijfcult fearch : Satan their 
 chief undertakes alone the ^voyage, is honor d and ap- 
 plauded, The council thus ended, the ref betake them 
 fe<veral nvays, and to feaoeral employments, as their in- 
 clinations lead them, to entertain the tbne '*till Satan 
 return. He pajfes on his journey to Hell gates, finds them 
 fiout, and njcho fat there to guard them, by nsohom at 
 length they are open'd, and difcoojer to him the great gulf 
 betHueen Hell and He aojen ; nvith nxshat difficulty he paffies 
 through, chredted by Chaos, the Penver of that plaee, to 
 the fight of this new world which he fought. 
 

 ^^e>A JL 
 

 [I G H on a throne of royal {late, which far 
 Outihone the wealth of Ormus and of 
 Ind, 
 
 Or where the gorgeous eaft with richeft 
 
 hand ^ , » tj 
 
 Show’rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, 
 
 Satan exalted fat, by merit rais’d S 
 
 To that bad eminence ; and from defpair 
 
 Thus high uplifted beyond hope, afpires 
 
 Beyond thus high, infatiate to purfue 
 
 Vain war with Heav’n, and by fuch fuccefs untaught 
 
 His proud imaginations thus difplay’d. 
 
 Pow’rs and Dominions/ Deities of Heaven, 
 For fince no deep within her gulf can hold 
 Immortal vigor, though opprefs’d and fall n, 
 
 I- give not Heav’n for loft. From this defeent 
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Book 11. 
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 30 Paradise Lost. 
 
 Celeffia! virtues rifing, will appear 
 .More glorious and more dread than from no fall. 
 And truft themfelves to fear no fecond fate. 
 
 Me though juft right, and the fix’d laws of Heaven 
 Did firft create your leader, next free choice. 
 
 With what befides, m counfel or in fight 
 Hath been achiev’d of merit, yet this Jofs 
 Thus far at leaft recover’d, hath much more 
 iiSablilh d m a fafe unenvied throne 
 YiMed with full confent. The happier ftate 
 Jn Heav’n, which follows dignity, might draw 
 Envy from each inferior} bat who here 
 Will envy whom the highell place expofes 
 Forem^oft to ftand againft the Thund’rer’s aim 
 Your bulwark, and condemns to greateft lhare 
 Uf endlefs pam ? where there is then no good 
 
 Stow up there 
 
 om fadion ; for none fore will dame in Hell 
 Precedence, none, whofe portion is fo fmall 
 Of prefent pain, that with ambitious mind 
 Will covet more. With this advantage then 
 To union, and firm fakh, and firm accord. 
 
 More than can be in Heav’n, we now return 
 To dame our juft inheritance of old. 
 
 Surer to profper than profperity 
 Could have alTuf d us ; and by what beft way. 
 Whether of open war or covert guile, * 
 
 We now debate j who can advife, may fpeak. 
 
 20 
 
 
 19 
 
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 40 
 
 He ceas’d ; and next him Moloch, fcepter’d king, 
 Stood up, the ftrongeft and the fierceft Spirit ^ 
 That fought in Heav’n, now fiercer by defpair : 45 
 
 His truft was with th’ Eternal to be deem’d 
 Equal in ftrength, and rather than be lefs 
 Car’d not to be at all 5 with that cai e loft 
 
Book II. Paradise Lost,' 
 
 Went all his fear; of God, or Hell, or worfe 
 He reck’d not, and thefe words thereafter fpake. 
 
 My fentence is for open war : of wiles. 
 
 More unexpert, I boaft: not : them let thofe 
 Contrive who need, or when they need, not now. 
 For while they fit contriving, fliall the reft, 
 Millions that ftand in arms, and longing wait 
 The fignal to afcend, fit ling’ring here 
 Heav’n s fugitives, and for their dwelling place 
 Accept this dark opprobrious den of ftiame. 
 
 The prifon of his tyranny who reigns 
 By our delay ? no, let us rather choofe, 
 
 Arm’d with Hell flames and fury, all at once 
 O’er Heav’n’s high tow’rs to force reflftlefs way. 
 Turning our tortures into horrid arms 
 Againft the torturer ; when to meet the noife 
 Of his almighty engin he fliall hear 
 Infernal thunder, and for lightning fee 
 Black fire and horror Ihot with equal rage 
 Among his Angels, and his throne itfelf 
 Mix’d with Tartarean fulphur, and ftrange fire. 
 His own invented torments. But perhaps 
 The way feems difficult and fteep to fcale 
 With upright wing againft a higher foe. 
 
 Let fuch bethink them, if the fleepy drench 
 Of that forgetful lake benumm not ftill, 
 
 That in our proper motion we afcend 
 Up to our native feat : defcent and fall 
 To us is adverfe. Who but felt of late. 
 
 When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear 
 Infulting, and purfued us through the deep. 
 With what compulfion and laborious flight 
 We funk thus low ? Th’ afcent is eafy then ; 
 
 Tk’ event is fear’d j fhould we again provoke 
 
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 Our llronger, fome worfe way his wrath may find 
 To our defirudion ; if there be in Hell 
 Fear to be worfe deftroy’d ; what can be worfe 85 
 Than to dwell here, driv’n out from blifs, condemn’d 
 In this abhorred d-eep to utter woe ; 
 
 Where pain of unextinguifhable fire 
 
 Mufi: exercife us without hope of end 
 
 The vaflals of his anger, when the fcourge 90 
 
 Inexorably, and the torturing hour 
 
 Calls us to penance ? More defiroy’d than thus 
 
 We Ihould be quite abolifh’d and expire. 
 
 What fear we then ? what doubt we to incenfe 
 His utmoil ire .? which to the highth enrag’d, 95 
 Will either quite confume us, and reduce 
 To nothing this efiential, happier far 
 Than miferable to have eternal being : 
 
 Or If our fubftance be indeed divine, 
 
 And cannot ceafe to be, we are at worft loc 
 
 On this fide nothing i and by proof we feel 
 Our pow’r fufficient to difturb his Heaven, 
 
 And with perpetual inroads to alarm. 
 
 Though inacceffible, his fatal throne ; 
 
 Which if not vidory is yet revenge. 10^ 
 
 He ended frowning, and his look denounc’d 
 Helpe’rate revenge, and battel dangerous 
 To lefs than Gods. On th’ other fide uprofe 
 Belial, in ad more graceful and humane j 
 A fairer perfon loft not Heav’n ; he feem’d i 
 
 For dignity compos’d and high exploit : 
 
 But all was falfe and hollow ; though his tongue 
 Dropt Manna, and could make the worfe appear 
 The better reafon, to perplex and dafti 
 Matureft counfels : for his thoughts were low ; 
 
 Tq vice jnduftrioiis, but to nobler deeds 
 
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 Book II. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Timorous and flothful : yet he pleas’d the ear. 
 
 And with perfuafive accent thus began. 
 
 I fhould be much for open war, O Peers, 
 
 As not behind in hate ? if what was urg’d 1 20 
 
 Main reafon t@ perfuade immediate war. 
 
 Did not difluade me mod, and feem to cad 
 Ominous conjedure on the whole fuccefs : 
 
 When he who mod excels in fad of arms, 
 
 In what he counfels and in what excels 125 
 
 Midrudful, grounds his courage on defpair 
 And utter didblution, as the fcope 
 Of all his aim, after fome dire revenge. 
 
 Fird, what revenge? the tow’rs of Heav’n are fdFd 
 With armed watch, that render all accefs 1 3© 
 
 Impregnable ; oft on the bord’ring deep 
 Incamp their legions, or with obfcure wing 
 Scout far and wide into the realm of night. 
 
 Scorning furprife. Or could we break our way 
 
 By force, and at our heels ail Hell diould rife 135 
 
 With blacked infurredion, to confound 
 
 Heav’n’s pared light, yet our great enemy 
 
 All incorruptible would on his throne 
 
 Sit unpolluted, and th’ ethereal mold 
 
 Incapable of dain would foon expel 14® 
 
 Her mifchief, and purge olF the bafer fire 
 
 Vidorious. Thus repuls’d, our final hope 
 
 Is flat defpair : we mud exafperate 
 
 Th’ almighty vidor to fpend all his rage. 
 
 And that mud end us, that mud be our cure, 145 
 To be no more ; fad cure; for who w'ould lofe. 
 Though full of pain, this intelledual being, 
 
 Thofe thoughts that wander through eternity^ 
 
 To perifli rather, (wallow’d up and lod 
 
 In the wide womb of uncreated night, i 
 
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34 Paradise Lost. Book II. 
 
 Devoid of fenfe and motion ? and wlio knows. 
 
 Let this be good, whether our angry foe 
 Can give it, or will ever ? how he can 
 Is doubtful ; that he never will is fure. 
 
 Will he, fo wife, let loofe at once his ire. 
 
 Belike through impotence, or unaware. 
 
 To give his enemies their vvilh, and end 
 Them in his anger, whom his anger faves 
 To punilh endlefs ? Wherefore ceafe we then? 
 
 Say they who counfel war, we are decreed, 
 
 Teferv’d, and deftin’d to eternal woe ; 
 
 Whatever doing, what can we fuffer more. 
 
 What can we fuffer worfe ? Is this then worft. 
 
 Thus fitting, thus confulting, thus in arms ? 
 
 What when we fled amain, purfued and ftruck 
 With HeavVs affli<fl;ing thunder, and befought 
 The deep to fhelter us ? this Hell then feem’d 
 A refuge from thofe wounds : or when we lay 
 Chain’d on the burning lake ? that fure was worfe.’ 
 
 ^hat if the breath that kindled thofe grim fires, 1 7® 
 Awak’d fliould blow them into fev’nfold rage. 
 
 And plunge us in the flames ? or from above 
 Should intermitted vengeance arm again 
 His red right hand to plague us ? what if all 
 Her floras were open’d, and this firmament 17^ 
 
 Of Hell fliould fpout her catarads of fire. 
 
 Impendent horrors, threatning hideous fall 
 One day upon our heads ; while we perhaps 
 Defigning or exhorting glorious war, 
 
 Catight in a fiery tempeft fliall be hurl’d 180 
 
 Each on his rock transfix’d, the fport and prey 
 Of wracking whirlwinds, or for ever funk 
 Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chains j 
 There to converfe with everlafting groans, 
 
 UiUefpited, unpitifjd, unrepriev’d, 185 
 
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 Bookll. Far AD I SE Lost. 
 
 Ages of hopelefs end ? this woidd be worfe. 
 
 War therefore, open or conceal d, alike 
 My voice diffuades ; for what can force or guile 
 With him, or who deceive his mind, whole eye ^ 
 
 Views all things at one view ? he from Heav’n’s highth 
 All thefe our motions vain fees and derides ; ^ 9 * 
 
 Not more almighty to relift our might 
 Than wife to fruftrate all our plots and wiles. 
 
 Shall we then live thus vile, the race of Heaven 
 Thus trampled, thus expelFd to fuffer here 19S 
 
 Chains and thefe torments ? better thefe than worfe 
 By my advice ; lince fate inevitable 
 Subdues us, and omnipotent decree, 
 
 The viaor’s will. To fufter, as to do. 
 
 Our ftrength is equal, nor the law unjuft 200 
 
 That fo ordains : this was at firft refolv’d. 
 
 If we were wife, againft fo great a foe 
 Contending, and fo doubtful what might fall. 
 
 I laugh, when thofe who at the fpear are bold 
 And ventrous, if that fail them, fhrink and fear 20$ 
 What yet they know muft follow, to indure 
 Exile, or ignominy’, or bonds, or pain, 
 
 The fentence of their conqu’ror : this is now 
 Our doom ; which if we can fukain and bear. 
 
 Our fupreme foe in time may much remit 21Q 
 
 His anger, and perhaps thus far remov’d 
 
 Not mind us not oftending, fatisfy’d 
 
 With what is punilh’d ; whence thefe raging fires 
 
 Will flacken, if his breath ftir not their flames. 
 
 Our purer effence then will overcome 215 
 
 Their noxious vapor, or inur’d not feeU 
 Or chang’d at length, and to the place conform’d 
 In temper and in nature, will receive 
 Familiar the fierce heat, and void of pain ; 
 
 This horror will grow mild, this darknefs light, 22© 
 
So Paradise Lost. Bookll. 
 
 BeMes what hope the never-ending flight 
 Of future days may bring, what chance, what change 
 Worth waiting, fmce oar prefent lot appears 
 For happy though but ill, for ill not worfl. 
 
 If we procure not to ourfelves more woe. 225 
 
 Thus Belial with words cloth’d in reafon’s garb 
 Counfel’d ignoble eafe, and peaceful floth. 
 
 Not peace ; and after him thus Mammon fpake. 
 
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 235 
 
 240 
 
 Either to diflnthrone the king of Heaven 
 We war, if war be befl, or to regain 
 Our own right loll ; him to unthrone we then 
 May hope, when everlafling Fate fliall yield 
 To flckle Chance, and Chaos judge the flrife : 
 
 The former vain to hope argues as vain 
 The latter : for what place can be for us 
 Within Heav’n’s bound, unlefs Heav’n’s Lord fupreme 
 We overpow’r ? Suppole he fliould relent, 
 
 And publifli grace to all, on promife made 
 Of new fubjedion ; with what eyes could we 
 Stand in his prefence humble, and receive 
 _ Strid laws impos’d, to celebrate his throne 
 With warbled hymns, and to his Godhead flng 
 Forc’d Halleluiah’s j while he lordly fits 
 Our envied fovran, and his altar breathes 
 Ambroflal odors and ambroflal flowers. 
 
 Our fervile olFerings f This mull be our task 
 In Heav’n, this our delight ; how wearifome 
 Eternity fo fpent in worlhip paid 
 To whom we hate ! Let us not then purfue 
 By force impolTible, by leave obtain’d 
 Unacceptable, though in Heav’n, our ftate 
 Of fplendid vaflalage j but rather feek 
 Oar own good from eurfelves, and from our own 
 
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 Book II. Paradise Lost.' 
 
 Live to ourfelves, though in this vaft recefs. 
 
 Free, and to none accountable, preferring 255 
 
 Hard liberty before the eafy yoke 
 Of fervile pomp. Our greatnefs will appear 
 Then moll confpicuous, when great things of fmall, 
 Ufeful of hurtful, profpe’rous of adverfe 
 We can create, and in what place fo e’er ^260 
 
 Thrive under ev’if, and work eafe out of pain 
 Through- labor and indurance. This deep w^orld 
 Of darknefs do we dread ? How oft amidfl 
 Thick clouds and dark doth Heav’n’s all-ruling fire 
 Choofe to refide, his glory unobfcur’d, 265 
 
 And with the majelly of darknefs round 
 Covers his throne ; from whence deep thunders roar 
 Muft’ring their rage, and Heav’n refembles Hell f ' 
 As he our darknefs, cannot we his light 
 Imitate when we pleafe ? This defert foil 
 Wants not her hidden lullre, gems and gold ; 
 
 Nor want we skill or art, from whence to raife 
 Magnificence ; and what can Heav’n Ihow more ? 
 
 Our torments alfo may in length of time 
 Become our elements, thefe piercing fires 
 As foft as now fevere, our temper chang’d 
 Into their temper ; which mull needs remove 
 The fenfible of pain. All things invite 
 To peaceful counfels, and the fettled Hate 
 Of order, how in fafety beft we may 
 Compofe our prefent evils, with regard 
 Of what we are and where, difmiffing quite 
 All thoughts of war ; ye have what I advife. 
 
 He fcarce had finifli’d, when fuch murmur fill’d 
 Th’ affembly, as when hollow rocks retain 285 
 
 The found of bluft’ring winds, which ail night long 
 Had rous’d the fca, now with hoarfe cadence lali 
 
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 Sea-faring men o’erwatch’d, whofe bark by chance 
 Or pinnace anchors in a craggy bay 
 After the tenipeft : Such applaufe was heard 290 
 As Mammon ended, and his fentence pleas’d, 
 
 Advifmg peace : for fuch another field 
 
 They dreaded worfe than Hell : fo much the fear 
 
 Of thunder and the fword of Michael 
 
 Wrought ftill within them; and no lefs defire 295 
 
 To found this nether empire, which might rife 
 
 By policy, and long procefs of time. 
 
 In emulation oppofit to Heaven. 
 
 Which when Beelzebub perceiv’d, than whom, 
 Satan except, none higher fat, with grave 
 Afpea he rofe, and in his rifing feem’d 
 A pill ar of Hate ; deep on his front ingraven 
 Deliberation fat and public care ; 
 
 And princely counfei in his face yet fhone, 
 Majeftie though in ruin : fage he Hood 
 With Atlantean Ihoulders fit to bear 
 The weight of mightieft monarchies ; his look 
 Drew audience and attention ftill as night 
 Or fummer’s noontide air, while thus he fpake. 
 
 Thrones and Imperial Pow’r%, Cfspring of Heaven, 
 Ethereal Virtues ; or thefe titles now 311 
 
 Muft we renounce, and changing ftile be call’d 
 Princes of Hell ? for fo the popular vote 
 Inclines, here to continue’, and build up here 
 A growing empire ; doubtlefs; while we dream, 315 
 And know not that the king of Heav’n hath doom’d 
 This place our dungeon, not our fafe retreat 
 Beyond his potent arm, to live exempt 
 From Heav’n’s high jurifdidion, in new league 
 Banded againft his throne, but to remain 
 In llrideft bondage, though thus far remov’d. 
 
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Book 11. Paradisr Lost, '39 
 
 Under th’ inevitable curb, referv’d 
 
 His captive multitude *. for he, be fare. 
 
 In highth or depth, ftill firft and laft will reign 
 
 Sole king, and of his kingdom lofe no part 325 
 
 By our revolt, but over Hell extend 
 
 His empire, and with iron feepter rule 
 
 Us here, as with his golden thofe in Heaven. 
 
 What fit we then projefting peace and war ? 
 
 War hath determin’d us, and foil’d with lofs 33d 
 Irreparable ; terms of peace yet none 
 Vouchfaf’d or fought ; for what peace will be given 
 To us inflav’d, but cuftody fevere. 
 
 And ftripes, and arbitrary puniihment 
 
 Inflifted? and what peace can we return, 335 
 
 But to our pow’r hoftility and hate. 
 
 Untam’d rekaanee, and revenge though flow. 
 
 Yet ever plotting how th^ conqu’ror leaft 
 May reap his conqueft, and may leaft rejoice 
 In doing what we moft in fuftering feel ? 340 
 
 Nor will occafion want, nor fliall we need 
 I With dange’rous ejfpedition to invade 
 
 Heav’n, whofe high walls fear no aflault or fiege, 
 
 1 Or ambufh from the deep. What if we find 
 I Some eafier enterprife ? There is a place, 343^ 
 
 ' (If ancient and prophetic fame in Heaven 
 i Err not) another world, the happy feat 
 i Of fome new race call’d Man, about this time 
 ! To be created like to us, though lefs 
 I In pow’r and excellence, but favor’d more 33© 
 
 j Of him who rules above ; fo was his will 
 i Pronounc’d among the Gods, and by an oath. 
 
 That ftiook Heav’n’s whole circumference, confirm’d. 
 Thither let us bend all our thoughts, to learn 
 What creatures there inhabit, of what mold 353 
 
 Or fubftance, how indued, and what their power. 
 
Paradise Lost. BookIL 
 
 And where their weakiiefs, how attempted bed. 
 By force or fabtlety. Though Heav’n be Ihut, 
 ) And HeavVs high arbitrator fit fecure 
 In his own ftrength, this place may lie expos’d. 
 The utmoft border of his kingdom, left 
 To their defenfe who hold it : here perhaps 
 Some advantageous aft may be achiev’d 
 By fudden onfet, either with Hell fire 
 To wade his whole creation, or pofTefs 
 All as our own, and drive, as we were driven. 
 The puny habitants, or if not drive. 
 
 Seduce them to our party, that their God 
 May prove their foe, and with repenting hand 
 Aboliih his own works. This would furpafs 
 Common revenge, and interrupt his joy 
 In our confufion, and our joy upraiie 
 In his difturbance ; when his darling fons. 
 
 Hurl’d headlong to partake with us, fhali curfe 
 Their frail original, and faded blifs. 
 
 Faded fo foon. Advife if this be worth 
 Attempting, or to fit in darknefs ^ere 
 Hatching vain empires. Thus BeHzebub 
 Pleaded his devilifh counfel, hrd devis’d 
 By Satan, and in part propos’d : for whence. 
 
 But from the author of all ill, could fpring 
 So deep a malice, to confound the race 
 Of mankind in one root, and Earth with Hell 
 To mingle and involve, done all to fpite 
 The great Creator ? But their fpite Hill ferves 
 His glory to augment. The bold defign 
 Pleas’d highly thofe infernal States, and joy 
 Sparkled in all their eyes ; with full affent 
 They vote : whereat his fpeech he thus renews. 
 
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 Well have ye judg’d, well ended long debate, 
 Synod of Gods, and like to what ye are. 
 
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Book 11 . Paradise Lost. 41 
 
 Great things refolvM, which from the loweft deep 
 Will once more lift us up, in fpite of fate. 
 
 Nearer our ancient feat j perhaps in view 
 
 Of thofe bright confines, whence with neighb’ring arms 
 
 And opportune excurfion we may chance ^96 
 
 Re-enter Heav’n ; or elfe in fome mild zone 
 
 JDwell not unvifited of Heav’n’s fair light 
 
 Secure, and at the brightning orient beam 
 
 Purge off this gloom ; the foft delicious air, 400 
 
 To heal the fear of thefe corrofive fires. 
 
 Shall breathe her balm. But firft whom fliall we fend 
 
 In fearch of this new world i whom fhall we find 
 
 Sufficient ? who lhall tempt with wand’ring feet 
 
 The dark unbottom'd infinite abyfs, 40| 
 
 And through the palpable obfeure find out 
 
 His uncouth way, or fpread his aery flight 
 
 Upborne with indefatigable wings 
 
 Over the vaft abrupt, ere he arrive 
 
 The happy ile ? what ftrength, what art can then 41a 
 
 Suffice, or what evaflon bear him fafe 
 
 Through the ftrift fenteries and ftations thick 
 
 Of Angels watching round ? Here he had need 
 
 All circumfpedion, and we now no lefs 
 
 Choice in our fuffrage ; for on whom we fend, 411 
 
 The weight of all and our laft hope relies. 
 
 This faid, he fat ; and expedation held 
 His look fufpenfe, awaiting who appear’d 
 To fecond, or oppofe, or undertake 
 The perilous attempt : but all fat mute 420 
 
 Pond’ring the danger with deep thoughts ; and each 
 In others count’nance read his ov.'n difinay 
 Aftonilh’d : none among the choice and prime 
 Of thofe Heav’n-warring champions could be found 
 So hardy as to proffer or accept 4 H 
 
42 Paradise Lost. Bookll. 
 
 Alone the dreadful voyage ; till at lafl: 
 
 Satan, whom now tranfcendent glory rais’d 
 Above his fellows, with monarchal pride 
 Confcious of higheft worth, unmov’d thus fpake. 
 
 Thrones, 
 
 ^ith reafon hath deep filence and demur 
 beis d us, though undifmay’d ; long is the wav 
 And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light ; 
 Our prifon ftrong 5 this huge convex of fire. 
 Outrageous to devour, immures us round 
 Ninefold, and gates of burning adamant 
 Barr’d over us prohibit all egrefs. 
 
 Thefe pafs’d, if any pafs, the void profound 
 Of unefiential Night receives him next 
 Wide gaping, and with utter lofs of being 
 Threatens him, plung’d in that abortive gulf. 
 
 If thence he fcape into whatever world. 
 
 Or unknown region, what remains him lefs 
 Than unknown dangers, and as hard efcape ? 
 
 But I Ihould ill become this throne, O Peers, 
 
 And this imperial fovranty, adorn’d 
 With fplendor, arm’d with pow’r, if ought propos’d 
 And judg’d of public moment, in the lhape 
 Of difficulty or danger could deter 
 Me from attempting. Wherefore do’ I affiime 
 Thefe royalties, and not refufe to reign, 
 
 Refufing to accept as great a lhare 
 Of hazard as of honor, due alike 
 To him who reigns, and fo much to him due 
 Of hazard more, as he above the reft 
 High honor’d fits ? Go therefore mighty Powers, 
 ^rror of Heav’n, though fall’n ; intend at home, 
 nile here lhall be our home, what beft may eafe 
 The prefent mifery, and render Hell 
 
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 455 
 
BookIL Paradise Lost, 43 
 
 More tolerable ; if there be cure or charm 460 
 To refpit, or deceive, or flack the pain 
 Of this ill manfion : intermit no watch 
 
 Againft a wakeful foe, while I abroad 
 Through all the coafts of dark deftruftion feek 
 Deliverance for us all : this enterprife 4^5 
 
 None lhall partake with me. Thus faying rofe 
 The Monarch, and prevented all reply. 
 
 Prudent, left from his refolution rais’d 
 Others among the chief might offer now 
 (Certain to be refus’d) what erft they fear’d ; 470 
 
 And fo refus’d might in opinion Hand 
 His rivals, winning cheap the high repute 
 "Which he through hazard huge muff: earn. But they 
 Dreaded not more th’ adventure than his voice 
 Forbidding 1 and at once with him. they rofe i 475 
 Their rifing all at once was as the found 
 Of thunder heard remote. Tow’ards him they bend 
 With awful reverence prone ; and as a God 
 Extol him equal to the Hig’heft in Heaven : 
 
 Nor fail’d they to exprefs how much they prais’d, 4S0 
 That for the general fafety he defpis’d 
 His own : for neither do the Spirits damn’d 
 Lofe all their virtue ; left bad men ihould boaft 
 Their fpecious deeds on earth, which glory’ excites; 
 Or clofe ambition varnifh’d o’er with zeal. 48|. 
 
 Thus they their doubtful confultations dark 
 Ended rejoicing in their matchlefs chief : 
 
 As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds 
 Afcending, while the north-wind fleeps, o’er-fpread 
 Heav’n’s chearful face, the louring element 490 
 
 Scowls o’er the darken’d landskip fnow, or fliower j 
 If chance the radiant fun with farewel fweet 
 Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, 
 
 The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds 
 
44 Par AD isE Lost. Bookll. 
 
 Atte:^ their joy, that hill and valley rings. 495 
 
 O fhame to men ! Devil with Devil damn’d 
 Firm concord holds, men only difagree 
 Of creatures rational, though under hope 
 Of heav’nly grace : and God proclaming peace. 
 
 Yet live in hatred, enmity, and ftrife 500 
 
 Among themfelves, and levy cruel wars. 
 
 Wafting the earth, each other to deftroy : 
 
 As if (which might induce us to accord) 
 
 Man had not heilifti foes enow befides, 
 
 That day and night for his deftruftion wak. 505 
 
 The Stygian council thus diftolv’d ; and forth 
 In order came the grand infernal peers ; 
 
 Midft came their mighty paramount, and Teem’d 
 
 Alone th’ antagonift of Heav’n, nor lefs 
 
 Than Hell’s dread emperor with pomp fupreme, 510 
 
 And Goddike imitated ftate ; him round 
 
 A globe of fiery Seraphim inclos’d 
 
 With bright imblazonry, and horrent arms. 
 
 Then of their fcftion ended they bid cry 
 
 With trumpets regal found the great refult : 515^ 
 
 Tow’ards the, four winds four fpeedy Cherubim 
 
 Put to their mouths the founding alchemy 
 
 By heralds voice explain’d j the hollow’ abyfs 
 
 Heard far and wide, and all the hoft of Hell 
 
 With deafning ftiout return’d them loud acclame. 520 
 
 Thence more at eafe their minds, and fomewhat rais’d 
 By falfe prefumptuous hope, the ranged Powers 
 Disband, and wand’ring, each his feveral way 
 Purfues, as inclination or fad choice 
 Leads him perplex’d, where he may likel left find 525-. 
 Truce to his reftlefs thoughts, and entertain 
 The irkfome hours, till bis great chief retura. 
 
Paradise Lost. 
 
 Book II. 
 
 Part on the plain, or in the air fnblime, 
 
 Upon the wing, or in fwift race contend. 
 
 As at th’ Olympian games or Pythian fields ; 
 
 Part curb their fiery fteeds, or (hun the goal 
 With rapid wheels, or fronted bngads form, 
 
 As when to warn prdud cities war appears 
 Wag’d in the troubled sky, and armies rufii 
 To battel in the clouds, before each van ^ 
 
 Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their fpe 
 
 Till thickeft legions clofe ; with feats of arms 
 From either end of Heav’n the welkin burns. 
 Others with vaft Typhcean rage more fe I ^ 
 Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air 
 In whiH^wind ; Hell fcarce hoMs the wild uproar. 
 As when Akides, from Oechalia crown’d 
 With conqueft, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore 
 Through pain up by the roots ThefTalian pines. 
 And Lichas from the top of Geta threw 
 Into th’ Euboic fea. Others more mild. 
 
 Retreated in a filent valley, fing. 
 
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 53 
 
 With notes angelical to many a harp 
 Their own heroic deeds and haplefs fall 
 By doom of battel ; and complain that fate 
 Free virtue fhould inthrall to force or chance. 
 Their fong was partial, but the harmony 
 (What could it lefs when Spi’rits immortal fing ?) 
 Sufpended Hell, and took with ravifhment 
 The thronging audience. In difcourfe more fweet 
 (For eloquence the foul, fong charms the fenfe,) 
 Others apart fat on a hiU retir’d, 
 
 In thoughts more elevate, and realon d high 
 Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate. 
 Fix’d fate, free will, foreknowledge abiolute, 
 And found no end, in wand’ring mazes loft. 
 
 Of good and evil much they argued then, 
 
Book IL 
 
 46 
 
 Paradise Lost. 
 
 Of happinefs and final mifery, 
 
 PalTion and apathy, and glory’ and Ihame, 
 Vain wifdom all, and falfe philofophy : 
 
 Yet with a pleafing forcery could charm 
 Pain for a while or anguilh, and excite 
 Fallacious hope, or arm th’ obdured breaft 
 With ftubborn patience as with triple fteel. 
 Another part in fquadrons and grofs bands. 
 On bold adventure to difcover wide 
 That difmal world, if any clime perhaps 
 Might yield them eafier habitation, bend 
 Four ways their flying march, along the banks 
 Of four infernal rivers, that difgorge 
 Into the burning lake their baleful ftreams ; 
 Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate ; 
 
 Sad Acheron of forrow, black and deep • 
 Cocytus, nam’d of lamentation loud 
 
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 Heard on the rueful flream ; fierce Phlegethon, 580 
 Whofe waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. 
 
 Far off from thefe a flow and filent flream, 
 
 Lethe the river of oblivion rolls 
 
 Her watry labyrinth, whereof who drinks. 
 
 Forthwith his former ftate and be’ing forgets, 
 
 Forgets both joy and grief, pleafure and pain. 
 
 Beyond this flood a frozen continent 
 
 Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual florms ' 
 
 Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land 
 Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin feems 590 
 Of ancient pile ; all elfe deep fhow and ice, 
 
 A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog 
 Betwixt Damiata and mount Cafius old. 
 
 Where armies whole have funk : the parching air 
 Burns frorc, and cold performs th’ effeifl of fire, coc 
 Thither by harpy-footed furies hal’d, ^ 
 
 At certain revolutions all the damn’d 
 
BcokIL Pa RAD iSE Lost. 47 
 
 Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change 
 Of herce extremes, extremes by change more herce. 
 From beds of raging fire to ftarve in ice 600 
 
 Their foft ethereal warmth, and there to pine 
 Immoveable, infix’d, and frozen round. 
 
 Periods of time, thence hurried back to fire. 
 
 They ferry over this Lethean found 
 Both to and fro, their fdrrow to augment, 60 e 
 
 And wilh and firuggle, as they pafs, to reach 
 The tempting ftream, with one fmall drop to lofe 
 In fweet forgetfulnefs all pain and woe. 
 
 All in one moment, and fo near the brink j 
 
 But fate withftands, and to oppofe th’ attempt 610 
 
 Medufa with Gorgonian terror guards 
 
 The ford, and of itfelf the water flies 
 
 All tafte of living wight, as once it fled 
 
 The lip of Tantalus. Thus roving on 
 
 In confus’d march forlorn, th’ adventrous bands 615 
 
 With Ihudd’ring horror pale, and eyes aghafl: ^ 
 
 View’d firfi: their lamentable lot, and found 
 
 No refl : through many a dark and dreary vale 
 
 They pafs’d, and many a region dolorous. 
 
 O’er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, 620 
 
 Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and fliades of death 
 A univerfe of death, which God by curfe * 
 
 Created ev’il, for evil only good. 
 
 Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, 
 Perverfe, all monftrous, all prodigious things, 62 c 
 Abominable, inutterable, and worfe ^ 
 
 Than fables yet have feign’d, or fear conceiv’d, 
 Gorgons, and Hydra’s, and Chimaera’s dire. 
 
 Mean while the Adverfary’ of God and Man, 
 
 Satan with thoughts inflam’d of hig’heft defign’, 6?o 
 ruts on fwift wings, and tow’ards the gates of Hell 
 
Pa R AD isE Lost. EookIL 
 
 Explores his folitary flight j femetimes 
 
 He fcours the right hand coaft, fometimes the left. 
 
 Now Ihaves with level wing the deep, then foars 
 
 Up to the fiery concave towring high. 635 
 
 As when far oiF at fea a fleet defcry’d 
 
 Hangs in the clouds, by equinoftial winds 
 
 Clofe failing from Bengala, or the iles 
 
 Of Ternate and Tidore, whence merchants bring 
 
 Their fpicy drugs : they on the trading flood 64# 
 
 Through the wide Ethiopian to the Cape 
 
 Ply fl:emming nightly tow’ard the pole. So feem’d 
 
 Far olF the flying Fiend : at lafl: appear 
 
 Hell bounds high reaching to the horrid roof, 
 
 And thrice threefold the gates ; three folds were brafs. 
 Three iron, three of adamantin rock, 646 
 
 Impenetrable, impal’d with circling fire. 
 
 Yet unconfum’d. Before the gates there fat 
 On either fide a formidable Ihape ; 
 
 The one feem’d woman to the v/afte, and fair, 65© 
 
 But ended foul in many a fcaly fold 
 
 Volumanous and vaft, a ferpent arm’d 
 
 With mortal fling ; about her middle round 
 
 A cry of Hell hounds never ceafing bark’d 
 
 With wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung 655 
 
 A hideous peal j yet, when they lifl, would creep. 
 
 If ought difturb’d their noife, into her womb. 
 
 And kennel there, yet there flill bark’d and howl’d. 
 Within unfeen. Far iefs abhorr’d than thefe 
 Vex’d Scylla bathing in the fea that parts 66© 
 
 Calabria from the hoarfe Trinacrian fliore : 
 
 Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when call’d 
 In fecret, riding through the air flie comes. 
 
 Lur’d with the fmell of infant blood, to dance 
 With Lapland witches, while the lab’ring moon 665 
 Eclipfes at their charms. The other fliape. 
 
Book n. Paradise Lost.' 4f 
 
 If fhape it might be call’d that fhape had none 
 Diftinguifliable in member, joint, or limb. 
 
 Or fubftance might he call’d that ihadow feem’d. 
 
 For each feem’d either } black it ftood as Night, 670 
 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 
 
 And fliook a dreadful dart 1 what feem’d his head 
 The likenefs of a kingly crown had on. 
 
 ■Satan was now at hand, and from his feat 
 
 The monfter moving onward came as faft 675 
 
 With horrid ftrides. Hell trembled as he ftrode. 
 
 Th’ undaunted Fiend what this might be admir’d, 
 Admir’d, not fear’d ; God and his Son except. 
 Created thing nought valued he nor fhunn’d 1 
 And with difdainful look thus firft began, 6§0 
 
 , Whence and what art thou, execrable ihape. 
 
 That dar’d, though grim and terrible, advance 
 Thy mifcreated front athwart my way 
 To yonder gates ? through them I mean t'6 pafs. 
 
 That be alTur’d, without leave ask’d of thee : 685 
 
 Retire, or tafte thy folly’, and learn by proof. 
 Hell-born, not to contend with Spi’rits of Heaven. 
 
 To whom the goblin full of wrath reply’d. 
 
 Art thou that traitor Angel, art thou He, 
 
 Who firft broke peace in Heav’n and faiths till then 
 Unbroken, and in proud rebellious arms 691 
 
 Drew after him the third part of Heav’n's fons 
 I Conjur’d againft the Hig’heft, for which both thou 
 I And they, outcaft from God, are here condemn’d 
 j To wafte eternal days in woe and pain ? 695 
 
 I And reckon’d thou thyfelf with Spi’rits of Heaveni 
 I Hell-doom’d, and breath’ft defiance here and fcorn 
 I Where I reign king, and to enrage thee more, 
 
 I Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punifnmenta 
 
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so Paradise Lost, Book II. 
 
 Falfe fugitive, and to thy fpeed add wings, 700 
 
 LeH with a whip of fcorpions F purfue 
 
 Thy lingring, or with one ftroke of this dart 
 
 Strange horror feife thee’, and pangs unfelt before. 
 
 So fpake the grilly terror, and in lhape. 
 
 So fpeaking and fo threatning, grew tenfold 
 More dreadful and deform : on th’ other fide 
 Incens’d with indignation Satan hood 
 Unterrify’d, and like a comet burn’d. 
 
 That nres the length of Ophiuchus huge 
 In th arctic sky, and from his horrid hair 
 Shakes pehilence and war. Each at the head 
 Levei’d his deadly aim ; their fatal hands 
 No fecond ftroke intend, and fach a frown 
 Each call at th’ other, as when two black clouds. 
 With Eleav’n’s artillery fraught, come rattling on 
 Over the Cafpian, then hand front to front 
 Hovering a fpace, till winds the fignal blow 
 To join their dark encounter in mid air : 
 
 So frown’d the mighty combatants, that Hell 
 Grew darker at their frown, fo match’d they flood j 
 For never but once more was either like 
 To meet fo great a foe : and now great deeds 
 Had been achiev’d, whereof all Hell had rung. 
 Had not the fnaky forcerefs that fat 
 Fall by Hell gate, and kept the fatal key, 
 
 Kis’n, and with hideous outcry rufh’d between. 
 
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 O Father, what intends thy hand, fhe cry’d, 
 
 Againft thy only Son ? What fury’, O Son, 
 
 PofTeffes thee to bend that mortal dart 
 
 Againfl thy Father’s head ? and know’ll for whom; 730 
 
 F or him who fits above and laughs the while 
 
 At thee ordain’d his drudge, to execute 
 
Book II. Paradise Lost. 51 
 
 Whate’er his wrath, which he calls juilice, bids j 
 His wrath, which one day will deftroy ye both. 
 
 She fpake, and at her words the hellifli peft 
 Forbore, then thefe to her Satan return’d. 
 
 So ftrange thy outcry, and thy words fo ftrange 
 Thou interpofeft, that my hidden hand 
 Prevented fpares to tell thee yet by deeds 
 What it intends ; till firft I know of thee, 740 
 
 What thing thou art, thus double -form’d, and why 
 In this infernal vale firft met thou cairft 
 Me Father, and that phantafm call’ft my Soni 
 I know thee not, nor ever faw till now 
 Sight more detehable than him and thee. 745 
 
 T’ whom thus the portrefs of Hell gate reply’d. 
 
 Haft thou forgot me then, and do I feem 
 
 Now in thine eye fo foul ? once deem’d fo fair 
 
 In Heav’n, when at th’ affembly, and in fight 
 
 Of all the Seraphim with thee combin’d 7^0 
 
 In bold confpiracy againft Heav’n’s king. 
 
 All on a hidden miferable pain 
 Surpris d thee, dim thine eyes, and dizzy fwum 
 In darknefs, while thy head flames thick and faft 
 Threw forth, till on the left fide opening wide, 7^^ 
 Likeft to thee in fhape and count’nance bright. 
 
 Then fhining heav’nly fair, a Goddefs arm’d 
 Out of thy head I fprung : amazement feis’d 
 All th’ hoft of Heav’n ; back they recoil’d afraid 
 
 At firft, and call’d me Sin, and for a fign 
 Portentous held me ; but familiar grown, 
 
 I pleas’d, and with attradive graces won 
 |The moft averfe, thee chiefly, who full oft 
 Thyfelf in me thy perfefl image viewing 
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52 Paradise Lost. Book II. 
 
 Becam’ii enamour’d, and fuch joy thou took’ft 765 
 With me in fecret, that my wo mb conceiv’d 
 A growing burden. Mean while war arofe, 
 
 ^nd fields were fought in Heav’n ; wherein remain’d 
 
 (For what could elfe ? ) to our almighty foe 
 
 Clear vidory, to our part lofs and rout 770 
 
 Through all the empyrean : down they fell 
 
 Briv’n headlong from the pitch of Heaven, down 
 
 Into this deep, and in the general fall 
 
 I alfo j at which time this pow’rful key 
 
 Into my hand was giv’n, with charge to keep 775 
 
 Thefe gates for ever Ihut, which none can pafs 
 
 Without my opening. Penfive here I fat 
 
 Alone, but long I fat not, till my womb 
 
 Pregnant by thee, and now exceifive grown 
 
 Prodigious motion felt and rueful throes. 780 
 
 At laft this odious ofspring whom thou feefi 
 
 Thine own begotten, breaking violent way 
 
 Tore through my entrails, that with fear and pain 
 
 Diftorted, all my nether fhape thus grew 
 
 Transform’d ; but he my inbred enemy 78^ 
 
 Forth ifiued, brandifhing his fatal dart 
 
 Made to deflroy : I fled, and cry’d out Death ; 
 
 Hell trembled at the hideous name, and figh’d 
 From all her caves, and back refounded Death. 
 
 I fled, but he purfued, (though more, it feems, 790 
 InflamM with lufl; than rage) and fwifter far. 
 
 Me overtook his mother all difmay’d. 
 
 And in embraces forcible and foul 
 
 Ingendring with me, of that rape begot 
 
 Thefe yelling monfters, that with ceafelefs cry 791 
 
 Surround me, as thou faw’ft, hourly conceiv’d 
 
 And hourly born, with forrow infinite 
 
 To me ? for when they lift, into the womb 
 
 That bred them they returnj und howl and gnaw 
 
R)okIL Paradise Lasr. 53: 
 
 My bowels, their repaft ; then burfting forth So© 
 
 Afrefh with confcious terrors vex me rounds 
 That reft or intermiftion none I ftnd> 
 
 Before mine eyes in oppofition fits 
 
 Grim Death my fon and foe, who fets them on, 
 
 And me his parent would full foon devour S05 
 
 For want of other prey, but that he knows 
 His end with mine involv’d ; and knows that I 
 Should prove a bitter morfel, and his bane. 
 
 Whenever that fhall be ; fo fate pronounc’d. 
 
 But thou, O Father, I forewarn thee, Ihun Si® 
 
 His deadly arrow ; neither vainly hope 
 i To be invulnerable in thofe bright arms,- 
 
 Though temper’d heav’nly, for that mortal dint, 
 
 I Save he who reigns above, none can refift. 
 
 I She finilh’d, and the fubtle Fiend his lore^ Si 5 
 i Soon learn’d, now milder, and thus anfwer’d fmooth. 
 
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 Dear Daughter, fince thou clam’ft me for thy fire, 
 And my fair fon here ftiow’ft me, the dear pledge 
 Of dalliance had with thee in Heav’n, and joys 
 Then fweet, now fad to mention, through dire change 
 Befall’n us unforefeen, un thought of ; know 8.21 
 
 i I come no enemy, but to fet free 
 I From out this dark and difmal houfe of pain 
 ji Both him and thee, and all the heav’nly hoft 
 
 Of Spi’rits, that in our juft pretences arm’d S25 
 
 i Fell with us from on high : from them I go 
 Tliis uncouth errand foie, and one for all 
 
 My felf expofe, with lonely fteps to tread. 
 
 Th’ unfounded deep, and through the void immenfe 
 To fearch with wand’ring queft a place foretold 8 30 
 
 Should be, and, by concurring figns, ere now 
 Created vaft and round, a place of blifs 
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54 Pa R ADiSE Lost. Bookll. 
 
 In the pourlieus of Heav’n, and therein plac’d 
 A race of iipftart creatures, to fupply 
 Perhaps our vacant room, though more remov’d, 8 ^ c 
 Heav n furcharg’d with potent multitude 
 Might hap to move new broils : Be this or ought 
 Than this more fecret now defign’d, I hade 
 
 know, and this once known, ihall foon return, 
 
 f ^ Thou and Death 840 
 
 Shall dwell at eafe, and up and down unfeen 
 
 Wing hiently the buxom air, imbalm’d 
 With odors ; there ye ftiall be fed and fill’d 
 Jmmeafurably, all things fhall be your prey 
 
 ^ feem’d highly pleas’d, and Death 
 
 Grmn d horrible a ghaftly fmiie, to hear §.5 
 
 His famin ihould be fill’d, and blexd his maw 
 Dedin d to that good hour : no lefs rejoic’d 
 His mother bad, and thus befpake her lire. 
 
 The key of this infernal pit by due. 
 
 And by command of Heav’n’s all-pow’rful king 
 I keep, by him forbidden to unlock 
 Thefe adamahtin gates ; againft all force 
 Death ready Hands to interpofe his dart, 
 
 Fearlefs to be o’ermatch’d by living might. 
 
 But what owe I to his commands above 
 Who hates me, and hath hither thrull me down 
 Into this gloom of Tartarus profound. 
 
 To fit in hateful office here confin’d. 
 
 Inhabitant of Heav’n, and heav’niy-born, 
 
 Here in perpetual agony and pain. 
 
 With terrors and with clamors compafs’d round 
 Of mine own brood, that on my bowels feed ? 
 Thou art my father, thou my author, thou 
 My being gav’ft me ; whom Ihould I obey 
 
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Bookli; Paradise Lost, ^5 
 
 Bat thee, whom follow ? thou wilt bring me foon 
 To that new world of light and blifs, among 
 The Gods who live at eafe, where I lhall reign 
 At thy right hand voluptuous, as befeems 
 Thy daughter and thy darling, without end. 870 
 
 Thus faying, from her fide the fatal key. 
 
 Sad inftrument of all our woe, Ihe took ; 
 
 And tow’ards the gate rolling her beftial train, 
 pForthwith the huge portcullis high up drew. 
 
 Which but herfelf, not all the Stygian Powers 875 
 
 Could once have mov’d ; then in the key-hole turns 
 
 Th’ intricate wards, and every bolt and bar 
 
 Of maffy ir’on or folid rock with eafe 
 
 Unfaftens : on a fudden open fly 
 
 With impetuous recoil and jarring found 8 So 
 
 Th’ infernal doors, and on their hinges grate 
 
 Harfh thunder, that the loweft bottom ftiook 
 
 Of Erebus. She open’d, but to ftiut 
 
 Excell’d her pow’r ; the gates wide open ftood. 
 
 That with extended wings a banner’d hoft 88| 
 
 Under fpread enfigns marching might pafs through 
 With horfe and chariots rank’d in loofe array } 
 
 So wide they ftood, an 4 like a furnace mouth 
 Caft forth redounding fmoke, and ruddy flame. 
 
 Before their eyes in fudden view appear 890 
 
 The fecrets of the hoary deep, a dark 
 Illimitable ocean, without bound, 
 
 ; Without dimenfion, where length, breadth, and highth. 
 And time, and place are loft ; where eldeft Night 
 i And Chaos, anceftors of nature, hold S95 
 
 Eternal anarchy, amidft the noife 
 Of endlefs wars, and by confufion ftand. 
 
 For hot, cold, moift, and dry, four champions fierce, 
 Strive here for maft’ry, and to battel bring 
 
5^ P A E A D I s I L 0 s T. Book IL 
 
 Their embryon atoms i they around the jflag j coo 
 Of each his fadion, in their feveral clans, 
 
 Light-arm’d or heavy, lharp, fmooth, fwift or flow. 
 Swarm populous, un-number ’d as the fands 
 Of Barca or Gyrene’s torrid foil,. 
 
 Levied to fide with warring winds, and poife 90c 
 Their lighter wings. To whom thefe moft adhere. 
 
 He rules a moment ; Chaos umpire fits. 
 
 And by decifion more embroils the fray 
 By which he reigns : next him high arbiter 
 Chance governs all. Into this wild abyfs, 
 
 The womb of nature and perhaps her grave. 
 
 Of neither fea, nor fliore, nor air, nor lire, 
 
 But ail thefe in their pregnant eaufes mix’d 
 Confus’dly, and which thus muft ever light, 
 
 Unlefs th’ almighty Maker them ordain 
 His dark materials to create more worlds ; 
 
 Into this wild abyfs the wary Fiend 
 Stood on the brink of Hell and look’d a while, 
 Pond’ring his voyage ; for no narrow frith 
 He had to crols. Nor was his ear lefs peal’d^ 
 
 With noifes loud and ruinous (to comparer 
 Great things with fmall) than when Bellona florms. 
 
 With all her battering engins bent to rafe 
 Some capital city’ ; or lefs than if this frame. 
 
 Of Heav’n were falling, and thefe elements 
 In mutiny had from her axle torn 
 The ftedfaft earth. At laft hi? faibbroad vans 
 He fpreads for flight, and in the furging fmoke 
 Uplifted fpurns the ground ; thence many a league. 
 
 As in a cloudy chair, afcending rides. 9^0, 
 
 Audacious ; but that feat foon failing, meets 
 
 A vafl: vacuity : all unawares 
 
 Fluttering his pennons vain plumb down he drops 
 
 Ten thoufand fathpin d_eep, and to. thi§ hour 
 
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 Down had been falling, had not by ill chance 935 
 The ftrong rebuff of fome tumultuous cloud, 
 
 Inftina with fire and nitre, hurried him 
 As many miles aloft : that fury ftay’d. 
 
 Quench’d in a boggy Syrtis, neither lea, 
 
 Nor good dry land : nigh founder’d on he fares, 
 Treading the crude confidence, half on foot, 
 
 Half fly’ing i behoves him now both oar and fail. 
 
 As when a, gryphon through the wildernefs 
 With winged courfe, o’er hill or moory dale, 
 
 Purfues the Arimafpian, who by.ftealth 
 Had from his wakeful cuftody purloin’d 
 
 The guarded gold: So eagerly, the Fiend 
 
 O’er: bog, or fteep, through ftrait, rough, denfe, or ra , 
 With head, hands, wings, or feet purfues his way 
 And fwims,. or finks, or wades, or creeps, or fiics : 
 
 At length a univerfal hubbub wild 
 
 Of ftunning founds and voices all confus’d. 
 
 Borne through the hollow dark, affaults his ear 
 With loudeft vehemence : thither he plies, 
 
 Undaunted to meet there whatever Power 
 Or Spirit of the nethermoft abyfs ^ 
 
 Might in that noife refide, of whom to ask 
 Which way the neared coaft of darknefs lies 
 Bord’ring on light; when ftrait behold the throne 
 
 Of Chaos, and his dark pavilion fpread 
 
 Wide on the wadeful deep ; with him enthron d 
 Sat fable.- veded Night, elded: of things, 
 
 Theconfort of his reign; and by them flood 
 Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name 
 Of Demogorgon ; Rumor next and Chance, 
 
 And Tumult and Confufion all embroil d. 
 
 And Difcord with a thoufand various 
 T’whom Satan turning boldly, thus. Ye 
 And Spirits of tld« nethermoft abyfs, 
 
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 Chains and ancient Night, I come no fpy. 
 
 With purpofe to explore or to difturb 
 The fecrets of your realm, but by conflraint 
 Wand ring this darkfome defert, as my way ' 
 
 Lies through your fpacious empire up to light, 
 
 A one, and without guide, half loft, X feek 
 Wnat readieft path leads where your gloomy bounds 
 Confine with Heav n ; or if fome other plaee 
 From your dominion won, th’ ethereal king ’ 
 
 1 olieilcs lately, thither to arrive ^ 
 
 I travel this profound ; dired my courfej 
 Direded no mean recompenfe it brings ^ 
 
 To your behoof, if I that region loft. 
 
 All ufurpation thence expell’d, reduce^ 
 
 To her original darknefs and your fway 
 (Which is my prefent journey) and once more 
 lirect the ftandard there of ancient Night • 
 
 Yours be th’ advantage all, mine the revenge. 
 
 Thus Satan ; and him thus the Anarch old 
 With faltring fpeech and vifage incompos’d 
 AnWd Iknow thee, ftranger, who th;u art, 950 
 That mighty leading Angel, who of late 
 Made head againft Heav’n’s king, though overthrown; 
 
 I faw and heard, for fuch a numerous hoft 
 through the frighted deep 
 jruin upon ruin, rout on rout, 
 
 ConMon worfe confounded; and Heav’n gates 
 rcurd out by milHons her viflorious bands ' 
 Purfuing. I upon my frontiers here 
 Step refidence ; if alll can will ferve 
 y.at little which is left fo to defend, 
 
 Ricroach d on ftill through your inteftin broils 
 WeaKMng thefcepter of old Night: firft Hell 
 Your dungeon ftretching far and wide beneath; 
 
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Bookll. Paradise Lost. 59 
 
 Now lately Heav’n and Earth, another world, 
 
 Hung o’er my realm, link’d in a golden chain tooj 
 To that fide Heav’n from whence your legions tell . 
 
 If that way be your walk, you have not far ; 
 
 So much the nearer danger ; go and fpeed ; 
 
 Havoc and fpoil and ruin are my gain. 
 
 He ceas’d ; and Satan flay’d not to reply, loio 
 But glad that now his fea fhould find^ a fhore, 
 
 With frefh alacrity and force renew’d 
 
 Springs upward like a pyramid of fire 
 
 Into the wild expanfe, and through the fhock 
 
 Of fighting elements, on all fides round JOi 5 
 
 Environ’d wins his way ; harder befet 
 
 And more indanger’d, than when Argo pafs d 
 
 Through Bofporus betwixt the juftling rocks : 
 
 Or when Ulyffes on the larbord fhunn’d 
 
 Charybdis, and by th’ other whirlpool fleer’d. 1020 
 
 So he with difficulty and labor hard 
 
 Mov’d on, with difficulty and labor he ; ^ 
 
 But he once pafl, foon after when man fell. 
 
 Strange alteration ! Sin and Death^ amain 
 
 Following his track, fucli was the will of Heaven, 5025 
 
 Pav’d after him a broad and beaten way 
 
 Over the dark abyfs, whofe boiling gulf 
 
 Tamely indur’d a bridge of wondrous length 
 
 From Hell continued reaching th’ utmofl orb 
 
 Of this frail world ; by which theSpi’rits perverfe 103© 
 
 With eafy intercourfe pafs to and fro 
 
 To tempt or punifk mortals, except whom 
 
 God and good Angels guard by fpecial grace. 
 
 r 
 
 But now at laft the facred influence 
 Of light appears, and from the walls of Heaven 1035 
 i Shoots far into the bofom of dim Night 
 
Pa r adisse Eost;^ Book III 
 
 A glimmering dawn ; here Nature firft begins^ 
 
 Her fartheft verge, and Chaos to retire 
 As from her outmolt works a broken foe 
 With tumult lefs and with lefs hohile din, 104® 
 
 That Satan with lefs toil, and now. with eafe 
 Wafts on the calmer wave by dubious light. 
 
 And like a weather-beaten velTel holds. 
 
 Gladly the port, though Ihrouds and tackle torn ; 
 
 Gr in the emptier wafte, refembling air. 
 
 Weighs his fpread wings, at leifure to behold 
 
 Far off th’ empyreal Hcav’n, e^itended wide. 
 
 In circuit, undetermin'd fquare or round,. 
 
 With opal tow’rs and battlement adorn’d 
 Of living faphir, once his native feat 
 And fall by hanging in a golden chain < 
 
 This pendent world, in bignefs as a ftar 
 Of fmalleff magnitude clofe by the moon. 
 
 Thither full fraught with mifchievous revenge, 
 
 Accurs’d, and in a curfed hour he hies. 
 
 Ti>e End of the fuoni Bosh 
 
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THE 
 
 T H I R D B Q O K 
 O E 
 
 PARADISE LOST 
 
The Argument. 
 
 God fitting on his throne fees Satan flying tonvards this n»orld, 
 then ne^ly created ; Jhonsjs him to the Son ^ho fat at his 
 right hand i foretels the fuccefs of Satan in perverting 
 nyankindi clears his ovjnjuftice and vjifdom from all im- 
 futation, having created Man free, and able enough to 
 have vjithflood his tempter ; yet declares his purpofe of 
 grace tovjards him, in regard he fell not of his ovon ma- 
 lice, as did Satan, but by hhn feducd. The Son of 
 God renders praijes to his FATHER/or the manifeflation 
 of his gracious purpofe tovoards Man ; but God again 
 declares, that Grace cannot be extended tovoards Man 
 •without the fatisfaaion of divine juftice ; Man hath of. 
 fended the majefty of G on by afpiring to God-head, and 
 therefore •ivith all his progeny devoted to death mufl die, 
 unlefs fame one can be found fuff, dent to anfwer for his 
 cffenfe, and undergo his punijhment. The Son of Goto 
 freely offers himfelf a ranfome for Man : the Father. 
 accepts him, ordains his incarnation, pronounces his exal- 
 tation above all names in Heaven and Earth ; commands 
 all the Angels to adore him ; they obey, and hymning to 
 their harps in full quire, celebrate the Father and the 
 Son. Mean vohile alights upon the bare convex 
 
 of this vsorlcts outermoft orb \ nvhere vo and' ring he flrfl 
 flnds a place, fince call'd The Limbo -^Vanity, vohat 
 perfons and things fly up thither ', thence co?nes to the 
 gate of Heaven, defcrib'd afcending by fairs, and the 
 •waters above the firmament that flovj about it : His 
 paffage thence to the orb of the fun he finds there 
 Uriel the rege?it of that orb, hut flrfl changes himfelf 
 into the floape of a meaner Angel ; and pretending a 
 stealous deflre to behold the neve creation, and Man vohom 
 God had plac'd here, inquires of him the place of his 
 habitation, and is direded i alights flrfl on mount Ni- 
 phaces. 
 

 
PARADISE LOST. 
 
 AIL holy Light, ofspring of Heav’n 
 hrft-born. 
 
 Or of th’ Eternal coeternal beam 
 May I exprefs thee’ unblamM ? fmce God 
 is light. 
 
 And never but in unapproched light 
 I Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, 5 
 
 I Bright effluence of bright effence increate. 
 
 I Or hear’ft thou rather pure ethereal ftream, 
 
 [1 Whofe fountain who fhall tell f before the fun, 
 
 I Before the Heav’ns thou wert, and at the voice 
 i Of God, as with a mantle didft inveft lo 
 
 The riling world of waters dark and deep. 
 
 Won from the void and formlefs infinite. 
 
 Thee I re-vilit now with bolder wing, 
 
 [ Efcap'd the Stygian pool, though long detained 
 i In that obfcure fojourn, while in my Bight i S 
 
64 Paradise Lost, BookllF.. 
 
 Through utter and through middle darknefs borne 
 With other notes than to th’ Orphean lyre 
 I fung of Ghaos and eternal Night, . 
 
 Taught by the heav’nly Mufe to venture down 
 The dark defcent, and up to re-afcend, 20 v 
 
 Though hard and rare ; thee I revifit fafe. 
 
 And feel thy fovran vital lamp j but thou 
 Reviht’ft not thefe eyes, that roll in vain 
 To find; thy piercing ray> and find no dawn ; 
 
 So thick a drop ferene hath quench’d their orbs, 25 
 Or dim fuffufion veil’d* Yet not the more 
 Ceafe I to wander, where the Mufes haunt : 
 
 Clear fpring, . or lhady grove, or funny hill;' 
 
 Smit with the love of facred fong , but chief 
 
 Thee, Sion, and the flo wry brooks beneath, 30 - 
 That wafh thy hallow’d feet, and warbling flow. 
 Nightly I vifit ; nor fomedmes forget 
 Thofe other two equall’d with me in fate^ . 
 
 So were I equal’d with them in renown. 
 
 Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, 35: 
 
 And Tirefias and Phineus prophets old : 
 
 Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move 
 Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird. 
 
 Sings darkling, and in. fhadieft covert hid 
 
 Tunes her no£lurnai note. Thus with the year 46: 
 
 Seafons return, but not to me returns 
 
 Day, or the fweet approach of ev’n or morni^i . 
 
 Or fight of vernal bloom, or fummer’s rofe, , 
 
 Or: flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; 
 
 But cloud inftead, and ever* during dark 45: 
 
 Surrounds me, from , the chearfal ways of men 
 Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair 
 Frefented with a univerfal blank 
 Of Nature’s works to me expung’d and ras’d* 
 
 And wifdoia at one entrance quite fhut out. 50 
 
PAit ABiSB Lost. 
 
 % 
 
 ®ooklll 
 
 So much the rather thou, celeftial Light, 
 
 Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers 
 Irradiate, there plant eyes, all mill from tnence 
 Purge and difperfe, that I may fee and tell 
 Gf things invifible to mortal fight. 55 
 
 Now had t^ almighty Father^rom above> 
 
 From the pure empyrean where he fits ^ 
 
 High thron’d above all highth, bent down h^ eye, 
 
 His own works and their works at once to view : 
 
 About him all the Sanaities of Heaven ^ 00 
 
 Stood thick as ftars, and from his fight receiv d 
 Beatitude paft utterance i on his right: 
 
 The radiant image of his glory fat. 
 
 His only Son ; on earth he firft beheld 
 
 Our two firfi parents, yet the only two 05 
 
 Of mankind, in the happy garden plac’d,. 
 
 Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love. 
 
 Uninterrupted joy, unrival d love ^ 
 
 In blifsful Iblitude ; he then furvey^d 
 
 Hell and the gulf between, and Satan there 7^^ 
 
 Goading the wall of Heav’n on this fide Night 
 
 In the dun air fublime, and ready now 
 
 To ftoop with wearied wings and willing feet 
 
 On the bare outfide of this world, that feem d 
 
 Firm land imbofom’d, without firmament, 7S 
 
 Uncertain which, in ocean or in air. 
 
 Him God beholding from his profpea high,,. 
 
 Wherein paft, prefent, future he beholds. 
 
 Thus to his only Son forefeeing fpake. 
 
 Only begotten Son, feeft thou what rage 
 Tranfports our Adverfary ? whom no bounds 
 Frefcrib’d, no bars of Hell, nor all the chains 
 Heap’d on him there, nor yet the main abyfr 
 
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 90 
 
 95 
 
 Paradise Lost- Booklll, 
 
 Wice interrupt can hold ; fo bent he feems 
 
 ulf that ihaU redound 
 
 Upon his own rebellious head. And now 
 
 BirelT Of light. 
 
 And Man tnere plac’d, with purpofe to affay 
 If him by force he can dejy/or Zl7 
 y ome falfe gmde pervert j and lhall pervert 
 For Man will hearken to his glozine lies ’ 
 
 And eaiily tranfgrefs the foie commf nd, ’ ' 
 
 ^le pledge of his obedience : So will fall 
 He and his faithlefs progeny : Whofe fault’? 
 
 Whom but his own .? Ingrate, he had of me 
 II he could have ; I made him juft and right, 
 Sufficient to have flood, though free to fall 
 Such I created all th’ ethereal Powers ,oo 
 
 Pre.i ^0* ^^toiji who ftood and them who fail’d 
 
 Freely they ftood who ftood, and fell who fell 
 
 ortrre*’ t'** 
 
 true allegiance, conftant faith or love. 
 
 Where only what they needs muft do appear’d, loe 
 Not what Aey would ? what praife could they receive! 
 
 What pleafure I from fuch obedience paid. ' 
 
 When will and rearon (rearon alfo’is choice) 
 
 Ufelefs and vain, of freedom both defpoil’d,'^ 
 
 Made paffive both, had ferv’d neceihty. 
 
 Not me ? They therefore as to right belong’d, 
 bo were created, nor can ju%’ accufe 
 Their maker, or their making, or their fate, 
 
 As if predeftination over-rul’d 
 Their will, dilpos’d by abfolute decree 
 Or high foreknowledge ; they themfeliires decreed 
 Their own revolt, not I ; if I foreknew. 
 
 Foreknowledge had no influence on their faulti 
 
 no 
 
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Booklll. Paradise Lost. 67 
 
 Which had no lefs proved certain unforeknown. 
 
 So without lead impulfe or lhadow’ of fate, 1 20 
 
 Or ought by me immutably forefeen,^ 
 
 They trefpafs, authors to themfelves in all 
 Both what they judge and what they choofe ; for fo 
 I form’d them free, and free they muft remain. 
 
 Till they inthrall themfelves j I elfe muft change 125 
 Their nature, and revoke the high decree 
 Unchangeable, eternal, which ordain’d 
 Their freedom, they themfelves ordain’d their fall. 
 
 The firft fort by their own fuggeftion fell. 
 
 Self-tempted, felf-deprav’d : Man falls, deceiv’d 130 
 By th’ other firft : Man therefore fhall find grace, 
 
 The other none : in mercy’ and juftice both. 
 
 Through Heav’n and Earth, fo fhall my glory’ excel. 
 But mercy firft- and laft fhall brighteft fhine. 
 
 Thus while G od fpake, ambrofial fragrance filEd 1 3 1 
 All Heav’n, and in the blefled Spi rits ele£t 
 Senfe of new joy ineffable diffus’d : 
 
 Beyond compare the Son of God was feen 
 Moft glorious ; in him all his Father fhone 
 Subftantially exprefs’d ; and in his face ^ 4 ^ 
 
 Divine compaffion vifibly appear’d. 
 
 Love without end, and without meafure grace. 
 
 Which uttering thus he to his Father fpake. 
 
 O Father, gracious was that word which clos’d 
 Thy fovran fentence, that Man fhould find grace j 1 45 
 For which both Heav’n and Earth fhall high exlol 
 Thy praifes, with th’ innumerable found 
 Of hymns and facred fongs, wherewith thy throne 
 Incompafs’d fhall refound thee ever bleft. 
 
 For fhould Man finally be loft, fhould Man, s 
 
 Thy creature late fo lov’d, thy youngeft fon. 
 
Paradise Lost: Book 
 
 Fall drcumvented thus by fraud, though join’d 
 With his own folly ? that be from thee fi-, 
 
 That far be from thee, Father, who art judge 
 Of all things made, and judgeft only right7 
 Or lliall the Adverfary thus obtain 
 His end, and fruilrate thine ? lhall he fulfil 
 His malice, and thy goodnefs bring to no ugh t,. 
 Or proud return, though to his heavier doom. 
 
 Yet with revenge accomplifh’d, and to Hell 
 Draw after him the whole race of mankind. 
 
 By him corrupted ? or wilt thou thyfelf 
 
 Aboliih thy creation, and unmake 
 
 For him, what for thy glory thou haft made ? 
 
 So Ihould thy goodnefs and thy greatnefs both 
 Be queftion’d and blafphem’d without defenfe. 
 
 To whom the great Creator thus reply’d.. 
 
 O Son, in whom my foul hath chief delight,. 
 Son of my bofom, Son who art alone 
 My word, my wifdom, and eifeflual might. 
 All haft thou fpoken as my thoughts are, all 
 As my eternal purpofe hath decreed : 
 
 Man ftiall not quite be loft, but fav’d who will. 
 Yet not of will in him, but grace in me 
 Freely vouchfaf ’d ; once more I will renew 
 His lapfed pow’rs ; though forfeit and inthrall’d 
 By fm to foul exorbitant defires ; 
 
 Upheld by me, yet once more he lhall ftand. 
 On even ground againft his mortal foe. 
 
 By me upheld, that he may know how frail 
 His fall’n condition is, and to me owe 
 All his deliverance, and to none but me* 
 
 Some I have chofen of peculiar grace 
 Sleft above the reft ; fo is my will : 
 
 The , reft lhall heax me. call, and oft he warn’d 
 
Book III. Paradise Lost. 
 
 
 Their finful ftate, and to appeafe betimes 
 Th’ incenfed Deity, while offer’d grace 
 Invites ; for I will clear their fenfes dark. 
 
 What -may fuffice, and foften ftony hearts 
 To pray, repent, and bring obedience due. 
 
 To pray’r, repentance, and obedience due. 
 
 Though but endevor’d with fmcere intent. 
 
 Mine ear lhall not be flow, mine eye notihut. 
 
 And I will place within them as a guide 
 My umpire Confcience, whom if they will hear. 
 
 Light after light well us’d they fliali attain. 
 
 And to the end perfifting, fafe arrive. 
 
 This my long fufferance and my day of grace 
 They who negled and fcorn, fliall never tafte ; 
 
 But hard be harden’d, blind be blinded more. 
 
 That they may Humble on, and deeper fall i 
 And none but fuch from mercy I exclude. 
 
 But yet all is not done ; Man difobeying, 
 
 Difloyal breaks his fealty, and fins 
 Againfl; the high fupremacy of Heaven, 
 
 Affeding God-head, and fo lofing all. 
 
 To expiate his treafon hath nought left. 
 
 But to deftrudion facred and devote. 
 
 He with his whole pofterity muft die. 
 
 Die he or juftice muft ; unlefs for him 
 Some other able, and as willing, pay 
 The rigid fatisfadion, death .for death. 
 
 Say heav’niy Pow’rs, where fliall we find fuch love I 
 Which of ye will be mortal to redeem 
 Man’s mortal crime, and juft the unjuft to fave ? 215 
 
 Dwells in all Heaven charity fo dear } 
 
 He ask’d, but all the heav’niy quire flood mute. 
 
 And filence was in Heav’n j on Mans behalf 
 Patron or interceffor none appear’d, 
 
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 210 
 
70 Paradise Lost. Book III, 
 
 Much lefs that durft upon his own head draw 
 The deadly forfeiture, and ranfome fet. 
 
 And now without redemption all mankind 
 Mull have been loft, adjudg’d to Death and Hell 
 By doom fevere, had not the Son of God, 
 
 In whom the fulnefs dwells of love divine. 
 
 His deareft mediation thus renew’d. 
 
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 225 
 
 Father, thy word is paft, Man ftiall find grace : 
 And ftiall grace not find means, that finds her way 
 The fpeedieft of thy winged meifengers. 
 
 To vifit all thy creatures, and to all 
 Comes unprevented, unimplor’d, unfought ? 
 
 Happy for Man, fo coming ; he her aid 
 Can never feek, once dead in fins and loft ; 
 Atonement for himfelf or oftering meet. 
 
 Indebted and undone, hath none to bring : 
 
 Behold me then ; me for him, life for life 
 I offer ; on me let thine anger fall ; 
 
 Account me Man ; I for his fake will leave 
 Thy bofom, and this glory next to thee 
 Freely put off, , and for him laftly die 
 Well pleas’d j on me let Death wreck all his rage j 
 Under his gloomy pow’r I fhall not long 
 Lie vanquifti’d ; thou haft giv’n me to pofTefs 
 Life in myfelf for ev’r ; by thee I live. 
 
 Though now to Death I yield, and am his due 24^ 
 All that of me can die ; yet that debt paid. 
 
 Thou wilt not leave me in the the loathfome grave 
 His prey, nor fuffer my unfpotted foul 
 For ever with corruption there to dwell ; 
 
 But I fhall rife vidlorious, and fubdue 250 
 
 My vanquifher, fpoil’d of his vaunted fpoil ; 
 
 Death his death’s wound fhall then receive and ftoop 
 Inglorious, of his mortal fting difarm’d. 
 
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 240 
 
Book III. ParadiseLost. 71 
 
 I through the ample air in triumph high 
 Shall lead Hell captive maugre .Hell, and Ihow 255 
 The PowVs of darknefs bound. Thou at the fight 
 Pleas’d, out of Heaven flialt look down and fmile. 
 While by thee rais’d 1 ruin all my foes. 
 
 Death laft, and with his carcafs glut the grave : 
 
 Then with the multitude of my redeem’d 260 
 
 Shall enter Heav’ii long abfent, and return. 
 
 Father, to fee thy face, wherein no cloud 
 Of anger fliall remain, but peace afiur’d 
 And reconcilement ; wrath fiiall be no more 
 Thenceforth, but in thy prefence joy entire. 265 
 
 His words here ended, but his meek afpefl 
 Silent yet fpake, and breath’d immortal love 
 To mortal men, above which only Ihone 
 Filial obedience : as a facrifice 
 
 Glad to be offer’d, he attends the will 270 
 
 Of his great Father. Admiration feis’d 
 All Heav’n, what this might mean, and whither tend 
 Wond’ring ; but foon th’ Almighty thus reply’d. 
 
 O thou in Heav’n and Earth the only peace 
 Found out for mankind under wrath, O thou 275 
 My foie complacence ! well thou know’ll how dear 
 To me are all my works, nor Man the leall. 
 
 Though lall created ; that for him I fpare 
 Thee from my bofom and right hand, to fave. 
 
 By lofing thee awhile, the whole race loll. 2S® 
 
 Thou therefore, whom thou only canll redeem. 
 
 Their nature alfo to thy nature join ; 
 
 And be thyfelf Man among men on earth. 
 
 Made flelh, when time lhall be, of virgin feed. 
 
 By wondrous birth : be thou in Adam’s room 2S5 
 The head of all mankind, though Adam’s foa. 
 
72 ? A R A t> I « E L o s T, Book IIL 
 
 in him perifti all men, fo in thee, 
 
 As from a fecond root, fhall be reftoi-’d 
 As many as are feftor’d, without thee none. 
 
 His crime makes guilty all his fons ; thy merit 29® 
 Imputed IhaM abfolve them who renounce 
 Their own both righteous and unrighteous deeds. 
 And live in thee tranfplanted, and from thee 
 ^Receive new life. So Man, as is moft juft. 
 
 Shall fatisfy for Man, be judg’d and die, 29 J 
 
 And dying rife, and rifing with him raife 
 
 His brethren, ranfom’d with his own dear life. 
 
 So heav’nly love fhall outdo hellifh hate, 
 
 ‘Giving to death, and dying to redeem. 
 
 So dearly to redeem what hellifh hate 
 
 So eafily deftrpy’d, and flill deftroys 
 
 In thofe who, when they may, accept n6t grace. 
 
 Kor fhalt thou, by defcending to afTume 
 Man’s nature, lefTen or degrade thine own. 
 
 Becaufe thou haft, though thron’d in higheft blifs 30I 
 Equal to God, and equally enjoying 
 God-like fruition, quitted all to fave 
 A world from utter lofs, and haft been found 
 By merit more than birthright Son of God, 
 
 -Found worthieft to be fo by being good, 31® 
 
 Far more than great or high ; becaufe in thee 
 Love hath abounded more than glory’ abounds. 
 Therefore thy humiliation fhall exalt 
 With thee thy manhood alfo to this throne ; 
 
 Here fhalt thou fit incarnate, here fhalt reign 3 1 1 
 Both God and Man, Son both of God and Man, 
 Anointed univerfal king ; all power 
 I give thee j reign for ever, and afTume 
 Thy merits ; under thee as head fupreme 
 Thrones, Princedoms, Pow’rs, Dominions I reduce ; 
 All knees to thee fhall bow, of them that bide 321 
 
Booklll. Paradise Lost. 737 
 
 In Heav’n, or Earth, or under Earth in Hell, 
 
 When thou attended glorioufly ffom Heaven 
 
 Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee fend 
 
 The fummoning. Arch- Angels to proclame 325 
 
 Thy dread tribunal ; forthwith from all winds 
 
 The living, and forthwith the cited dead 
 
 Of all pad ages, to the general doom 
 
 Shall haften, fuch a peal lhall roufe their fieep. 
 
 Then all thy faints aflembled, thou ihalt judge 330* 
 iBad men and Angels ; they arraign’d ftiall fmk 
 jBeneath thy fentence ; Hell, her numbers full. 
 Thenceforth fliall be for ever Ihut. Mean while 
 The world lhall burn, and from her alhes fpring 
 New Heav’n and Earth, wherein the juft ftiall dwell, 3 3 J 
 And after all their tribulations long 
 See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds. 
 
 With joy and love triumphing, and fair truth. 
 
 Then thou thy regal feepter Ihalt lay by, 
 
 For regal feepter then no more lhall need, 34 ® 
 
 God lhall be all in all. But all ye Gods, 
 
 Adore him, who to compafs all this dies; 
 
 Adore the Son, and honor him as me. 
 
 No fooner had th’ Almighty ceas’d, but. all 
 The multitude of Angels,- with a ftiout 345 
 
 Loud as from numbers without number, fweet 
 As from bleft voices, uttering joy, Heav’n rung 
 With jubilee, and loud Hofanna’s fiH’d 
 Fh’ eternal Regions : lowly reverent 
 Tow’ards either throne they bow, and to the ground 
 With folemn adoration down they caft 351 
 
 Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; 
 
 Immortal amarant, a flow’r which once 
 [n Paradife, fall by the tree of life, 
 
 Began to bloom ; but foon for man’s offenfe 355? ' 
 
74 Paradise Lost. Booklll. 
 
 To Heav’n remov’d, where firft it grew, there grows, 
 i^nd now rs aloft Ihading the fount of life. 
 
 And where the riv’er of blifs through midft of Heaven 
 Kolls o er Elyfian flow’rs her amber fir earn ; 
 
 With thefe that never fade the Spi’rits elea 360 
 
 jBind their refplendent locks inwreath’d with beams. 
 Now in loofe garlands thick thrown off, the bright 
 Pavement, that like a fea of jafper fhone, 
 
 Impurpled with celeflial rofes fmil’d. 
 
 Then crown’d again, their golden harps they took, 365 
 Harps ever tun’d, that glittering by their fide 
 Like quivers hung, and with preamble fweet 
 Of charming fymphony they introduce 
 Their facred fong, and weaken raptures high ; 
 
 No voice exempt, no voice but well could join 370^ 
 Melodious part, fuch concord is in Heaven. 
 
 Thee, Father, frfl they fung Omnipotent, 
 Immutable, .Immortal, Infinite, 
 
 Eternal King ; thee Author of ,.all being, 
 
 Fountain of light, thyfelf invifible 373 
 
 Amidft the glorious brightnefs where thou fitfl 
 Thron’d inacceffible, but when thou fhad’fl 
 The full Uaze of thy beams, and through a cloud 
 Drawn round abatet thee like a radiant fhrine. 
 
 Dark with exceffive bright thy skirts appear, 380 
 Yet dazle Heav’n, that brightefl Seraphim 
 Approach not, but with both wings veil their eyes. 
 
 Thee next they fang of all creation firH, 
 
 Begotten Son, Divine Similitude, 
 
 In whofe confpicuous count’nance, without cloud 385 
 Made vifible, th’ almighty Father fhines. 
 
 Whom elfe no creature can behold ; on thee 
 Jmprefs’d th’ effulgence of his glory’ abides, 
 
 Transfus’d on thee his ample Spirit refls. 
 
Book III. Paradise Lost. yj 
 
 He Heav’n of Heav’ns and all the Pow’rs therein 39® 
 By thee created, and by thee threw down 
 Th’ afpiring Dominations : thou that day 
 Thy Father’s dreadful thunder didft not fpare. 
 
 Nor flop thy flaming chariot wheels, that fliook . 
 Heav’n’s everlafting frame, while o’er the necks 395 
 Thou drov’ft of warring Angels difarray’d. 
 
 Back from purfuit thy Pow’rs with loud acclame 
 Thee only’ extoll’d, Son of thy Father’s might. 
 
 To execute fierce vengeance on his foes. 
 
 Not fo on Man : Him through their malice fall’n, 400 
 Father of mercy’ and grace, thou didfl: not doom 
 So ftriaiy, but much more to pity’ inclines 
 No fooner did thy dear and only Son 
 Perceive thee purpos’d not to doom frail Man 
 So ftridlly, but much more to pity’ inclin’d, 405 
 He to appeafe thy wrath, and end the flrife 
 Of mercy’ and jufl:ice in thy face difcern’d, 
 
 Regardlefs of the blifs whferein he fat 
 
 Second to thee, offer’d himfelf to die 
 
 For Man’s dffenfe. O unexampled love, 410 
 
 Love no where to be found lefs than Divine I 
 
 Hail Son of God, Saviour of Men, thy name 
 
 Shall be the copious matter of my fong 
 
 Henceforth, and. never lhall my harp thy praife 
 
 Forget, nor from thy Father’s praife disjoin. 415 
 
 Thus they in Heav’n, above the flarry fphere, 
 Their happy hours in joy and hymning fpent. 
 
 Mean while upon the firm opacous globe 
 Of this round world, whofe firft convex divides 
 't'he luminous inferior orbs inclos’d 420 
 
 From Chaos and th’ inroad of Darknefs old, 
 
 Satan alighted walks : a globe far off 
 It feem’d, now feems a boundlefs continent 
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1^' 
 
 P A R A D I S E L O S Ti Book Jlf. 
 
 Dark, wafte, and wild, under the frown of Night 
 Starlefs expos’d, and ever threatning iiorms 
 Of Chaos bluft-ring round, inclement skp ; 
 
 Sa\'e on that fide which from the wall of Heaven, 
 Though. dihaBt, far, fome fraall reflexion gains 
 Of glimmering air lefs vex’d with tempeft loud ; 
 
 Here walk’d the Fiend at large in Ipaciou^ held. 
 
 As when a vijltur on Imaus bred, 
 
 Whofe fnowy: ridge the roving Tartar bounds, 
 Dillodging from a region fcarce of prey 
 To gorge the fielh. of lambs or yeanlmg kids 
 On hills where hocks are fed, flies tow’ard the fprings 
 
 425 
 
 430 
 
 Of Ganges or Hydafpes, Indian ftreams; 
 
 But in his way lights on the barren plains 
 Of Sericana, where Chinefes drive 
 With fails and wind their cany waggons light : 
 So on this windy fea of land, the Fiend 
 Walk’d up and down alone, bent on hisj^rey; 
 Alone, for other creature in this place 
 Living or lifelefs to be found was none ; 
 
 None yet, but ftore hereafter from the earth 
 Up hither like aereal vapors flew 
 Of all things tranfltory’ and vain, when fin 
 With vanity had fill’d the works of men ; 
 
 Both all things vain,, and all who in vain things- 
 Built their fond hopes, of glory’ or lafting fame,' 
 Or happinefs in this or th’ other life ; 
 
 4 S^ 
 
 440 
 
 445 
 
 450 
 
 All who have their reward pn earth, the fruits 
 Of painful fuperftitioa and blind zeal. 
 
 Nought feeking'but the praife of men, here And 
 Fit retribution, empty as their deeds ; 
 
 AH th’ unaccomplilh ’4 works of Nature’s hapd,. 455 
 Abortive, monftreus, or unkindly mix’d, 
 
 Diflblv’d on earth, fleet hither, and in vain* 
 
 Till final difiblutiQn, wander here. 
 
Book III. Paradise Lost. 77 
 
 Not ill the neighh’ririgmobn, as fome have-drekmM ; 
 Thofe argent fields more likely habitants, 460 
 
 Trandated Saints, or middle Spirits hold 
 Betwixt th’ angelical and human kind. 
 
 Hither of ill-join’d fons and daughters born 
 
 bird from the ancient world thofe giants came 
 
 With many a vain exploit, though then renown’d : 465 
 
 The builders next of Babel on the plain 
 
 Of Sennaar, and ftill with vain defign 
 
 New Babel'S, had they wherewithal, _ would build t 
 
 Others came fingle ; he who to be deem’d 
 
 'A God, leap’d fondly into ./Etna flames, 470 
 
 Empedocles 1 and he who to enjoy 
 
 Plato’s Elyflum, Icap’d into the fea, 
 
 Cleombrotus 1 and many more too long. 
 
 Embryo’s and idiots, eremits and friers 
 White, black, and gray, with ail their trumpery. 475 
 Here pilgrims roam, that ftray’d fo far to feek 
 In Golgotha him dead, who lives in Heaven j 
 And they who to be fare of Paradife ^ 
 
 Dying put on the weeds of Dominic, 
 
 Oran Francifcan think to pafs difguis’d | 4SQ 
 
 They pafs the planets fev’n, and pafs the fix’d. 
 
 And that cryftallin fpliere whofe balance w'eighs 
 
 The trepidation talk’d, and that firfl: mov’d 1 
 
 And now Saint Peter at Heav’n’s wicket fecins 
 
 To wait them with his keys, and now at foot 485 
 
 Of Heav’n’s afcent they lift their feet, when io 
 
 A violent crofs wind from either coaft 
 
 Blows therri tr anfverfe tbn thoufand leaguts awry 
 
 Into the devious air ; then might ye fee 
 
 Cowls, hoods, and habks with their' Wearers toll 490 
 
 And flutter’d into rags, then reliques, beads, 
 
 Indulgences, difpenfes,' pardons, bulls. 
 
 The fport of Wiftds ; -all thefe upwhirl’d aloft 
 E 3 
 
Paradise Lost. Book III. 
 
 Fly o’er the backfide of the world far off 
 
 Into a Limbo large and broad, fince call’d 495 
 
 The Paradife of Fools, to few unknown 
 
 Long after, now unpeopled, and untrod. 
 
 All this dark globe the Fiend found as he pafs’d. 
 
 And long he wander’d, till at laft a gleam 
 
 Of dawning light turn’d thither-ward in hafte 500 
 
 His travel’d heps : far diftant he defcries 
 
 Afcending by degrees magnificent 
 
 Up to the wall of Heav’n a ftruaure high 
 
 At top whereof, but far more rich appear’d 
 
 The work as of a kingly palace gate, 5c ^ 
 
 With frontifpiece of diamond and gold 
 
 Embellifli’d ; thick with fparkling orient gems 
 
 The portal ihone, inimitable on earth 
 
 By model, or by lhading pencil drawn. 
 
 The Hairs were fuch as whereon Jacob faw 510 
 
 Angels afcending and defcending, bands 
 Of guardians bright, when he from Efau fled 
 To Padan-Aram, in the field of Luz 
 Dreaming by night under the open sky, ' . 
 
 Aikl waking cry’d, This is the gate of Heaven. 515 
 Each flair myfterioufly was meant, nor flood 
 There always, but drawn up to Heav’n fometimes 
 Viewlefs ; and underneath a bright fea flow’d 
 Of jafper, or of liquid pearl, whereon 
 Who after came from earth, failing arriv’d 520 
 
 Wafted by Angels, or flew o’er the lake 
 Rapt in a chariot drawn by fiery fteeds. 
 
 The flairs were then let down, whether to dare 
 The Fiend by eafy’ afeent, or aggravate 
 His fad exclufion from the doors of blifs : 
 
 Direft againft which open’d from beneath, 525 
 
 Juft o’er the blifsful feat of Paradife, 
 
 A paffage down to th’ Earth, a paffage wide. 
 
Bodkin. Paradise Lost. 
 
 79 
 
 Wider by far than that of after-times 
 
 Over mount Sion, and, though that were large, 53a 
 
 Over the Promis’d Land to God fo dear. 
 
 By which, to vilit oft thofe happy tribes. 
 
 On high behefts his Angels to and fro 
 Pafs’d frequenty and his eye with choice regard 
 From Paneas the fount of Jordan’s flood ^35 
 
 To Beerfaba, where the Holy Land 
 Borders on Egypt and th’ Arabian fliore ; 
 
 So wide the opening Teem’d, where bounds were fet 
 To darknefs, fuch as bound the ocean wave. 
 
 Satan from hence, now on the lower flair 540 
 
 That fcal’d by fleps of gold to Heaven gate. 
 
 Looks down with wonder at the fudden view 
 Of all this world at once. As when a fcout 
 Through dark and defert ways with peril gone 
 All night, at laft by break of chearful dawn 543 
 Obtains the brow of fome high-climbing hill, 
 
 Whick to his eye difcovers unaware 
 
 The goodly profpedl of fome foreign land 
 
 Firfl feen, or fome renown’d metropolis 
 
 With glifl’ring fpires and pinnacles adorn’d, 330 
 
 Which now the rifing fun gilds with his beams : 
 
 Such wonder feis’d, though after Heaven feen. 
 
 The Spi’rit malign, but much more envy feis’d. 
 
 At fight of all this world beheld fo fair. 
 
 Round he furveys (and well might, where he flood 555 
 So high above the circling canopy 
 Of night’s extended ftiade) from eaftern point 
 Of Libra to the fleecy flar that bears 
 Andromeda far off Atlantic Teas - 
 
 Beyond th’ horizon ; then from pole to pole 
 He views in breadth, and without longer paufg 
 Down right into the worlds firfl region throws 
 His flight precipitant, and winds with eafe 
 E 4 
 
So Par AD isE Lost. BookllL 
 
 Through the pure marble air his oblique way 
 Amongft innumerable liars, that Ihone, ^5- 
 
 Stars diflant, but nigh hand feem’d other worlds ; 
 
 Or other worlds they feera’d, or happy iles, 
 
 Like thofe Hefperian gardens fam’d of old, 
 
 Fortunate fields, and groves, and llow’ry vales. 
 
 Thrice happy iles, but who dwelt happy there 570 
 He flay’d not to inquire : above them all 
 The golden fun in fplendor likell Heaven 
 Allur’d his eye : thither his courfe he bends 
 Through the calm firmament, (but up or down, 
 
 By center, or eccentric, hard to tell, 
 
 Or longitude,) where the great luminary 
 Aloof the vulgar conllellations thick. 
 
 That from his lordly eye keep difiance due, 
 
 Hifpenfes light from far; they as they move 
 Their Harry dance in numbers that compute ^80 
 
 Bays months and years, tow’ards his.all-chearing lanjp 
 Turn fwift their various motions, or are turn’d 
 By his magnetic beam, that gently warms 
 The univerfe, and to each inward part 
 With gentle penetration, though unfeen, ^8^ 
 
 Shoo.ts invifibie virtue ev’n to the deep ; 
 
 So wondroully was fet his ftation bright. 
 
 There lands the Fiend, a fpot like which perhaps 
 Afironomer in the fun’s lucent orb 
 Through his glazld optic tube, yet never faw. 550 
 The place he found beyond: e.xpreffion bright. 
 
 Compar’d with ought on earth, metal or Hone; 
 
 Not all parts like, but all alike inform’d 
 With radiant light, as glowing ir’on with fire ; 
 
 If metal, part feem’d,. gold, part filver clear; ^95 
 If Hone, carbuncle moll or chryfolite, 
 
 Ruby or topaz, to the twelve that fiione 
 In Aaron’s breall-plate, and a ftpne befides 
 

 6o0 
 
 
 6ia 
 
 Ms 
 
 Bookin. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Imagin’d ratker oft than ;elfowh€i’e ftciif 
 That ftone, or like to that which here below 
 Philofophers in vain fo long have foaght, 
 
 In vain, though by their pow’rful art they bind 
 Volatil Hermes, and call up unbound 
 In various Ihapes old Proteus from the. fea.» 
 
 Drain’d through a limbec to his native form. 
 
 What wonder then if fields and ^regions here 
 Breathe forth Eli;xir pure, and rivers run 
 Potable gold, when with one -virtiuous touch 
 Th’ arch-chemic fun, fo far from us remote. 
 
 Produces, with terrCfirial huflior mix’d, 
 
 Here in the dark fo many pifeeidus things 
 Of color, .glorious and effeift fo rare I ' S ■" 
 
 Here matter ne.w to gaze the Devil m^t 
 Undazled ; far aiid wide.' his eye commands i 
 For fight no obftacle found here, nor Jhade, 
 
 But all fun-fhine,' as when his beims at noon 
 Culminate from th’ equator, as) they now 
 Shot upward ftill direft;, whence no way round 1 
 Shadow from body’ opaque can fall i and th’air. 
 
 No where fo clear, fharpen’d his vifaal ray ^ 
 
 •To objefts diftantTar, Whfereby^e foon 
 Saw within ken a glorrons Aiigel ftand. 
 
 The fame whom ] ohn faw alfo In the 'ftih t 
 
 His back was' turn’d, but nbt’his ;biightnefe* Hid i 
 
 Of beaming fimiiy ray^ a ^gold^ tiir' ‘ 625 
 
 Cimled his head, nor left his locks behind 
 llluftrious on his Ihoulders fledge with wings 
 Lay waving round \ on fome great charge employ’d 
 He feem^d,' or in cogitation deep. 
 
 Glad was inipurej nOW in hope 650 
 
 find who might dirOft hfe Wand’riftg flight 
 To Paradife the happy feat df ‘Man, ^ 
 
 His jouriiey’s tfrklmd Otar beginaiog WO®. 
 
 ES 
 
82 Paradise Lost. BookllL 
 
 But firft lie caftj to change his proper fliape,. 
 
 Which elfe might work him danger or delay * 6ic 
 And now a flripling Cherub, he appears, ’ 
 
 Not of the prime, yet fuch as in his face 
 Youth fmil’d celeftial, and to every limb 
 Suitable grace diffus’d, fo well he feign’d-: 
 
 Under a coronet his flowing hair 64a 
 
 In curls on either cheek play’d ; wings he wore 
 Of many a color’d plume fprinkled with gold,. 
 
 His habit fit for fpeed fuccindt, and held 
 Before his- decent fteps a filver wand* 
 
 He drew not nigh unheard ,• the Angel bright, 64*5 
 Ere he drew nigh, his radiant vifage turn’d, 
 Admonifli’d by his car, and ftrait was known 
 Th Arch- Angel Uriel, one of the feven 
 Who in God’s prefence, neareft to his throne. 
 
 Stand ready at command, and are his eyes 650 
 
 That run through all the Heav’ns, or down to th’ Earth 
 Bear his fwift errands over mohl and dry. 
 
 O’er fea and land : him Satan thus accofts. 
 
 Uriel, for thou of thofe fev’n Spi’rits that Hand 
 In fight of God’s high throne, glorioully bright, 655 
 The firfl a^t wont his great authentic will 
 Interpreter through highell Heav’n to bring. 
 
 Where all his fpns thy embaffy attend ; 
 
 Ai^d here art likelieft by fupreme decree 
 
 Like honor to obtain, and as his eye 66 q 
 
 To vifit Qjft this new creation round ; 
 
 Unfpeakable defire to fee, and know 
 
 All thefe his vyondrous works, but chiefly Man, 
 
 His chief delight and favor, hina for whom > 
 
 All thefe his works fo wondrous ‘he ordain’d, C 6 ( 
 Hath brought me from the quires of Chernbim 
 Alone thus waadVing, Brightefi. Seraph, tell - 
 
Book III. Paradise Lost: 83 
 
 In which of all H'™"! 
 
 Safi ^.yW. IT: 
 
 The univerfal Maker we may praile : 
 
 Who juftlyhathdriv’nouth>s rebe foea 
 
 To deepeft Hell, and to 
 
 .r^£S.»rxr’''‘ 
 
 Sypocrify. the only’ evd that walks 
 
 And oft through wifdom w^ake, fofpicioa fieep 
 At wU'dpm’s gate, and to fimpiicity 
 Refiens her charge, while goodnefs thinks n® 
 mere no iU feems ; Which now for once begudd 
 Uriel tKougK regent of the fun, and held 9 
 
 Who to the fraudulent impoftor foal 
 
 In his uprightnefs anfwer thus return d. 
 
 Fair Anga, thy defire which t^ds to know 
 
 The works of God, thereby to glorify 
 The great Work^Mafter, leads to no exceft 
 That reaches blame, but P”'*!, 
 
 The more it feems excefs, that led thee hither 
 From thy empyreal manfion thus alone, ^ 
 To witnefs with thine eyes what feme perhaps 
 
 bos 
 
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 1 A R A D I S E L;0 S T, 
 
 i5ookIII. 
 
 705 
 
 710 
 
 H^.n ,,*74? . 
 
 ^ss^s~ ■ . 
 
 Tiirat V* r’ infinitude confin’d; 
 
 Slfk o' ““n ’>'‘*‘*'“2 ‘i^'fkners fled, 
 
 Si^ft f 1!^’ oi'^inr from diforder iprung ; 
 
 Swtft to their feveral quarter 3 hailed then ^ 
 
 And this ethereal quinteflence of Heaven 
 
 ?ha" S th'"’’?"'' ' 
 
 i hat ro Id orbicular, and turn’d to liars 
 
 F^T K^nf-’ had how they move • 
 
 ach had his p,ace appointed, each his courfe ; 
 i he reft in circuit walis this univerfe. 
 
 W°?]tt7“‘*r‘^"'eSlobe, Whofe hither fide 
 ThJ! though but reflefled, Ihines 1 
 
 That place IS Ear* the feat of Man. that light 
 His day, Wkch elfe as th’ other hemifphere ^ 
 
 ^.ght would invade; hut there the neighb’ring mooi 
 
 ^o call that oppofit fair liar) her aid " ^ . 
 
 Timely mterpofes, and her monthly round 
 ^n ending, ilill renewing, through mid.Heaven, 
 
 u ‘^°“«enance triform y,© 
 
 Hence fills and empties to inlighten th’ Earth, ^ ^ 
 And in her pale dominion checks the night. 
 
 Tnat fpot to which I point is Paradife, 
 
 Adam’s abode, thofe lofty /hades his bower. 
 y way thou canft not mifs, me mine requires, 
 
 715 
 
 720 
 
BookllL Pa R A D isE Lost. 2 ^ 
 
 Thus faid, he turn’d ; and Satan bowing low, 
 
 As to fuperior Spi’rits is wont in Heaven, 
 
 Where honor due and reverence none neglefts, 
 
 Took leave, and tow’ard the coaft of earth beneath, 
 Down from th’ ecliptic, fped with hop’d fuccefs, 740 
 ‘Throws his fteep flight in many an aery wheel. 
 
 Nor flay’d, till on Niphates top he lights. 
 
 T'he End cf the third Book, 
 
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THE 
 
 F O U RTH BOOK 
 
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 PAR AJPISE LOST. 
 
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The Argument. 
 
 Satan nonv in profpeB cf Eden, and nigh the place nxihere 
 he muji no<w attempt the hold cntetprife nvhich he imdertook 
 alone againft God and Man^ falls into many doubts nxsith 
 himfelf and many pajfons^ fcdfi en^y, and defpair ; but 
 at length confirms himfelf in cn. il, journeys on to Para-- 
 dife nsjhofe cutnvard profpedi and fituation is deferibedy 
 '-eeverhaps the bottnds, fits in -the -Jhixpe of- a cormxrrcmt 
 on the Pree of Life, as highefi in the garden, to look 
 about him. Phe garden deferiPd ; SatanV fir ft fight of 
 Adam and Eve ; his ^'onder at their excellent form and 
 happy fiate, hut nvith refolution to ^joork their fall ; o-ver- 
 hears their difeourfe, thence gathers that the Pree of 
 Kneruoledge nvas forbidden them to cat of, U7ider petialty of 
 death', andjhereon intends t.({ fomd ..his temptation, by 
 feducing^them to tr-anfgrefs : theniea^esfihem- a nxfhile, to 
 kntrw further of their fiate by fome other meafis. Mean 
 nvhile Uriel defending on a fun-beam nvarns Gabriel, 
 nvho had in charge the 'gate of Para dife, that fame e'vil 
 Spirit had efcap'd the deep, and pafs'd at noon by his fphere 
 in the fisape of a good Angel do^vn to Paradife, difeonsered 
 after by his furious gefiures in the mount, Gabriel pro^ 
 mifes to find him ere mof'ning. Night coming on, Adam 
 and Eve difeourfe of going to their refi : their bonver de~ 
 feriPd their e‘vening nvorjhip, Gabriel drawing forth 
 his hands of night -nvatch to ^asalk the round of Paradife, 
 -appoints two firong .Angels to AdsaxC s hower, left the e^l 
 Spirit pould he there doing fome harm to Adam or Eve 
 f,eeping ; there they find him at the ear of Eve, tempting 
 her in a dream, and bring him, though unwilling, to 
 Gabriel j by whom queftiond, he fcornfully anfwers, 
 prepares refifiance, but hinder'd by a fign from Heaven^ 
 files out of Paradife, 
 


PARADISE LOST 
 
 FOR that wamii^ voice, which he 
 who iaw 
 
 Th’ Apocalyps heard cry in Heav’n 
 aloud, 
 
 Then when the Dragon, put to fecond 
 •rout. 
 
 Came fitrlous down to be reveng’d on men. 
 
 Woe to th' inhabitants on earjh / that now, ^ 5 
 
 While time was, our hrft parents had been warn’d 
 The coming^-of their fecret foe, and fcap’d. 
 
 Haply fo fcap’d his mortal fuare : for now 
 Satan, now firft .inflam’d with rage, came down. 
 
 The tempter ere th’ accufer of mamkind. 
 
 To wreck on innocent frail man his lofs 
 'Of that firil battel, and his hight to Hell : 
 
 Yet not rejoicing in his fpeed, though bold 
 Far off and fearlefsj nor with caufe to,boail. 
 
 IQ 
 
90 Paradise Lost. BooklV. 
 
 Begins his dire attempt, which nigh the birth 15 
 Now rolling boils in his tumultuous bread, 
 
 ,' And like a devilifh engin back recoils 
 Upon himfelf ; horror and doubt diftraft 
 Uis troubled thoughts, and from the bottom dir 
 The Hell within him ; for within him Hell 20 
 
 He brings, and round about him, nor from He 0 
 One ftep no mcxre than from himfelf can fly 
 By change of place : now confcience wakes defpair 
 That flumber’d, wakes the bitter memory * 
 
 Of what he was, what is, and what muft be 25 
 _Worfe ; of worfe deeds worfe fuflerings muft enfue* 
 Sometimes tow’ards Eden, which now in his view 
 Lay pleafant, his griev’d look he fixes fad ; 
 
 Sometimes tow’ards Heav’n and the full- blazing fun. 
 Which now fat high in his meridian tower : 
 
 Then much revolving, thus in fighs began. 
 
 O thou that with furpafling glory crown’d. 
 Look’d: from thy foie dominion like the God 
 Of this new w'orld ; at whofe fight all the ftars 
 Hide their diminifli’d heads ; to thee I call. 
 
 But with no friendly voice, and add thy name 
 
 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, 
 
 That bring to my remembrance from what ftate 
 
 1 fell, how glorious once above thy fphere ; 
 
 Till pride and worfe ambition threw me down 
 Warring in Heav’n againft Heav’n’s matchlefs king : 
 Ah wherefore I he deferv’d no fuch return 
 
 From me, whom he created what I was 
 In that bright eminence, and with his good 
 Upbraided none ; nor was hk fervice hard. 
 
 What could be lefs than to afford him praife. 
 
 The eafieft recompenfe, and pay him thanks. 
 
 How due ! yet- all his good prov’d ill in me. 
 
 35 
 
 4 ® 
 
 45 
 
Book IV. Par ADI SE Lost. 91 
 
 And wrought but malice j lifted up fo high 
 I fdeind fubjedlion, and thought one ftep higher 50 
 Would fet me hig’heft, and in a moment quit 
 The debt immenfe of endlefs gratitude. 
 
 So burdenfome ftill paying, ftill to owe. 
 
 Forgetful what from him I ftill receiv’d. 
 
 And underftood not that a grateful mind 55 
 
 By owing .owes not, but ftill pays, at once 
 
 Indebted and difcharg’d ; what burden then I 
 
 O had his pow’rful deftiny ordain’d 
 
 Me fome inferior Angel, I had flood 
 
 Then happy ; no unbounded hope had rais’d 60 
 
 Ambition. Yet why not ? fome other Power 
 
 As great might have afpir’d, and me though mean 
 
 Drawn to his part 1 but other Pow’rs as great 
 
 Fell not, but ftand unfhaken, from within 
 
 Or from without, to all temptations arm’d. 65 
 
 Hadft thou the fame free will and pow’r to ftand ? . 
 
 Thou hadft >whom haft thou then or what to’ accufe. 
 
 But Heav’n’s free love dealt equally to all ? 
 
 Be then his love accurs’d, ftnce love or hate. 
 
 To me alike, it deals eternal woe. 7 ® 
 
 Nay curs’d be thou } fmce againft his thy will 
 Chofe freely what it now fo juftly. rues. 
 
 Me miferable ! which way ftiall I fly 
 Infinite wrath, and infinite defpair ? 
 
 Which way I fly is Hell 5 myfelf am Hell ; 7S 
 
 And in the loweft deep a lower deep 
 Still threatning to devour me opens wide. 
 
 To which the Hell I fuffer feems a Heaven. 
 
 O then at laft . relent : is there no place 
 Left for repentance, none for pardon left ? 
 
 None left but by fubmiflion j and that word 
 Difdain forbids me, and my dread of ftiame 
 Among the Spi’rits beneath, whom I feduc d 
 
 1 
 
85 
 
 9fo 
 
 92 Parad ise Lost. Book IV 
 
 With other promifes and other vaunts 
 Than to fubmit, boafling I could fubdue 
 Th’ Omnipoitent. Ay,me, they little know 
 How dearly J. abide that boaft fo vain. 
 
 Under what torments inwardly I groan. 
 
 While they adore- me on the throne of Hell. 
 
 ‘With diadem and fcepter high advanc’d. 
 
 The lower Hill I fall, only fupreme 
 In mifery ; fuch joy ambition finds. 
 
 But fay I could repent and could obtain 
 By acl of grace my former ftate ; how foon 
 
 how foon unfay <j; 
 
 What feign’d fubmiffion fwore ? eafe would recant 
 Vows made in pain, as violent and void. 
 
 For never can true reGoncilement grow 
 Where wounds of deadly hate have pierc’d fo deep : 
 ‘Which would but lead me to- a worfe relapfe leo 
 And heavier fail fo ihould I purchafe dear 
 Short intermiffion bought with double fm art. 
 
 This knows my puniflier j therefore as far 
 From granting he, ^ as 1 from begging peace : 
 hAII hope excluded jhus, behold in iftead 
 Of us out-cafl, exil’d, bis new delight. 
 
 Mankind created, and for him this world. 
 
 So farewel hope, and with hope farewel fear, 
 
 Farevvel remorfe : all good to me is lofl j 
 Evil be thou my good ; by thee at leaft 
 Divided empire with HeavVs king I hold, 
 
 By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign; 
 
 As Man ere^^g, and this new world (hall know. 
 
 Thus while he fpake, each paffion dimm’d his face 
 Tlirice chang’d -with pale, ire, envy, and defpair; ii j; 
 Which marr’d his borrow’d v-ifage, and betray’d 
 Him counterfeit, if any eye beheld. 
 
 J05 
 
 1 19 
 
Book ly. P A-R A D I S Los T. 9^ 
 
 For heav’nly. iniiid§ from fuch dHlempers .foul 
 Are ever clear. Whereof he foon aware,. 
 
 Each perturbation fmoptji’d with outward calm, . 120 
 
 Artificer of fraud ; and was the ficft 
 
 That pradlic’d fallhood. under faintly fhow, 
 
 Deep malice to conceal, couch’d witlr revenge : 
 
 Yet not enough had pradic’d to deceive 
 
 Uriel once warn’d ; whofe eye purfued him down 125 
 
 The way he vt'^nt, and on th’ AiTyrian mount 
 
 Saw him disfigur’d, more than could befall 
 
 Spirit of happy fort : his gefi:ures fierce , 
 
 He mark’d and , mad demeanour; then alone. 
 
 As he fuppos’d, all unobferV’d, unfeem ! 30 
 
 So on he fares, and to the border comes 
 Of Eden, where delicious Pamdife, 
 
 Now nearer, crowns with her inclofure green. 
 
 As with' a rural mound, the champain head 
 
 Of a fteep wildernefs, whofe hairy fides 135 
 
 With thicket overgrown, . grottefqne and wild, 
 
 Accefs deny’d ; and over head up grew 
 Infuperable highdr-of loftieft ftiade, 
 
 Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm^, 
 
 ! A fylvan fcene, and ns the ranks afccnd 140 
 
 I Shade above lhade, a woody theatre 
 I Of ftatelieftview- Yet higher than their tops 
 I The verd’rous wall of Paradife up fprung : 
 
 ] Which to our general fire gave profpe£l large 
 I Into his nether -empire neighb’ring round. 145 
 
 I And higher than that wall a circling row 
 Of goodlieft trees loaden with faireft fruit, 
 
 Bloffoms and fruits at once of golden hue. 
 
 Appear’d, with gay cnamePd colors rnix’d ; 
 
 On which the fun more glad imprefs’d his beams 150 
 Than in fair evening cloud, or humid bow. 
 
 When God hath Ihow’rd the eartfi j fo lovely fecm’d 
 
94 Paradise Lost. Book IV, 
 
 That landskip : And of pure now purer air 
 Meets his approach, and to the heart infpires 
 Vernal delight and joy, able to drive 155 
 
 All fadnefs but defpair : now gentle gales 
 Fanning their odoriferous wings dilpenfe 
 Native prefumes, and’ whifper whence they flole 
 Thofe balmy fpoils. As when to them who fail 
 Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are paft 160 
 Mozambic, off at fea north-eaft winds blow 
 Sabean odors from the fpicy fliore 
 Of Araby the blefi: j with fuch delay 
 Well pleas’d they flack their courfe, and many a league 
 Chear’d with the grateful fmell old Ocean fmiles : 165 
 
 So entertain’d thofe odorous fweets the Fiend 
 Who came their bane, though with them better pleas’d 
 Than Afmodeus with the filhy fume. 
 
 That drove him, though enamour’d, from the fpoufe 
 Of Tobit’s fon, and with a vengeance fent 170 
 
 From Media pofl: to Egypt, there fall bound. 
 
 Now to th’ afcent of that fleep favage hill 
 Satan had journey’d on, penfive and flow ; 
 
 But further way found none, fo thick intwin’d. 
 
 As once continued brake, the undergrowth 175 
 
 Of flirubs and tangling bulhes had perplex’d 
 All path of man or beaft that pafs’d that way : 
 
 One gate there only was, and that look’d eaft 
 On th’ other fide : which when th’ arch-felon faw. 
 
 Due entrance he difdain’d, and in contempt, 1 80 
 At one flight bound high over leap’d all bound 
 Of hill or higheft wall, and flieer within 
 Lights on his feet. As when a prowling wolf. 
 
 Whom hunger drives to feek new haunt for prey. 
 Watching where Ihepherds pen' their flocks at ^ve 1 85 
 In hurdled cot^s ^mid the field fecure, 
 
Book IV. Parapise Lost.' 95 
 
 Leaps o’er the fence with eafe into the fold ; 
 
 Or as a thief bent to unhord the calh 
 Of fome rich burgher, whofe fubilantial doors, 
 
 Crofs- barr’d and bolted fall, fear no affault, 1 90 
 
 In at the window climbs, or o’er the tiles : 
 
 So clomb this firft grand thief into God’s fold ; 
 
 So fince into his church lewd hirelings climb. 
 
 Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life. 
 
 The middle tree and higheft there that grew, 195 
 
 Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life 
 
 Thereby regain’d, but fat devifing death 
 
 To them who liv’d ; nor on the virtue thought 
 
 Of that life-giving plant, but only us’d 
 
 For profpedl, what well us’d had been the pledge 200 
 
 Of immortality. So little knows 
 
 Any, but God alone, to value right 
 
 The good before him, but perverts bell things 
 
 To worfe abufe, or to their meaneft ufe. 
 
 Beneath him with new wonder now he. views 205 
 To all delight of human fenfe expos’d 
 In narrow room Nature’s whole wealth, yea more, 
 
 A Heav’n on Earth : for blifsful Paradife 
 
 Of God the garden was, by him in th’eaft 
 
 Of Eden planted; Eden flretch’d her line 210 
 
 From Auran eaflward to the royal towers 
 
 Of great Scleucia, built by Grecian Kings, 
 
 Or where the fons of Eden long before 
 
 Dwelt in Telaflar : in this plcafant foil 
 
 His far more pleafant garden God ordain’d ; 215 
 
 Out of the fertil ground he caus’d to grow 
 
 All trees of nobleft kind, for fight, fmell, tafle ; 
 
 And all amid them flood the tree of life. 
 
 High eminent, blooming ambrpfial fruit 
 Of vegetable gold ; and next to life. 22a 
 
 Our death the tree of knowledge grew fall by. 
 
gS P a RADIS E Lost. Book IV, 
 
 Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill. 
 Southward through Eden went a river large. 
 
 Nor chang’d his courfe, but through the iliaggy hill 
 Pafs’d underneath ingulf’d ; for God had thrown 225 
 That mountain as his garden mold high rais’d 
 Upon the rapid current, which through veins 
 Of porous earth with kindly third up drawn, 
 
 Rofe a frelh fountain, and with many a rill 
 Water’d the garden ; thence united fell 236 
 
 Down the deep glade, and met the nether flood. 
 Which from his darkfome paflage now appears. 
 
 And now divided into four main dreams. 
 
 Runs diverfe, wand’ ring many a famous realm 
 And country, whereof here needs no account ; 235 
 
 But rather to tell how, if Art could tell, / 
 
 How from that faphir fount the crifped brooks, 
 Rolling on orient pearl and fands of gold. 
 
 With mazy error under pendent diades 
 Ran nectar, viflting each plant, and fed ' 240 
 
 Flow’rs, worthy’ of Paradife, which not nice Art 
 In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon 
 Pour’d forth profufe on hill and dale and plain. 
 
 Both where the morning fun fird warmly fmote 
 The open held, and where the unpierc’d diade^ 245 
 Imbrown’d the noontide bow’rs : Thus was this place 
 A happy rural feat of various view ; 
 
 Groves whofe rich trees wept odorous gums and balm. 
 Others whofe fruit burnifh’d with golden rind 
 Hung amiable, Hefperian fables true, 25® 
 
 If true, here only’, and of delicious tade . 
 
 Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks 
 Grazing the tender herb, were interpos’d, 
 
 Or palmy hilloc ; or the fiow’ry lap 
 
 Of fome irriguous valley fpread her dore, 255 
 
 Flow’rs of all hue, and without thorn the rofe : 
 
BooklV. Paradise Lost7 
 
 Another fide, umbrageous grots and caves 
 Of cool recefs, o’er which the mantling vine 
 Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps 
 Luxuriant ; mean while murm’ring waters fall 
 Down the Hope hills, difpers’d, or in a lake. 
 
 That to die fringed bank with myrtle crown’d 
 Her cryftal mirror holds, unite their ftreams. 
 
 The birds their quire apply 5 airs, vernal airs. 
 Breathing the fmell of field and grove, attune 
 The trembling leaves, while univerfal Pan 
 Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance 
 Led on th’ eternal fpring. Not that fair field 
 Of Enna, where Proferpin gathering flowers, 
 Herfelf a fairer flow’r by gloomy Dis 
 Was gather’d, which cofl Ceres all that pain 
 To feek her through the world ; nor that fweet grove 
 Of Daphne by Orontes, and th’ jnfpir’d 
 Caftalian fpring, might with this Paradife 
 Of Eden flrive ; nor that Nyfeian ile 
 Girt with the river Triton, where old Cham, 
 
 Whom Gentiles Ammon call and Lybian Jove, 
 
 Hid Amalthea and her florid fon 
 Young Bacchus from his ftepdame Rhea’s eye i 
 Kor where Abafiin kings their iiTue guard. 
 
 Mount Amara, though this by fome fuppos’d 
 True Paradife under the Ethiop line 
 By Nilus head, inclos’d with fliining rock, 
 
 A whole day’s journey high, but wide remote 
 From this Aflyrian garden, where the Fiend - 
 Saw undelighted all delight, all kind 
 Of living creatures new to fight and flrange. 
 
 Two of far nobler fhape eredl and tall. 
 
 Godlike erea, with native honor clad 
 In naked majefty feem’d lords of all, 
 
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 And worthy feem’d ; for in their looks divine 
 The image of their glorious Maker fhone, 
 
 Truth, wifdom, fanftitude fevere and pure, 
 
 {Severe but in true filial freedom plac’d) 
 
 ■Whence true authority in men j though both 295 
 Not equal, as their fex not equal feem’d ; 
 
 Fpr contemplation he and valor form’d. 
 
 For foftnefs file and fweet attradive grace. 
 
 He for God only, fiie for God in him : 
 
 His fair large front and eye fublime declar’d 300 
 Abfolute rule ; and hyacinthin locks 
 Round from his parted forelock manly hung 
 Cluftring, but not beneath his Ihoulders broad : 
 
 She as a veil down to the flender wafte 
 Her unadorned golden treffes wore 305 
 
 Pifiievel’d, but in wanton ringlets wav’d 
 As the vine curls her tendrils, which imply’d 
 Subjedion, but requir’d with gentle fway. 
 
 And by her yielded, by him beft receiv’d. 
 
 Yielded with coy fubmiflion, modeft pride, 310 
 
 And fweet reludant amorous delay. 
 
 Nor thefe myfterious parts were then conceal’d. 
 
 Then was not guilty iharne, difiioneft fiiame 
 Of nature’s works, honor dilhonorable. 
 
 Sin-bred, how have ye troubled all mankind 315 
 With {hows inftead, mere fliows of feeming pure. 
 
 And banifii’d from man’s life his happieft life, 
 Simplicity and fpotlefs innocence ! 
 
 So pafs’d they naked on, nor Ihunn’d the fight 
 Of God or Angel, for they thought no ill ; 320 
 
 So hand in hand they pafs’d, the lovelieft pair 
 That ever fince in love’s embraces met ; 
 
 Adam the goodlieft man of men fince born 
 His fons, the fairefl; of her daughters Eve. 
 
 Under a tuft of lhade that on a green 325 
 
Book IV. Paradise Lost.' 
 
 Stood vvhifp’ring foft, by a frefli fountain fide 
 
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 They fat them down ; and after no more toil 
 Of their fweet gard’ning labor than fuffic’d 
 To recommend cool Zephyr, and made eafe 
 Moi£ eafy, wholfome thirft and appetite 
 More grateful, to their fupper fruits they fell, 
 Neaarin fruits which the compliant boughs 
 Yielded them, fide-long as they fat recline 
 On the foft downy bank damask’d with flowers : 
 
 The favory pulp they chew, and in the rind 
 Still as they thirfted fcoop the brimming flream ; 
 
 Nor gentle purpofe, nor indearing fmiles 
 Wanted, nor youthful dalliance as befeems 
 Fair couple, link’d in happy nuptial league. 
 
 Alone as they. About them frisking play’d 
 All beafls of th’ earth, fmce wild, and of all chafe 
 In wood or wildernefs, foreft or den ; 
 
 Sporting the lion ramp’d, and in his paw 
 Dandled the kid ; bears, tigers, ounces, pards, 
 Gambol’d before them ; th’ unwieldy elephant 
 To make them mirth us’d all his might, and wreath’d 
 His lithe probofcis ; clofe the ferpent fly 
 Infinuating, wove with Gordian twine 
 His breaded train, and of his fatal guile 
 Gave proof unheeded ; others on the grafs 
 Couch’d, and now fill’d with pafture gazing fat. 
 
 Or bedward ruminating ; for the fun 
 Declin’d was hailing now with prone carreer 
 To th’ ocean iles, and in th’ afcending fcale 
 Gf Heav n the liars that ufher evening rofe t 
 When Satan ilill in gaze, as firfl: he flood. 
 
 Scarce thus at length fail’d fpeech recover’d fad, 
 
 O Hell ! what do mine eyes with grief behold ! 
 
 Into our room of blifs thus high advanc’d 
 pwtures of other mold, earth-born perhaps, |6o 
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 Not Spirits, yet to heav’nly Spirits bright 
 Little inferior ; whom my thoughts purfue 
 With wonder, and could love, fo lively fhines 
 In them divine refemblance, and fuch grace 
 The hand that form’d them on their lhape hath pour’d. 
 Ah gentle pair, ye little think how nigh 
 Your change approaches, when all thefe delights 
 Will vanilh and deliver ye to woe. 
 
 More woe, the more your tafte is now of joy ; 
 
 Happy, but for fo happy ill fecur’d 
 Long to continue, and this high feat your Heaven 
 III fenc’d for Heav’n to keep out fuch a foe 
 As now is enter’d ; yet no purpos’d foe 
 To you, whom I could pity thus forlorn. 
 
 Though I unpitied : League with you I feek. 
 
 And mutual amity fo ftrait, fo clofe. 
 
 That I with you mull dwell, or you with me 
 Henceforth ; my dwelling haply may not pleafe. 
 
 Like this fair Paradife, your fenfe, yet fuch 
 Accept your Maker’s work ; he gave it me. 
 
 Which I as freely give j Hell lhail unfold^ 
 
 To entertain you two, her widefl; gates. 
 
 And fend forth all her kings ; there will be room, 
 
 Not like thefe narrow limits, to receive 
 
 Your numerous ofspring i if no better place, 38^ 
 
 Thank him who puts me loath to this revenge 
 
 On you who wrong me not for him who wrong’d. 
 
 And Ihould I at your harmlefs innocence 
 
 Melt, as I do, yet public reafon julf. 
 
 Honor and empire with revenge inlarg’d, 39© 
 
 By conqu’ring this new world, compels me now 
 To do what eife though damn’d I fliould abhor. 
 
 So fpake the Fiend, and with necelfity. 
 
 The tyrant’s plea, excus’d his devilifli deeds. 
 
 Then from hk lofty hand on that high, tree 
 
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 Down he alights among the fportful herd 
 Of thofe four-footed kinds, himfelf now one. 
 
 Now other, as their lhape ferv’d beft his end 
 Nearer to view his prey, and unefpy’d 
 To mark what of their ftate he more might learn 400 
 By word or aaion mark’d : about them round 
 A lion now he ftalks with fiery glare ; 
 
 Then as a tiger, who by chance hath fpy’d 
 In fome purlieu two gentle fawns at play. 
 
 Strait couches clofe, then rifing changes oft 405 
 His couchant watch, as one who chofe his ground. 
 Whence rulhing he might fureft feife them both 
 Grip’d in each paw : when Adam firft of men . 
 
 To firfi: of women Eve thus moving fpeech, 
 
 Turn’d him all ear to hear new utterance flow. 410 
 
 Sole partner, and foie part, of all thefe joys. 
 Dearer thyfelf than all ; needs muft the Power 
 That made us, and for us this ample world. 
 
 Be infinitely good, and of his good 
 As liberal and free as infinite 1 
 That rais’d us from the dull and plac’d us here 
 In all this happinefs, who at his hand 
 Have nothing merited, nor can perform 
 Ought whereof he hath need, he who requires 
 From us no other fervice than to keep 
 This one, this cafy charge, of all the trees 
 In Paradife that bear delicious fruit 
 So various, not to tafte that only tree 
 Of knowledge, planted by the tree of life ; 
 
 So near grows death to life, whate’er death is. 
 
 Some dreadful thing no doubt ; for well thou know’fl: 
 God hath pronounc’d it death to tafle that tree. 
 
 The only fign of our obedience left 
 Among fo many figns of pow’r and rul© 
 
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 Conferr d upon us, and dominion given 
 Over all other creatures that polTefs 
 Earth, air, and fea. Then Jet us not think hard 
 One eafy prohibition, who enjoy 
 Free leave fo large to all things elfe, and choice 
 Unlimited of manifold delights : 43 S 
 
 But let us ever praife him, and extol 
 His bounty, following our delightful task 
 To prune thefe growing plants, and tend thefe flowers, 
 Which were it toilfome, yet with thee were fweet. 
 
 To whom thus Eve reply ’d. O thou for whom 440 
 And from whom I was form’d flelh of thy flefli. 
 
 And without whom am to no end, my guide 
 And head, what thou haft faid is juft and right. 
 
 For we to him indeed all praifes owe, 
 
 And daily thanks ; I chiefly who enjoy 445 
 
 So far the happier lot, enjoying thee 
 Preeminent by fo much odds, while thou 
 Like confort to thyfelf canft no where find. 
 
 That day I oft remember, when from fleep 
 
 I firft awak’d, and found myfelf repos’d 4^0 
 
 Under a Ihade on flow’rs, much wond’ring where 
 
 And what I was, whence thither brought, and how. 
 
 Not diftant far from thence a murm’ring found 
 
 Of waters iifued from a cave, and fpread 
 
 Into a liquid plain, then flood unmov’d 455 
 
 Pure as tk’ expanfe of Heav’n j I thither went 
 
 With unexperienc’d thought, and laid me down 
 
 On the green bank, to look into the clear 
 
 Smooth lake, that to me feem’d another sky. 
 
 As I bent down to look, juft oppoflt 46© 
 
 A lhape within the watry gleam appear’d, 
 
 Bending to look on me : I ftarted back. 
 
 It ftarted back ; but pleas’d I foon return’d. 
 
BookIV. P A K A D I S E L O S T. lOg 
 
 Pleas’d it return’d as foon with anfw’ring looks 
 Of fympathy and love : there I had fix’d 465 
 
 Mine eyes till now, and pin’d with vain defire. 
 
 Had not a voice thus warn’d me, What thou feeft. 
 
 What there thou feeft, fair Creature, is thyfelfi'i 
 With thee it came and goes : but follow me. 
 
 And I will bring thee where no fhadow ftays 470 
 Thy coming, and thy foft embraces, he 
 Whofe image thou art ; him thou lhalt enjoy 
 Infeparably thine, to him (halt bear 
 Multitudes like thyfelf, and thence be call’d 
 Mother of human race. What could I do, 475 
 But follow ftrait, invifibly thus led i 
 Till I efpy'd thee, fair indeed and tall. 
 
 Under a platan ; yet mcthought lefs fair, 
 
 Lefs winning foft, lefs amiably mild. 
 
 Than that fmooth watry image : back I turn’d 1 4S0 
 
 Thou following cry’dft aloud. Return fair Eve, 
 
 Whom fly’ft thou ? whom thou fly’ft, of him thou art, 
 His flelh, his bone ; to give thee be’ing I lent 
 Out of my fide to thee, neareft my heart 
 Subftantial life, to have thee by my fide 485 
 
 Henceforth an individual folace dear 1 
 Part of my foul I feek thee, and thee dame 
 My other half ; with that thy gentle hand 
 Seis’d mine ; I yielded, and from that time fee 
 How beauty is excell’d by manly grace 490 
 
 And wifdom, which alone is truly fair. 
 
 So fpake our general mother, and with eyes 
 Of conjugal attradlion unreprov’d. 
 
 And meek furrender, half embracing lean’d 
 On our firft father j half her fweliing breaft 
 Naked met his under the flowing gold 
 Of her loofe trefles hid ; he in delight 
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004 Paradise Lost. Bookiy. 
 
 Both of her beauty and fubraiffive charms 
 
 Smil’d v/itli fuperior love, as Jupiter 
 
 On Juno fmiles, when he impregns the clouds coo 
 
 That Ihed May fiow’rs ; and prefs’d her matron lip 
 
 With kliTes purs : afide the Devil turn’d 
 
 Tor envy, yet with jealous leer malign 
 
 By’d them askance, and to himfelf thus plain’d. 
 
 Sight hateful, fight tormenting ! thus thefe two 505 
 Imparadis’d in one another’s arms. 
 
 The happier Eden, lhall enjoy their fill 
 Of blifs on blifs ; while I to Hell am thruft. 
 
 Where neither joy nor love, but fierce defire. 
 
 Among our other torments not the lead, 
 
 Still unfulfill’d with pain of longing pines. 
 
 Yet let me not forget what I have gain’d 
 From their own mouths : all js not theirs it feems s 
 One fatal tree there Hands of knowledge call’d. 
 Forbidden them to tafte : Knowledge forbidden ? 
 Sufpicious, reafonlefs. Why Ihould their Lord 
 Envy them that ? can it be fin to know ? 
 
 Can it be death and do they only Hand 
 By ignorance ? is that their happy date. 
 
 The proof of their obedience and their faith ? 
 
 O fair foundation laid whereon to build 
 Their ruin ! Hence I will excite their minds 
 With more defire to know, and to reje<d 
 Envious commands, invented with defign 
 To keep them low whom knowledge might exalt 
 Equal with Gods : afpiring to be fuch, 
 
 They tade and die : what likelier can enfue ? 
 
 But fird with narrow fearch I mud walk round 
 This garden, and no corner leave unfpy’d ; 
 
 A chance but chance may lead where I may meet ^ 
 Some wand’ring SpiVit of Heav’n by fountain ddej* 
 
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Book. IV. Faradiss Lost.’ 105 
 
 Or in thick fhade retir’d, from him to draw 
 
 What further would be learn’d. Live while ye may. 
 
 Yet happy pair ; enjoy, till I return. 
 
 Short pleafures, for long woes are to fueceed. 535; 
 
 So faying, his proud ftep he fcornful turn’d. 
 
 But with fly circumfpeftion, and began 
 Through wood,thro ugh wafte, o’er hill, o’er dale his roam. 
 Mean while in utmofl: longitude, where Heaven 
 With earth and ocean meets, the fetting fun 540 
 Slowly defcended, and with right afpedl 
 Againft the eaftern gate of Paradife 
 Level’d. his evening rays : it was a rock 
 Of alabafler, pil’d up to the clouds, 
 
 ConfpicuoLis far, winding with one afcent 5'45 
 
 AccelTible from earth, one entrance high 1 
 The reft was craggy cliff, that overhung 
 Still as it rofe, impoffible to climb. 
 
 Betwixt thefe rocky pillars Gabriel fat,- 
 
 Chief of th’ angelic guards, awaiting night 1 55© 
 
 About him exercis’d heroic games 
 
 Th’ unarmed youth of Heav’n, but nigh at hand 
 
 Celeftial armoury, fhields, helms, and fpears. 
 
 Hung high with diamond flaming, and with gold. 
 Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even 535 
 On a fun beam, fwift as a (hooting ftar 
 In autumn thwarts the night, when vapors fir’d 
 Imprefs the air, and (hows the mariner 
 From what point of his compafs to bewarO 
 Impetuous winds : he thus began in hafte. 5^ 
 
 Gabriel, to thee thy courfe by lot hath- given 
 ! Charge and ftri( 9 i watch, that to this happy place ^ 
 
 I No evil thing approach or enter im 
 1 This day at highth of noon came to my 
 
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loB Paradise Lost, BookIV. 
 
 A Spirit, zealous, as he feem’d, to know 
 More of th’ Almighty’s works, and chiefly Man, 
 God’s latefl; image : I defcrib’d his way 
 Bent all on fpeed, and mark’d his aery gate ; 
 
 But in the mount that lies from Eden north. 
 
 Where he iirft lighted, foon difcern’d his looks 57^ 
 Alien from Heav’n, with pafllons foul obfcur’d : 
 
 Mine eye purfued him ftill, but under fliade 
 Lofl fight of him : one of the banifli’d crew, 
 
 I fear, hath ventur’d from the deep, to raife 
 New troubles } him thy care mull be to find. 571 
 
 To whom the winged warrior thus return’d. 
 
 Uriel, no wonder if thy perfect fight. 
 
 Amid the fun’s bright circle where thou fitfl, 
 
 See far and wide : in at this gate none pafs 
 The vigilance here plac’d, but fuch as come 58® 
 Well known from Heav’n ; and fince meridian hour 
 No creature thence : if Spi’rit of other fort, 
 
 So mmded, have o’erleap’d thefe earthy bounds 
 On purpofe, hard thou know’ll it to exclude 
 Spiritual fubftance with corporeal bar. 5S5 
 
 But if within the circuit of thefe walks. 
 
 In whatfoever lhape he lurk, of whom 
 Thou teim, by morrow dawning I fliall know. 
 
 So promis’d he ; and Uriel to hi^charge 
 Return’d on that bright beam, whofe point now rais’d 
 Bore him Hope downward to the fun now fall’n 591 
 Beneath th’ Azores j whether the prime orb, 
 
 Incredible how fwift, had thither roll’d 
 Diurnal, or this lefs volubil earth, 
 
 By Ihorter flight to th’eaft, had left him there ro? 
 Arraying with reflefted purple’ and gold 
 The clouds that on his weftern throne attend. 
 
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 Book IV. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Now came Hill evening on, and twilight gray 
 Had in her fober livery all things clad ; 
 
 Silence accompanied ; for beaft and bird, 6oo 
 
 They to their graffy couch, thefe to their nefts 
 Were flunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; 
 
 She all night long her amorous defcant fung ; 
 
 Silence was pleas’d : now glow’d the firmament 
 With living faphjrs : Hefperus, that led 605 
 
 The flarry hoft, rode brighteft, till the moon 
 Riling in clouded majefly, at length 
 Apparent queen unveil’d her peerlefs lights 
 And o’er the dark her lilver mantle threw. 
 
 When Adam thus to Eve. Fair Confort, th’ hour 610 
 
 Of night, and all things now retir’d to reft 
 
 Mind us of like repofe, fince God hath fet 
 
 Labor and reft, as day and night, to men 
 
 SuccelTive ; and the timely dew of fleep 
 
 Now falling with foft flumbrous weight inclines 6 1 1 
 
 Our eye-lids : other creatures all day long 
 
 Rove idle unemploy’d, and lefs need reft 5 
 
 Man hath his daily work of body’ or mind 
 
 Appointed, which declares his dignity. 
 
 And the regard of Heav’n on all his ways | 620 
 
 While other animals unaaive range. 
 
 And of their doings God takes no account. 
 
 To morrow ere frefh morning ftreak the call 
 With firft approach of light, we muft be rifen, 
 
 And at our pleafant labor, to reform 625 
 
 Yon flow’ry arbors, yonder alleys green, 
 
 Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown. 
 
 That mock our fcant manuring, ^ and require 
 More hands than ours to lop their wanton growth ; 
 Thofe bloftoms alfo, and thofe dropping gums, ^30 
 That lie beftrown unfightly and unfmooth. 
 
 Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with eale ; 
 
 Mean while, as Nataie wills, night bids us reft. 
 
ioS Paradise Lost. Book IF. 
 
 To whom thus Eve with perfea beauty’ adorn’d. 
 
 My Author and Difpofer, what thou bidH *625 
 
 Unargued I obey j fo God ordains j 
 
 God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more? 
 
 Is woman’s happieft knowledge and her praife. 
 
 With thee converfing I forget all time ; 
 
 All feafons and their change, all pleafe alike. 64® 
 Sweet is the breath of morn, her rifing fweet. 
 
 With charm of earlieft birds ; pleafant the fun. 
 
 When firft on this delightful land he fpreads 
 His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and Sower, 
 Giift’ring with dew j fragrant the fertil earth 64^ 
 After foft fhow’rs ; and fweet the coming on 
 Of grateful evening mild ; then filent night 
 With this her folemn bird,^ and this fair^moon. 
 
 And thefe the gems of Heav’n, her ftarry train : 
 
 But neither breath of morn, when Ihe afcends 65® 
 With charm of earlieft birds ; nor rifmrfun 
 
 On this delightful land ; nor herb, frui^ flower, 
 Glift’ring with dew ; nor fragrance after Ihowers: j 
 Nor grateful evening mild ; nor filent night 
 With this her folemn bird, nor wa k by moon, 
 
 Or glittering ftar-light v/ithout thee is fweet. 
 
 But wherefore all night long fliine thefe ? for whom 
 This glorious fight, when fleep hath fliut all eyes ? 
 
 To w’lom our general anceftor reply’d. 
 
 Daughter of God and Man, accomplifli’d Eve, 660 
 Thefe have their courfe to flnifli round the earth. 
 
 By morrow evening, and from land to land 
 Jn order, though to nations yet unborn, 
 
 Miniftring light prepar’d, they fet and rife | 
 
 Left total darknefs fhould by night regain 
 Her old pofleflion, and extinguifli life ^ 
 
 In nature and all things, which thefe foft flres 
 Not only’ inlighten, but with kindly heat 
 
BookIV. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Of various influence foment and warm, 
 Temper or nourifli, or in part flied down 
 
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 Their ftellar virtue on all kinds that grow 
 On earth, made hereby apter to receive 
 Pcrfedion from the fun’s more potent ray. 
 
 Thefe then, though unbeheld in deep of night, 6y^’ 
 Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none. 
 That Heav’n would want fpedators, God want praife : 
 Millions of fpiritual creatures walk the earth 
 Unfeen, both when we wake, and when we fleep : 
 
 All thefe with ceafelefs praife his works behold 
 Both day and night: how often from the fleep 6Sa 
 Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard 
 Celeftial voices to the midnight air. 
 
 Sole, or refponfive each to others note. 
 
 Singing their great Creator ? oft in bands 
 While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk 68| 
 With heavenly touch of inftrumental founds 
 In full harmonic number join’d, their fongs 
 Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heavem 
 
 Thus talking hand in hand alone they pafs*d 
 On to their blifsful bow’r ; it was a place 6^0 
 
 Chos’n by the fovran Planter, when he framed 
 All things to Man’s delighful ufe ; the roof 
 Of thickeft covert was inwoven fliade 
 Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew 
 Of firm and fragrant leaf ; on either fide 
 Acanthus, and each odorous hulliy Ihrub 
 Fenc’d up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, > 
 Iris all hues, rofes, and jeflTamin, 
 
 Rear’d high their florifli’d heads between, and wrought 
 Mofaic ; underfoot the violet, yati 
 
 Crocus, and hyacinth with rich inlay 
 Broider’d the ground, more color’d than with flone 
 Of cofllieft emblem ; other creature here. 
 
Iio Paradise Lost. Book IV. 
 
 Beaft, bird, infed, or worm durft enter none ; 
 
 S^ch was their awe of Man. In lhadier bower 705 
 More facred and fequefter’d, though but feign'd. 
 
 Pan or Sylvanus never flept, nor Nymph, 
 
 Nor Faunus haunted. Here in clofe recefs 
 With flowers, garlands, and fweet-fmelling herbs 
 Efpoufed Eve deck’d firft her nuptial bed, 710 
 
 And heav’nly quires the hymen^an fung, 
 
 What day the genial Angel to our lire 
 Brought her in naked beauty more adorn’d. 
 
 More lovely than Pandora, whom the Gods 
 Endow’d with all their gifts, and O too like 7 1 5 
 In fad event, when to th’ unwifer fon 
 Of Japhet brought by Hermes, Ihe infnar’d 
 Mankind with her fair looks, to be aveng’d 
 On' him who had Hole Jove’s authentic fire. 
 
 Thus at their lhady lodge arriv’d, both Hood, 720 
 Both turn’d, and under open sky ador’d 
 The God that made both sky, air, earth and heaven. 
 Which they beheld, the moon’s refplendent globe. 
 
 And Harry pole : Thou alfo mad’ft the night. 
 
 Maker omnipotent, and thou the day, 725 
 
 Which we in our appointed work employ’d 
 
 Have finifh’d, happy in our mutual help 
 
 And mutual love, the crown of all our blifs 
 
 Ordain’d by thee, and this delicious place 
 
 For us too large, where thy abundance wants 7 30 
 
 Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. 
 
 But thou haft promis’d from us two a race 
 To fill the earth, who lhall with us extol 
 Thy goodnefs infinite, both when we wake. 
 
 And when we feek, as now, thy gift of fteep. 73 5 
 
 This laid unanimous, and other rites 
 
 Obferving none, but adoration pure 
 
Ill 
 
 BookIV. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Which God likes beft, into their inmoft bower 
 Handed they went ; and eas’d the putting off 
 Thefe troublefome difguifes which we wear, 740 
 Strait fide by fide were laid ; nor turn’d I ween 
 Adam from his fair fpoufe, nor Eve the rites 
 Myfterious of connubial love refus’d; 
 
 Whatever hypocrites aufterely talk 
 
 Of purity and place and innocence, 745 
 
 Defaming as impure what God declares 
 
 Pure, and commands to fome, leaves free to all. 
 
 Our Maker bids increafe ; who bids abftain 
 But our Deftroyer, foe to God and Man ? 
 
 Hail wedded Love, myfterious law, true fource 75© 
 Of human ofspring, foie propriety 
 In Paradife of all things common elfe. 
 
 By thee adult’rous luft was driv’n from men 
 Among the beftial herds to range ; by thee 
 Founded in reafon, loyal, juft, and pure, 751 
 
 Relations dear, and all the charities 
 Of father, fon, and brother ftrft were known. 
 
 Far be’ it, that I ftiould write thee lin or blame. 
 
 Or think thee unbefitting holieft place. 
 
 Perpetual fountain of domeftic fweets, 76© 
 
 Whole bed is undefil’d and chafte pronounc’d, 
 
 Prefent, or paft, as faints and patriarchs us’d. 
 
 Here love his golden lhafts employs, here lights 
 His conftant lamp, mid waves his purple wings. 
 Reigns here and revels ; not in the bought fmile 765 
 Of harlots, lovelefs, joylefs, unindear’d, 
 
 Cafual fruition ; nor in court amours. 
 
 Mix’d dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball. 
 
 Or ferenate, which the ftarv’d lover fings 
 
 To his proud fair, beft quitted with difdain. 770 
 
 Thefe lull’d by nightingales embracing flept. 
 
 And on their naked limbs the flow Vy roof 
 
lit Paradise Lost, 
 
 Show’rd rofes, which the morn repair’d. 
 
 Bleil; pair j and O yet happieft, if ye feek 
 No happier ilate, and know to know no more. 
 
 Book IV, 
 
 Sleep on, 
 775 
 
 Now had night meafttr’d with her ihadowy cone 
 Half way up hill this vaft fublunar vaujlt. 
 
 And from their ivory port the Cherubim ' 
 
 Forth ilTuing at th’ accuftom’d hour flood arm’d 
 To their night watches in warlike parade, 
 
 When Gabriel to his next in pow’r thus fpake. ^ 
 
 Uzziel, half thefe draw oiF, and coafl the fouth- 
 With ftriaeft watch ; thefe other wheel the north • 
 Our circuit meets full weft. As flame they part, * 
 Half wheeling to the fliield, half to the fpear. " ygr 
 From thefe, two flrong and fubtle Spi’rits he call’d 
 That near him flood, and gave them thus in cnarge. 
 
 Ithuriel and Zephon, with wing’d fpeed 
 Search through this garden, leave unfearch’d no nook 
 But chiefly where thofe two fair creatures lodge, ygo 
 Now laid perhaps alleep fecure of harm. 
 
 This evening from the fun’s decline arriv’d 
 Who tells of fome infernal Spirit feen 
 Hitherward bent (who could have thought .>) efcap’d 
 The bars of Hell, on errand bad no doubt : yq^ 
 
 Such where ye And, feife faft, and hither bring. 
 
 So faying, on he led his radiant flies, 
 
 Dazling the moont thefe to the bow’r direa 
 In fearch of whom they fought: him there they found 
 Squat like a toad, clofe at the ear of Eve, go® 
 
 Allaying by his devilifli art to reach 
 The organs of her fancy’, and with them forge 
 lllufions as he lift, phantafms and dreams. 
 
113 
 
 BookIV. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Or if, infpiring venom, he might taint 
 Th’ animal fpirits that from pure blood arife 805 
 Like gentle breaths from rivers pure, thence raife 
 At leaft diftemper’d, difcontented thoughts. 
 
 Vain hopes, vain aims, inordinate defires. 
 
 Blown up with high conceits ingendring pride. 
 
 Him thus intent Ithuriel with his fpear 1 1© 
 
 Touch’d lightly; for no falfhood can indure 
 Touch of celefiial temper, but returns 
 Of force to its own likenefs : up he fiarts 
 Difcover’d and furpris’d. As when a fpark 
 Lights on a heap of nitrous powder, laid 8l| 
 
 Fit for the tun fome magazine to ftore 
 Againfi: a rumor’d war, the fmutty grain 
 With hidden blaze diffus’d inflames the air : 
 
 So ftarted up in his own fhape the Fiend. 
 
 Back ftept thofe two fair Angels half amaz’d 
 So hidden to behold the grifly king ; 
 
 Yet tlius, unmov’d with fear, accoft him foon. 
 
 V/hich of thofe rebel Spi’rits adjudg’d to Hell 
 Corn’ll thou, efcap’d thy prifon ? and transform’d. 
 Why fatfl thou like an enemy in wait, 
 
 Here watching at the head of thefe that fleep I 
 
 Know ye not then, faid Satan fill’d with fcorn. 
 Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate 
 For you, there fitting where ye durfl not foar: 
 
 Not to know me argues yourfelves unknown, 83© 
 ' The lowefl of your throng ; or if ye know. 
 
 Why ask ye, and fuperflaous begin 
 Your meffage, like to end as much in vain ? 
 
 To whom thus Zephon, anfw’ring fcorn with fcom*. 
 Think not, revolted Spi’rit, thy fhape the famc^ 83 1 
 
n ^ 4- • Lost. BooklV. 
 
 Or undimimlh’d brightnefs to be known. 
 
 As when thou flood’d in Heav’n upright and pure; 
 
 That glory then when thou no more wafl good 
 
 Departed from thee’; and thou refembleflnow 
 
 Thy fin and place of doom obfcure and foul 8,10 
 
 To hi°r^’ gi'^e account ^ 
 
 To hiin who rent us, whofe charge is to keep 
 
 This place inviolable, and thefe from harm. 
 
 So fpake the Cherub ; and his grave rebuke 
 Severe in youthful beauty, added grace 
 lavmcible ; abalh’d the Devil flood. 
 
 And felt how awful goodnefs is, and faw 
 Virtue’ in her lhape how lovely ; faw, and pin’d 
 His lofs ; but chiefly to find here obferv’d 
 His luflre vifibly impair’d ; yet feem’d 
 Undaunted. If I mufl contend, faid he. 
 
 Beft with the beft, the fender not the fent. 
 
 K f n*' will be won,’ 
 
 Or lefs be loft. Thy fear, faid Zephon bold. 
 
 Will fave us trial what the leaft can do 
 Single againfi thee wicked, and thence weak 
 
 845 
 
 850 
 
 
 The Fiend reply’d not, overcome with rage; 
 
 Bat hke a proud fteed rein’d, went haughty on. 
 Champing his iron curb : to ftrive or fly 
 He held it vain ; awe from above had quell’d 860 
 His heart, not elfe difmay’d. Now drew they nigh 
 The weftern point, where thofe half-rounding guards 
 Juft met, and cloflng flood in fquadron join’d. 
 
 Awaiting next command. To whom their chief 
 Gabriel from the front thus call’d aloud. 865 
 
 O friends, I hear the tread of nimble feet 
 Hailing this way, and npw by glimpfe difce^'p 
 
BookIV. Paradise Lost. 115 
 
 Ithuriel and Zeplion through the lhade. 
 
 And with them comes a third of regal port. 
 
 But faded fplendor wan ; who by his gate 870 
 
 And fierce demeanour feems the prince of Hell, 
 
 Not likely to part hence without conteft i 
 Stand firm, for in his look defiance lours. 
 
 He fcarce had ended, when thofe two approach’d. 
 And brief related whom they brought, where found. 
 How bufied, in what form and pofture couch d. 87b 
 
 To whom with ftern regard thus Gabriel fpake. ^ 
 Why haft thou, Satan, broke the bounds prefcrib’d 
 To thy tranfgrelTions, and difturb’d the charge 
 Of others, who approve not to tranfgrefs 880 
 
 By thy example, but have pow’r and right 
 To queftion thy bold entrance on this place ; 
 Employ’d it feems to violate fleep, and thofe 
 Whofe dwelling God hath planted here in blifs ? 
 
 To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. S85 
 Gabriel, thou hadft in Heav’n th’ efteem of wife. 
 
 And fuch I held thee 1 but this queftion ask’d 
 Puts me in doubt. Lives there who loves his pain ? 
 Who would not, finding way, break loofe from Hell, 
 Though thither doom’d ? Thou wouldft thyfelf, no doubt. 
 And boldly venture to whatever place 891 
 
 Fartheft from pain, where thou might’ft hope to change 
 Torment with eafe, and fooneft recompenfe 
 Dole with delight, which in this place I fought ; 
 
 To thee no reafon, who know’ft only good, B95 
 
 But evil haft not try’d ; and wilt object 
 
 His will who bound us ? let him furer bar 
 
 His iron gates, if he intends our ftay 
 
 In that dark durance : thus much what was ask’d. 
 
If a- Lost. BookIV 
 
 GraveiriXb?;ittrtotoK" ^ 
 
 However and to fcape his puniamtt 
 WhiVtLalncu^Jft by'r^‘“°"’ 
 
 Sev’nfold, andfcouL \tr,§fdT'l I 
 
 ^ich taught thee fet t be ht 
 Can equal anger infinite provoW 
 
 l.r.p.r. 
 
 Th* <:^^'a-'£“'’^'^ courageous Chief, 
 
 f" ^' 1 ^,.' P^‘"’ '*>00 alledg'd 
 
 To thy deferted hoft this caufe of flight, ^ 
 
 Ilou furely hadft not come foie fugitive. 
 
 NoTthlt^nef''* anfwer’d frowning flem. 
 
 Thfr “ ft ''' 
 
 Thy fiereeft. when in battel to thy aid 
 
 The blafttng volied thunder made all fpeed 
 And feconded thy elfe not dreaded fpear. ’ 
 
 But ftdl thy words at random, as before, «,» 
 
 Argue thy inexperience what behoves 
 Trom hard affays and iU fucceffes paft 
 
 90s 
 
 910 
 
 9 *S 
 
 920 
 
BookIV. Paradise Lost.' 
 
 
 A faithful leader, not to hazard all 
 Through ways of danger by himfelf untry’d ; 
 
 I therefore, I alone firft undertook 
 To wing the defolate abyfs, and fpy 
 This new created world, whereof in Hel! 
 
 Fame is not filent, here in hope to find 
 Better abode, and my afflided Powers 
 To fettle here on earth, or in mid air 5 
 Though for pofieflion put to try once more 
 What thou and thy gay legions dare againft ; 
 
 Whofe eafier bufinefs were to ferve their Lord 
 High up in Heav’n, with fongs to hymn his throns. 
 And practic’d difiances to cringe, not fight. 941 
 
 To whom the warrior Angel foon reply’d. 
 
 To fay and firait unfay, pretending firft 
 Wife to fly pain, profefling next the fpy. 
 
 Argues no leader but a liar trac’d, 
 
 Satan, and couldfl: thou faithful add ? O name, 91® 
 O facred name of faithfulnefs profan’d ! 
 
 Faithful to whom.? to thy rebellious crew ? 
 
 Army of Fiends, fit body to fit head. 
 
 Was this your difciplin and faith engag’d. 
 
 Your military obedience, to diflblve 95I 
 
 Allegiance to th’ acknowledg’d Pow’r fupreme ? 
 
 And thou, fly hypocrite, who now wouldfl: feem 
 Patron of liberty, who more than thou 
 Once fawn’d, and cring’d, and fervily ador’d 
 Heav’n’s awful monarch ? wherefore but in hope 96® 
 To difpoflefs him, and thyfelf to reign ? 
 
 But mark what I arreed thee now, Avant ; 
 
 Fly thither whence thou fledll : if from this hour 
 Within thefe hallow’d limits thou appear. 
 
 Back to th’ infernal pit I drag thee chain’d, g 6 f 
 And feal thee fo, as henceforth not to fcora 
 The facil gates of HeU too flightly barr’d. 
 
Xi8 Paradise Lost. BookIV, 
 
 So threaten d he ; but Satan to no threats 
 Gave heed, but waxing more in rage reply’d. 
 
 Then when I am thy captive talk of chains, gyc? 
 Proud limitary Cherub, but ere then 
 Far heavier load thyfelf exped to feel 
 From my prevailing arm, though Heaven’s king 
 Ride on thy wings, and thou with thy compeers. 
 
 Us’d to the yoke, draw’d his triumphant wheels 07? 
 in progrefs through the road of Heav’n ftar-pav’d 
 
 While thus he fpake, th’ angelic fquadron bright 
 I urn d fiery red, ftiarp’ning in mooned horns 
 Their phalanx, and began to hem him round 
 With ported fpears, as thick as when a field 980 
 Of Ceres ripe for harveft waving bends 
 Her bearded grove of ears, which way the wind 
 Sways them ; the careful plowman doubting Hands, 
 Led on the threftiing floor his hopeful flieaves 
 Prove chafF. On th’ other fide Satan alarm’d 085 
 Colleaing all his might dilated flood. 
 
 Like TeneriiF or Atlas unremov’d : 
 
 His dature reach’d the sky, and on his cred 
 ^at horror plum’d ; nor wanted in his grafp 
 What feem’d both fpear and fliield : now dreadful deeds 
 Might have enfued, nor only Paradife 
 In this commotion, but the darry cope 
 Of Heav n perhaps, or all the elements 
 At lead had gone to wrack, didurb’d and torn 
 With violence of this conflid, had not foon 
 Th’ Eternal to prevent fuch horrid fray 
 Hung forth in Heav’n his golden fcales, yet feen 
 Betwixt Aflrea and the Scorpion fign. 
 
 Wherein all things created fird he weigh’d. 
 
 The pendulous round earth with balanc’d air looo 
 
 991 
 
 995 
 
BookIV. Paradise Lost. iig 
 
 In counterpoife, now ponders all events. 
 
 Battels and realms : in thefe he put two weights 
 The fequel each of parting and of fight ; 
 
 The latter quick up flew, and kick’d the beam j 
 Which Gabriel fpying, thus befpake the Fiend. 1005 
 
 Satan, I know thy ftrength, and thou know’ll mine. 
 Neither our own but giv’n ; what folly then 
 To boaft what arms can do ? lince thine no more 
 Than Heav’n permits, nor mine, though doubled now 
 To trample thee as mire : for proof look up, 1010 
 And read thy lot in yon celellial fign. 
 
 Where thou art weigh’d, and Ihown how light, how weak. 
 If thou refill. The Fiend look’d up, and knew 
 His mounted fcale aloft : nor more ; but fled 
 Murm’ring, and with him fled the lhades of night. 1Q15 
 
 End of the fourth Book, 
 
THE 
 
 FIFTH BO OK 
 
 O F 
 
 PARADISE LOST. 
 
The Argument. 
 
 Morning a^^roach'd. Eve relates to M^^mher trouhlefomi , 
 dream'i he likes it not^ yet comforts her .* T^hey come forth 
 to their day Uhors : Tlheir morning hymn at the door of 
 their honfjer, God to render Man inexcufahle fends 
 Raphael to admoni/h him of his ohedmice, of his free 
 efate., of his enemy near at hand, nxiho he is, and njohy 
 his enemy, and ‘whate^ver elfe may asvail Adam to kno^, 
 Raphael comes donvn to Paradife, his appearance de^ 
 fcrib'd, his cotning difcern’d by Adam afar off fitting at 
 the door of his lo^er ; he goes out to meet him, brings 
 hbn to his lodge, entertains him nvith the choicefi fruits 
 of Paradife got together by Evq ; their di/courfe at 
 table: Raphael performs his meffage, minds Adam of 
 his fate and of his enemy j relates at Adamh requefi nsjho 
 that enemy is, and ho^ao he casne to be fo, beginning from 
 his firfi revolt in Heaven, and the occafion thereof j hovs 
 he drevj his legions after him to the parts of the north, 
 and there incited them to rebel voith him, perfuading all 
 but only Abdiel a Seraph, nx>ho in argument diffuades and 
 cppofcs him, the7s forfakes hm» 
 
PARADISE LOST. 
 
 OW morn her rofy fteps in th’eaflera 
 
 dime 
 
 I Advancing, fow’d the earth with orient 
 pearl. 
 
 When Adam wak’d, fo cullom’d, for his 
 
 Was aery light from pure digeilion bred, 
 ii And template vapors bland, which th’ only found c 
 jOf leaves and fuming rills, Aurora’s fan, ^ 
 
 i Lightly difpers’d, and the ihrill matin fong 
 iOf birds on every bough ; fo much the more 
 His wonder was to find unwaken’d Eve 
 iWith trefTes difcompos’d, and glowing cheek. 
 
 As through unquiet reft : he on his fide 
 Leaning half rais d, with looks of cordial love 
 G z 
 
 
124 Paradise Lost. BookV. 
 
 Hung over her enamour’d, and beheld 
 Beauty, which whether waking or afleep. 
 
 Shot forth peculiar graces ; then with voice 15 
 
 Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes. 
 
 Her hand foft touching, whifper’d thus. Awake 
 My faireft, my efpous’d, my latefl: found, 
 
 Heav’n’s laft beft gift, my ever new delight, 
 
 Awake ; the morning Ihines, and the frelh field 20 
 Calls ns ; we lofe the prime, to mark how fpring 
 Our tended plants, how blown the citron grove. 
 
 What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed. 
 
 How nature paints her colors, how the bee 
 
 Sits on the bloom extracting liquid fweet. 25 
 
 Such whifp’ring wak’d her, but with fiartled eye 
 On Adam, whom embracing, thus flie fpake. 
 
 O foie in whom my thoughts find all repofe. 
 
 My glory, my perfection, glad I fee ^ 
 
 Thy face, and morn return’d ; for I this night 30 
 (Such night till this I never pafs’d) have dream’d. 
 
 If dream’d, not as I oft am wont, of thee, 
 
 Works of day pall, or morrow’s next defign. 
 
 But of oitenfe and trouble, which my mind 
 Knew never till this irkfome night : methought 35 
 Clofe at mine ear one call’d me forth to walk 
 With gentle voice, I thought it thine ; it faid. 
 
 Why ileep’ft thou Eve ? now is the pleafant time. 
 The cool, the filent, fave where filence yields 
 To the night-warbling bird, that now awake ^ 40 
 
 Tunes fweeteft his love-labor’d fong ; now reigns ^ 
 Full orb’d the moon, and with more pleafing light 
 Shadowy fets off the face of things ; in vain, 
 
 If none regard ; Heav’n wakes with all his eyes. 
 Whom to behold but thee. Nature’s defire ? 45 
 
BookV. Par AD ISE Lost, 125 
 
 In whole fight all things joy, with raviihment 
 Attraded by thy beauty ftill to gaze. 
 
 I rofe as at thy call, but found thee not ; 
 
 To find thee I direfted then my walk ; 
 
 And on, methought, alone I pafs’d through ways 50 
 That brought me on a hidden to the tree 
 Of interdifled knowledge : fair it feem’d. 
 
 Much fairer to my fancy than by day : 
 
 And as I wond’ring look’d, befide it ilood 
 One fhap’d and wing’d like one of thofe from Heaven 55 
 By US oft feen j his dewy locks diftili’d 
 Ambrofia ; on that tree he alfo gaz’d ; 
 
 And O fair plant, faid he, with fruit furcharg’d. 
 
 Deigns none to eafe thy load and tafie thy fweet. 
 
 Nor God, nor Man ? is knowledge fo defpis’d ? 60 
 
 Or envy’, or what referve forbids to tafie ? 
 
 Forbid who will, none fiiall from me withhold 
 Longer thy ofter’d good, why elfe fet here ? 
 
 This faid, he paus’d not, but with ventrous arm 
 He pluck’d, he tailed j me damp horror chill’d 65 
 At fuch bold words vouch’d with a deed fo bold : 
 
 But he thus overjoy’d, O fruit divine, 
 
 Sweet of thyfelf, but much more fweet thus cropt. 
 Forbidden here, it feems, as only fit 
 For Gods, yet able to make Gods of Men : 70 
 
 And why not Gods of Men, fince good, the more 
 Communicated, more abundant grows, 
 i The author not impair’d, but honor’d more ? 
 
 Here, happy creature, fair angelic Eve, 
 
 I Partake thou alfo ; happy though thou art, 75 
 
 j Happier thou mayft be, worthier canft not be : 
 
 1 Take this, and be henceforth among the Gods 
 I Thyfelf a Goddefs, not to earth confin’d, 
 
 ' But fometimes in the air, as we, fometiraes 
 Afcend to Heav’n, by merit thine, and fee 
 G 3 
 
 80 
 
126 Paradise Lost. BookV. 
 
 What life the Gods Ii\re there, and fuch live thou. 
 
 So faying, he drew nigh, and to me held, 
 
 Ev’n to my mouth of that fame fruit held part 
 Which he had pluck’d ; the pleafant favory fmell 
 So quicken’d appetite, that I, methought. 
 
 Could not but take. Forthwith up to the clouds 
 With him I flew, and underneath beheld 
 The earth outkretch’d immenfe, a profpe£l wide 
 And various : wond’ring at my flight and change 
 To this high exaltation ; fuddenly 
 My guide was gone, and I, methought, funk down^ 
 And fell aileep j but O how glad I wak’d 
 To And this but a dream ! Thus Eve her night 
 Rt'iatecl, and thus Adam anfwsr’d fad. 
 
 Beil image of myfelf and dearer half. 
 
 The trouble of thy thoughts this night in fleep 
 Affeds me equally } nor can I like 
 This uncouth dream, of evil fprung I fear j 
 Yet evil whence ? in thee can habour none. 
 
 Created pure. But know, that in the foul iq# 
 Are many lefler faculties, that ferve 
 Reafon as chief ; among thefe fancy next 
 Her office holds ; of all external things. 
 
 Which the live watchful fenfes reprefent. 
 
 She forms imaginations, aery fhapes, lo^ 
 
 Which reafon joining or disjoining, frames 
 All what we’ affirm or what deny, and call 
 Our knov/ledge or opinion ; then retires 
 Into her private cell when nature refts. 
 
 Oft in her abfence mimic fancy wakes ito 
 
 To imitate her j but misjoining fhapes, 
 
 Wild work produces oft, and mofl in dreams, 
 
 111 matching words and deeds long paft or late^ 
 
 Some fuch refemblances methinks I find 
 
 
 g0 
 
 9S 
 
BookV. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Of our lad evening’s talk, in this thy dream, 115 
 But with addition ftrange; yet be not fad. 
 
 Evil into the mind of God or Man 
 May come and go, fo unapprov’d, and leave 
 No fpot or blame behind : Which gives me hope 
 That what in deep thou didft abhor to dream, 1 20 
 Waking thou never wilt confent to do. 
 
 Be not difhearten’d then, nor cloud thofe looks, 
 
 That wont to be more chearful and ferene, 
 
 Than when fair morning firft fmiles on the world 1 
 And let us to our frefh employments rife 1 25 
 
 Among the groves, the fountains, and the flowers 
 That open now their choiceft bofom’d fmells, 
 
 Refcrv’d from night, and kept for thee in ftore. 
 
 So chear’d he his fair fpoufe, and flie was cheat’d. 
 But filently a gentle tear let fall 13*^ 
 
 From either eye, and wip’d them with her hair j 
 Two other precious drops that ready flood. 
 
 Each in their cryflal fluce, he ere they fell 
 Kifs’d, as the gracious figns of fweet remorfe 
 And pious awe, that fear’d to have oiFended. 135 
 So all was clear’d, and to the field they hafte. 
 
 But firfl, from under fhady arbo’rous roof 
 Soon as they forth were come to open fight 
 Of day-fpring, and the fun, who fcarce up rifen, 
 
 I With wheels yet hovering o’er the ocean brim, 140 
 ; Shot parallel to the earth his dewy ray, 
 
 , Difcovering in wide landskip all the eafl 
 Of Paradife and Eden’s happy plains, 
 
 Lowly they bow’d adoring, and began 
 Their orifons, each morning duly paid 145 
 
 i In various flile ; for neither various flile 
 Nor holy rapture wanted they to praife 
 Their Maker,, in fit ftrains pronounc’d ar fang 
 G 4 
 
128 Paradise Lost. BookV, 
 
 Unmeditated, fuch prompt eloquence 
 
 Flow’d from their lips, in profe or numerous verfe,. i co 
 
 More tuneable than needed lute or harp 
 
 To add more fweetnefe j and they thus began. 
 
 Thefe are thy glorious works. Parent of good,. 
 Almighty, thine this univerfal frame. 
 
 Thus wondrous fair : thyfelf how wondrous then ! 155 
 
 Unfpeakable^ who fitft above thefe Heavens, 
 
 To us invifible, or dimly feen 
 
 In thefe thy lowell works ; yet thefe declare 
 
 Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and pow’r divine. 
 
 Speak ye who bed: can tell, ye fons of light, ' 160 
 
 Angels for ye behold him, and with fongs 
 
 And choral fymphonies, day without night. 
 
 Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in Heaven, 
 
 On Earth join all ye Creatures to extol 
 
 Him firfl:, him lad, him midft, and without end. 16^ 
 
 Eaireit of dars, laft in the train of night. 
 
 If better thou belong not to the dawn, 
 
 Sure pledge of day, that crown’d the fmiling morn 
 V/ith thy bright circlet, praife him in thy fphere. 
 While day arifes, that fweet hour of prime." 170 
 Thou Sun, of this great world both eye and foul,. 
 Acknowledge him thy greater, found his praife 
 In thy eternal courfe, both when thou climb’d. 
 
 And when high noon haft gain’d, and when thou faH’ft. 
 Moon, that now meet’ft the orient fun, now dy’ft, 1 7 5, 
 With the fix’d ftars, fix’d in their orb that dies. 
 
 And ye five other wand’ring fires that move 
 In mydic dance not without fong, refound 
 His praife, who out of darknefs call’d up light. 
 
 Air, and ye Elements, the elded birth iSat 
 
 Of Natures womb, that in quaternion run 
 Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix. 
 
BookV. Par ADisE Lost. 129 
 
 And nouriih all things ; let your ceafelefs change 
 Vary to our great Maker ftill new praife. ' 
 
 Ye Mills and Exhalations that now rife 185 
 
 From hill or ftreaming lake, dusky or gray, ! 
 
 Till the fun paint your fleecy skirts with gold. 
 
 In honor to the world’s great Author rife. 
 
 Whether to deck with clouds th’ uncolor’d sky, 
 
 Gr wet the thirfty earth with falling fliowers, igo 
 Rifing or falling Hill advance his praife.. 
 
 His praife ye Winds, that from four quarters blow. 
 Breathe foft or loud ; and. wave your tops, ye Pines, 
 With every plant, in flgn of worftiip wave. 
 
 Fountains and ye, that warbie, as ye flow. 
 
 Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praife^. 
 
 Join voices all ye living Souls ye Birds, 
 
 That ringing up to Heaven gate afcend, ^ 
 
 Bear on your wings and in your notes his praife. 
 
 Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk 
 The earth, and ilately tread, or lowly creep ; 
 
 Witnefs if I be. filent, morn or even, 
 
 To hill, or valley, fountain, or frefli fliade 
 Made vocal by my fong, and taught his praife. 
 
 Hail univerfal Lord, be bounteous ftfll 
 To give us. only good ; and if the 
 Have, gather’d ought of evil or conceal d, 
 
 Hifperfe it, as now light difp.els the dark. 
 
 So pray’d they innocent, and to their thoughts 
 Firm peace recover’d foon and wonted calm. 2 
 
 On to their morning’s rural work they hafte 
 Among fweet dews and flow’rs ; where any row 
 Of fruit-treea over-woody reach’d too far 
 Their pamper'd boughs, and needed hands to check 
 Fruitlefs embraces: or they. led the vine ^ 2 
 
 To wed her elm i fhe fpous’d about him twmes 
 
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 Her marriageable arms, and with her brings 
 
 Her dowV th’ adopted cinders, to adorn 
 
 His barren leaves. Them thus employ’d beheld 
 
 With pity Heav’n’s high king, and to him call’d 220 
 
 Raphael, the fociable Spi’rit, that deign’d 
 
 To travel with Tobias, and fecur’d 
 
 His marriage with the fev’ntimes-wedded maid. 
 
 Raphael, faid he, thou bear’d what dir on Earth 
 Satan from Hell Rap’d through the darkfome gulf 225' 
 Hath rais’d in Paradife, and how didurb’d 
 This night the human pair, how he dedgns 
 In them at once to ruin all mankind. 
 
 G 0 therefore, half this day as friend with friend 
 Converfe with Adam, in what bow’r or fhade 230 
 Thou dnd’d him from the heat of noon retir’d. 
 
 To refpit his day-labor with repad^ 
 
 Or with repofe ; and fuch difcourfe bring on. 
 
 As may advife him of his happy date, 
 
 Happinefs in his pow’r left free to will, 23^ 
 
 Left to his own free will, his will though free. 
 
 Yet mutable ; whence warn him to beware 
 He fwerve not too fecure : tell him withal 
 
 His danger, and from whom ; what enemy. 
 
 Late fall’n himfelf from Heav’n, is plotting now 24a 
 The fall of others from like date af blifs ; 
 
 By violence ? no, for that diall be withdood ; 
 
 But by deceit and lies ; this let him know. 
 
 Led wilfully tranfgrefiing he pretend 
 
 Surprifal, unadmonidi’d, unforewarn’d. 24^ 
 
 So fpake th’ eternal Father, and fuldll’d 
 All juftice : nor delay’d the winged Saint 
 After his charge receiv’d, but from among 
 Thoufand celedial Ardors, where he dood 
 
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 Veil’d with his gorgeous wings, up fpringing light 250 
 Flew through the midft of Heav’n ; th’ angelic quires, 
 
 On each hand parting, to his fpeed gave way 
 Through all tV empyreal road ; till at the gate 
 Of Helv’n arriv’d, the gate felf-open’d wide 
 On golden hinges turning, as by work 255 
 
 Divine the fovran Architea had fram’d. 
 
 From hence, no cloud, or, to obftrua his fight. 
 
 Star interpos’d, however fmall he fees, 
 
 Not unconform to other fliining globes, 
 
 Earth and the gard’n of God, with cedars crown’d 260 
 Above all hills. As when by night the glafs 
 Of Galileo, lefs affur’d, obferves 
 Imagin’d lands and regions in the moon : 
 
 Or .pilot, from amidft the Cyclades 
 Delos or Samos hrft appearing, kens ^ 265 
 
 A cloudy fpot, Down thither prone in flight 
 He fpeeds, and through the vaft ethereal sky 
 Sails between worlds and worlds, with fteddy wing 
 Now on the polar winds, then with quick fan 
 Winnows the buxom air ; till within four 270 
 
 Of towring eagles, to’ all the fowls he feems 
 A Phoenix, gaz’d by all, as that foie bird. 
 
 When to inflirine his reliques in the fun’s^ 
 
 Bright, temple, to Egyptian Thebes he flies. 
 
 At once on th’ eaftern cliff of Paradife 27S 
 
 He lights, and to his proper fliape returns 
 A Seraph wing’d ; fix wings he wore, to fhade 
 His lineaments divine ; the pair that clad - 
 
 Each fhoulder broad, came mantling o er his breait 
 With regal ornament ; the middle pair 280 
 
 Girt like a ftarry zone his wafle, and round 
 Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold 
 And colors dipt in Heav’n ; the third his feet 
 Shadow’d, from either heil with feather’d mail. 
 
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 $%-tmaur'd grain. Like Maia's fon he Hood, age 
 
 And flwok he plumes, that heav’nly fragrance fill’d 
 The circuit wide. Strait knew him all the bands 
 
 ot Angeis under watch,; and to his flate. 
 
 And to his- mefrage high, in honor rife ; 
 
 For on fome me%e high they guefs him bound. 
 
 Their ghttenns tents he. pars’d, and now is come 
 Into the bhfs&l field,, through groves of myrrh 
 And flow’rmg odors, , caffia,. nard, and balm ; ' 
 
 A wilderneis of fweets j for Nature here 
 WantonM as in her prime, and play’d at will 
 Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more fweet. 
 
 Wild above rule or art ; enormous blifs. 
 
 Him through the fpicy foreft onward come 
 Adam difcern’d, as in the. door he fat 
 Of his cool bow’r, while now the mounted fun 
 Shot down dired his fervid rays to warm 
 Earth’s inmoft womb, more warmth than Adam needs : 
 And Eve within, due at her hour prepar’d- 
 For dinner fkvory fruits, of tafte to ^eafe 
 True appetite, and not difreliih thirft . ^05- 
 
 Of neda’fous draughts between, from milky dream. 
 Berry or grape : to whom thus Adam call’d. 
 
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 Hade hither Eve, and worth thy dght behold 
 E'adward among thofe trees, what glorious lhape 
 Comes this way moving ; feems another morn 31 
 Ris’h on- mid-noon ; feme great behed from Heaven- 
 To us perhaps he brings> and will vouchfafe 
 Tins day to be" our gueft. But go with fpeed. 
 
 And what thy dores contain, bring forth, and pour 
 Abundance, fit to honor and receive 
 Our heav’hly dranger : well we may afibrd 
 Our givers their own gifts, and large bedow 
 From large beftow’d, where Nature mukiplies 
 
Book V » Paradise Lost. 
 
 Her fertil growth, and by disburd’ning grows 
 More fruitful, which inilruds us not to fpare. 
 
 32®' 
 
 To whom thus Eve. Adam, earth’s hallow’d mold,: 
 Of God infpir’d, fmall ftore will ferve, where ftore. 
 All feafons, ripe for ufe hangs on the dalk ; 
 
 Save what by frugal ftoring firmnefs gains 
 
 To nourifh, and fupejftuous moift confumes ; ^25 
 
 But I will haffe, and from each bough and brake. 
 
 Each plant and jucieft gourd-, will pluck fuch choice 
 
 To entertam our Angel guefl, as he 
 
 Beholding fhall confefs, that here on Earth 
 
 God hath difpens’d his bounties as in Heaven. 2 %q 
 
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 So faying, with difpatchful looks in hade 
 She turns, on holpirtable thoughts intent. 
 
 What choice to choofe for delicacy beft, 
 
 What order, fo contriv’d as not to mix: 
 
 Taftes, not well join’d, inelegant, but bring 
 Tade after tafte upheld v/ith kindlied changd ; 
 
 Beftirs her then, and from each tender dalk 
 Whatever Earth all-bearing mother yields^. 
 
 In India Eaft or Wed, or middle fhore 
 In Pontus or the Punic coaft, or where 
 Alcinous reign’d, fruit of all kinds, in coat 
 Rough or fmooth rin’d, or, bearded husk, or fhell. 
 
 She gathers, tribute large, and on the board 
 Heaps with unfparing hand j for drink the. grape 
 She crufhes, in. offenfive muft, and meaths 34^ 
 
 from many a berry’, and from fweet kernels prefs’d 
 She tempers dulcet creams, nor thefe to hold 
 Wants her fit vefiels pure, then ftrows the ground 
 With rofe and odors from the fhrub unfum’d. 
 Meanwhile our. primitive, great fire, to meet 3^,^ 
 His God-like gueft, walks forth, without more, trahi 
 
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 Accompanied than with his own complete 
 Perfeaions 5 in himfelf was all his ftate, 
 
 More folemn than the tedious pomp that waits 
 On princes, when their rich retinue long 355 
 
 Of horfes led, and grooms bermear’d with gold, 
 
 Dazles the croud, and fets them ail agape.^ 
 
 Nearer his prefence Adam though not aw d. 
 
 Yet with fubmifs approach and reverence meek, 
 
 As to’ a fuperior nature, bowing low, 3^'^ 
 
 Thus faid. Nativo of Heav’n, for other place 
 None can than Heav’n fuch glorious fhape contain; 
 Since b/ defcending from the thrones above, 
 
 Thofe happy places thou had: deign’d a while 
 
 To want, and honor thefe, vouchfafe with us 365 
 
 Two’ only, who yet by fovran gift poflefs 
 
 This fpacious ground, in yonder fhady bower 
 
 To reft, and what the prden clioiceft bears 
 
 To fit and tafte, till this meridian heat 
 
 Be over, and the fun more cool decline. 37® 
 
 Whom thus th’ angelic Virtue anfwer’d miid. 
 
 Adam, I therefore came, nor art thou fuch 
 Created, or fuch place haft here to dwell. 
 
 As may not oft invite, though Spi’rits of Heaven 
 To vifit thee ; lead on then where thy bower 373 
 O’erftiades ; for thefe mid-hours, till evening rife, 
 
 I have at will. So to the fylvan lodge 
 They came, that like Pomona’s arbor fmil d 
 With How’rets deck’d and fragrant fme Is ; but Eve 
 Undeck’d fave with herfelf, more lovely fair ^ - 3^0 
 
 Than V7ood-Nymph, or the faireft Goddefs feign d 
 
 Of three that in mount Ida naked ftrove,^ 
 
 Stood to’ entertain her gueft from Heav n ; no veil 
 She needed, virtue-proof ; no thought infirm ^ 
 
 Alter’d her cheek. On whom the Angel tiail 3»5 
 
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 Beftow’d, the holy falutation us’d 
 Long after to bleft Mary, fecond Eve. 
 
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 Hail Mother of Mankind, whofe fruitful womB^ 
 Shall fill the world more numerous with thy fons, 
 Than with thefe various fruits the trees of God 
 Have heap’d this table. Rais’d of gralfy turf 
 Their table was, and moify feats had round. 
 
 And on her ample fquare from fide to fide 
 All autumn pil’d, though fpring and autumn here 
 Danc’d hand in hand. A while difcourfe they hold j 39^ 
 No fear left dinner cool ; when thus began 
 Our author. Heav’nly ftranger, pleafe to tafte 
 Thefe bounties, which our Nourilher, from whom 
 All perfeil good, unmeafur’d out, defcends. 
 
 To us for food and for delight hath caus’d 
 The earth to yield ; imfavory food perhaps 
 To fpiritual natures ; only this I know. 
 
 That one celeftial Father gives to all. 
 
 400 
 
 To whom the Angel. Therefore what he gives 
 (Whofe praife be ever fung) to Man in part 405 
 Spiritual, may of pureft Spi’rits be found 
 No’ ingrateful food : and food alike thofe pure 
 Intelligential fubftances require. 
 
 As doth your rational j and both contain 
 Within them every lower faculty 41^ 
 
 Of fenfe, whereby they hear, fee, fmell, touch, tafte. 
 Tailing conco(ft, digeft, alTimilate, 
 
 And corporeal to incorporeal turn. 
 
 For know, whatever was created, needs 
 To be fuftain’d and fed ; of elements 
 The grofier feeds the purer, earth the fea. 
 
 Earth and the fea feed air, the air thofe fires 
 Ethereal, and as loweft. firft the moon ; 
 
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 V/hence in her vifage round thofe fpots, unpurg’d 
 Vapors not yet into her fubftance turn’d. 420 
 
 Nor doth the moon no nouriibment exhale 
 From her moift continent to. higher orbs. 
 
 The fun, that light imparts to all, receives 
 From all his alimental recompenfe 
 In humid exhalations, and at even 42^5' 
 
 Saps with the ocean. Though in Heav’n the trees 
 Of life ambrofial fruitage bear, and vines 
 Yield nedar ; though from oiF the boughs each morn 
 We brufh mellifluous dews, and And the ground 
 Cover’d with pearly, grain : yet God hath here 430 
 Varied his bounty fo with new delights. 
 
 As may compare with Heaven ; and to tafle 
 Think not. I fliall be nice. So down they fat, 
 
 And to their viands fell ; nor feemingly 
 The Angel, nor in. mill, the common glofs 435 
 
 Of Theologians ; but with keen difpatch 
 Of real hunger, and concoaive heat 
 To tranfubflantiate : what redounds, tranfpires 
 Through Spi’rits with eafe ; nor wonder ; if by Are 
 Of footy coal th’ empiric alchemifl: 44 ^^ 
 
 Can turn, or holds it poflible to turn^ 
 
 Metals of drofliea ore to peifea gold 
 As from the mine. Mean while at table Eve- 
 Minifter’d naked, and their flowing cups 
 With pleafant liquors crown’d : O innocence 44^ 
 Peferving Paradife ! if ever, then. 
 
 Then had the fons of God excufe to’ have been 
 Enamour’d at that fight ; but in thofe hearts 
 Love unlibidinous reign’d, nor jealoufy 
 Was underftood, the injur’d lover’s Helh 
 Thus when with meats and drinks they had fufhc d. 
 Not burden’d nature, fudden mind arofe 
 U Adam, not to kt tk occafion pafs 
 
Book V. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Giv’n him by this great conference to know 
 Of things above his world, and of their being - 
 Who dwell in Heav’n, whofe excellence he faw 
 Tranfcend his own fo far, whofe radiant forms 
 Divine effulgence, whofe high pow’r fo far 
 Exceeded human, and his wary fpeech 
 Thus to tk’ empyreal miniiler he fram’d. 
 
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 460 
 
 Inhabitant with God, now know 1 well 
 Thy favor, in this honor done to Man, 
 
 Under whofe lowly roof thou haft vouchfaf’d 
 To enter, and thefe earthly fruits to tafte. 
 
 Food not of Angels, yet accepted fo, 
 
 As that more willingly thou couldft not feem 
 At Heav n s high feafts to’ have fed : yet what compare ^ 
 
 To whom the winged Hierarch reply’d. 
 
 O Adam, one Almighty is, from w'hom 
 All things proceed, and up to him return, 4*70 
 
 If not deprav’d from good, created all ' 
 
 Such to perfedion, one firft matter all,. 
 
 Indued with various forms, various degrees 
 Of fubftance, and in things that live, of life ; 
 
 But more refin’d, more fpiritous, and pure, 475 
 
 As nearer to him plac’d or nearer tending 
 Each in their feveral adive fpheres affign’d. 
 
 Till body up to fpirit work, in bounds 
 Proportion’d to each kind. So from the root 
 Springs lighter the green ftalk, from thence the leaves 
 More aery, laft the bright confummate flower 481 
 Spirits odorous breathes : flow’rs and their fruit, 
 
 Man’s nouriftiment, by gradual fcalc fublim’d. 
 
 To vital fpi’rits afpire, to animal. 
 
 To inteiledual ; give both life and fenfe, 48^ 
 
 Fancy and underftanding ; whence the foul 
 
138 Paradise Lost, Book V. 
 
 Reafon receives, and reafon is her being, 
 
 Difcurfive, or intuitive ; difcourfe 
 Is often yours, the latter moft is ours, 
 
 Diitering but in degree, of kind the fame. 400 
 
 ^V^onder not then, what God for you faw good ' 
 If I refufe not, but convert, as you. 
 
 To proper fubkance : time may come, when Men 
 With Angels may participate, and 'find 
 No inconvenient di’et, nor too light fare ; 
 
 And from thefe corporal nutriments perhaps 
 Your bodies may at lafl turn all to fpirit, 
 
 Improv’d by trafl of time, and wing’d afcend 
 Ethereal, as we, or may at choice 
 Here or in heav’niy Paradifes dwell : 
 
 If ye be found obedient, and retain 
 Unalterably firm his love entire, 
 
 Whofe progeny you are. Mean while enjoy 
 Your fill what happinefs this happy fiate 
 Can comprehend, incapable of more. 
 
 To v/hom the patriarch of mankind reply ’d. 
 
 O favorable Spi’rit, propitious gueft. 
 
 Well hail thou taught the way that might dlredl 
 Oar knowledge, and the fcale of nature fet 
 From center to circumference, wheheon 510 
 
 In contemplation of created things 
 By Heps we may afcend to God. But fay, 
 
 What meant that caution join’d. If ye be found 
 Obedient? can we want obedience then 
 To him, or poifibly his love defert, 51^ 
 
 Who form’d us from the dull, and plac’d us here 
 Full to the utmoil meafure of what blifs 
 Human defires can feek or apprehend ? 
 
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 To whom the Angel. Son of Heav’n and Earth, 
 Attend : That thou art happy, owe to God j 520 
 
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 That thou continueft fuch,. owe to thyfelf. 
 
 That is, to thy obedience i therein hand. 
 
 This was that caution giv^n thee ; be advis’d. 
 God made thee perfed:, not immutable ; 
 
 And good he made thee, but to perfevere 
 He left it in thy powV ; ordain’d thy will 
 By nature freCj not over-rul’d by fate 
 Inextricable, or hri6l neceflity : 
 
 Our voluntary fervice he requires. 
 
 Not our necelEtated ; fuch with him 
 Finds no acceptance, nor can find i for how 
 Can hearts, not free, be try’d whether they ferve 
 Willing or no^ who will but what they mull 
 By dehiny, and can no other choofe ? 
 
 Myfelf and all th’ angelic hoft, that hand 
 In light of God enthron’d, our happy hate 
 Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds i 
 On other furety none 5 freely we ferve, 
 
 Becaufe we freely love, as in our will 
 To love or not ; in this we hand or fall : 
 
 And fome are fail’n, to difobedience fall’n. 
 
 And fo from Heav’n to deepeh Hell j O fall 
 From what high hate of blifs into what woe ! 
 
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 540 
 
 To whom our great progenitor. Thy words 
 Attentive, and with more delighted ear, 5^ 
 
 Divine inhruflor, I have heard, than when 
 Cherubic fongs by night from neighb’ring hills 
 Aereal mufic fend : nor knew I not 
 To be both will and deed created free ; 
 
 Yet that we never Ihall forget to love 55 
 
 Our Maker, and obey him whofe command 
 Single is yet fo juh, my conhant thoughts 
 Ahur’d me’, and hill afiure ; though what thou tell’ft 
 Hath pah in Heav’n, fome doubt within me move. 
 
140 Paradise Lost. 
 
 But more defire to hear, if thou confent, 
 
 The full relation, which muft needs be ftrange. 
 Worthy of facred filence to be heard ? 
 
 And we have yet large day, for fcarce the fun 
 Hath finilh d half his journey’, and fcarce begins 
 His other half in the great zone of Heaven. 
 
 Thus Adam made requeft ; and Raphael 
 After fliort paufe affenting, thus began. 
 
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 560 
 
 High matter thou injoin’ft me, O prime of men. 
 
 Sad task and hard ; for how lhall I relate 
 
 To human fenfe th’ invifible exploits ^65 
 
 Of warring Spirits ? how without remorfe 
 
 The ruin of fo many glorious once 
 
 And perfed while they flood ? how laft unfold 
 
 The fecrets of another world, perhaps 
 
 Not lawful to reveal ? yet for thy good 570 
 
 This is difpens’d ; and what furmounts the reach 
 
 Of human fenfe, I lhall delineate fo. 
 
 By likening fpiritual to corporal forms. 
 
 As may exprefs them beft ; though what if Earth 
 Be but the lhadow’ of Heav’n, and things therein 575 
 Each to’ other like, more than on earth is thought ? 
 
 As yet this world was not, and Chaos wild 
 Reign’d where thefe Heav’ns now roll, where Earth 
 Upon her center pois’d ; when on a day [now refls 
 (For time, though in eternity, apply ’d 580 
 
 To motion, meafures all things durable 
 By prefent, pafl, and future) on fuch day 
 As Heav’n’s great year brings forth, th’ empyreal hofl 
 Of Angels by imperial fummons call’d. 
 
 Innumerable before th’ Almighty’s throne 585 
 
 Forthwith from all the ends of Heav’n appear’d 
 
Book V. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Under their Hierarchs in orders bright : 
 
 Ten thoufand thoufand enfigns high advanc’d. 
 Standards and gonfalons ’twixt van and rear 
 Stream in the air, and for diftinftion ferve 
 Of hierarchies, of orders, and degrees j 
 Or in their glittering tiffues bear imblaz’d 
 Holy memorials, afts of zeal and love 
 Recorded eminent. Thus when in orbs 
 Of circuit inexpreflible they flood. 
 
 Orb within orb, the Father infinite. 
 
 By whom in blifs imbofom’d fat the Son, 
 Amidfl as from a flaming mount, whofe top 
 Brightnefs had made invifible, thus fpake. 
 
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 Hear all ye Angels, progeny of light, 600 
 
 Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers, 
 Hear my decree, which unrevok’d lhall ftand. 
 
 This day I have begot whom I declare 
 
 My only Son, and on this holy hill 
 
 Him have anointed, whom ye now behold 505 
 
 At my right hand ; your head I him appoint 1 
 
 And by myfelf have fworn to him fhall bow 
 
 All knees in Heav’n, and fhall confefs him Lord : 
 
 Under his great vice-gerent reign abide 
 
 United as one individual foul 610 
 
 For ever happy : Him who difobeys. 
 
 Me difobeys, breaks union, and that day 
 Call out from God and blefled vifion, falls 
 Into’ utter darknefs, deep ingulf’d, his place 
 Ordain’d without redemption, without end. 6 1 5 
 
 So fpake th’ Omnipotent, and with his words 
 All feem’d well pleas’d j all feem’d, but were not all. 
 That day, as other folemn days, they fpent 
 In fong and dance about the facred hill s 
 
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 Myftical dance, which yonder ftarry iphere 6 zo 
 Of planets and of fix’d in all her wheels 
 Refembles neareft, mazes intricate. 
 
 Eccentric, intervolv’d, yet regular 
 Then moft, when moll; irregular they feem ; 
 
 And in their motions, harmony divine 62^ 
 
 So fmooths her charming tones, that God’s own ear 
 Lifiens delighted. Evening now approach’d 
 (For we have alfo’ our evening and our morn. 
 
 We ours for change deledable, not need) 
 
 Forthwith from dance to fweet repafi: they turn 630 
 Defirous ; all in circles as they flood. 
 
 Tables are fet, and on a fudden pil’d 
 With Angels food, and rubied nedar flows 
 In pearl, in diamond, and mafiy gold. 
 
 Fruit of delicious vines, the growth of Heaven. 635 
 On flow’rs repos’d, and with frelh flow’rets crown’d. 
 They eat, they drink, and in communion fweet 
 Quaff immortality and joy, fecure 
 Qf furfeit where full meafure only bounds 
 Excefs, before th’ all-bounteous King, who fliow’rd 640 
 With copious hand, rejoicing in their joy. 
 
 Now when ambrofial night with clouds exhal’d 
 From that high mount of God, whence light and lhade 
 Spring both, the face of brightefl Heav’n had chang’d 
 To grateful twilight (for night comes not there 645 
 In darker veil) and rofeat dews difpos’d 
 All but th’ unfleeping eyes of God to reft ; 
 
 Wide over all the plain, and wider far 
 Than all this globous earth in plain outfpread, 
 
 (Such are the courts of God) th’ angelic throng, 650 
 Eifpers’d in bands and files, their camp extend 
 By living ftreams among the trees of life. 
 
 Pavilions numberlefs, and fudden rear’d, 
 
 Cekftial tabernacles, where they flept ^54 
 
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 Fann’d with cool winds ; fave thofe who in their courfe 
 
 Melodious hymns about the fovran throne 
 Alternate all night long : but not fo wak’d 
 Satan ; fo call him now, his former name 
 Is heard no more in Heav’n j he of the firft. 
 
 If not the firft Arch-Angel, great in power, 
 
 In favor and praeeminence, yet fraught 
 With envy’ againft the Son of God, that day 
 Honor’d by his great Father, and proclam’d 
 Meffiah King anointed, could not bear 664 
 
 Through pride that fight, and thought himfelf impair’d! 
 Deep malice thence conceiving and difdain. 
 
 Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour 
 Friendliefi: to fleep and filence, he refolv’d 
 With all his legions to diflodge, and leave 
 Unworfliipt, unobey’d the throne fupreme 676 
 Contemptuous, and his next fubordinate 
 Awak’ning, thus to him in fecret fpake 
 
 Sleep’ll thou. Companion dear, what fleep can clofe 
 Thy eye-lids ? and remember’d: what decree 
 Of yellerday, fo late hath pafs’d the lips 675 
 
 Of Heav’n ’s Almighty. Thou to me thy thoughts 
 Waft wont, I mine to thee was wont to’ impart ; 
 
 Both waking we were one ; how then can now 
 Thy fleep diflent ? New laws thou feeft impos’d 1 
 -New laws from him who reigns, new minds may raife 
 In us who ferve, new counfels, to debate 68 1 
 
 What doubtful may enfue : more in this place 
 To utter is not fafe. Aflemble thou 
 Of all thofe myriads which we lead the chief ; 
 
 Tell them that by command, ere yet dim night 685 
 Her fliadowy cloud withdraws, I am to hafte. 
 
 And all who under me their banners wave, 
 
 Homeward with flying march where we poiTefs 
 
144 Paradise Lost, Book V. 
 
 The quarters of the north ; there to prepare 
 
 Fit entertainment to receive our king 5 qq 
 
 The great Meffiah, and his new commands. 
 
 Who fpeedily through all the hierarchies 
 Intends to pafs triumphant, and give laws. 
 
 So fpake the falfe Arch- Angel, and infus’d 
 Bad influence into th’ unwary breafl: 5 
 
 Of his aflhciate : he together calls, 
 
 Or feveral one by one, the regent Powers, 
 
 Under him regent tells, as he was taught. 
 
 That the mofl High commanding, now ere nieht 
 Now ere dim night had difincumber’d Heaven, ’700 
 The great hierarchal flandard was to move • 
 
 Tells the fuggefted caufe, and cafls between ’ 
 
 Ambiguous words and jealoufies, to found 
 
 Or taint integrity : but all obey’d 
 
 The wonted fignal, and fuperior voice 
 
 Of their great potentate I for great indeed 'T 
 
 His name, and high was his degree in Heaven ; 
 
 His count’nance, as the morning liar that guides 
 The Harry flock, allur’d them, and with lies 
 Drew after him the third part of HeavVs hofl. 710 
 
 Mean while th’ eternal eye, whofe flght difcerns 
 Abflrufefl: thoughts, from forth his holy mount 
 And from within the golden lamps that bum 
 Nightly before him, faw without their light 
 Rebellion rifmg, faw in whom, how fpread 71^ 
 
 Among the fons of morn, what multitudes 
 Were banded to oppofe his high decree ; 
 
 And fmiling to his only Son thus faid. 
 
 Son, thou in whom my glory I behold 
 In full rcfplsndence, Heir of all my might, 720 
 
BookV, Paradise Lost, 
 
 Kearly it now concerns us to be fure 
 Of ^ur omnipotence, and with what arms 
 We mean to hold what anciently we dame 
 Of deity or empire ; fuch a foe 
 Is riling, who intends to’ ereft his throne 
 Equal to ours, throughout the fpacious norths 
 Nor fo content, hath in his thought to tiy 
 In battel, what our pow’r is, or out right. 
 
 Let us advife, and to this hazard draw 
 With fpeed what force is left, and all employ 
 In our defenfe, left unawares we lofe 
 This our high place, our fanduary, our hill. 
 
 To whom the Son with calm afped and clear. 
 Lightning divine, inelFable, ferene. 
 
 Made anfwer. Mighty Father, thou thy foes 
 Juftly haft in derifion, and fecure 
 Laugh’ft at their vain deftgns and tumults vain. 
 Matter to me of glory, whom their hate 
 ; lUuftrates, when they fee all regal power 
 I Giv’n me to quell their pride, and in event 
 Know whether I be dextrous to fubdue 
 j Thy rebels, or be found the worft in Heaven. 
 
 j So fpake the Son i but Satan with his Powers 
 Far was advanc’d on winged fpeed, an hoft 
 Innumerable asthe ftars of night. 
 
 Or ftars of morning, dew-drops, which the fun 
 Impearls on every leaf and every flower. 
 
 Regions they pafs’d, the mighty regencies 
 Of Seraphim and Potentates and Thrones 
 In their triple degrees; regions to which 
 All thy dominion, Adam, is no more 
 Than what this garden is to all the earth. 
 
 And all the fea, from one entire globofe 
 H 
 
14^ Pa’radise Lost. EookV. 
 
 Stretch’d into longitude ; which having pafsM 
 At length into the limits of the north 75^ 
 
 ^hey came, and' Satan to his royal feat 
 High on a hill, far blazing, as a mount 
 Rais’d on a mount, with pyramids and towers 
 Prom diamond quarries hev/n, and rocks of gold 
 
 The palace of great Lucifer, (fo call 
 That ftrudure in the dialed of men 
 Interpreted) which not long after, he 
 AlFeding all equality with God, 
 
 In imitation of that mount whereon 
 Meiliah was declaPd in fight of Heaven, 
 The Mountain of the Congregation call’d ; 
 For thither he alTembled all his train. 
 Pretending fo commanded to confult 
 About the great reception of their king 
 Thither to come, and with calumnious art 
 Of counterfeited truth thus held their ears. 
 
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 76s 
 
 770 
 
 Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers, 
 if thefe magnific titles yet remain 
 Not merely titular, fince by decree 
 Another now hath to himfelf ingrofs’d 77^ 
 
 .All pow’r, and us eclips’d under the name 
 Of King anointed, for whom all this hafte 
 Of midnight march, and hurried meeting here. 
 
 This only to confult how we may bed 
 With what may be devis’d of honors new 7 go 
 
 Receive him coming to receive from us 
 Knee-tribute yet unpaid, prollration vile. 
 
 Too much to one, but double how iudar’d. 
 
 To one and to his image now proclam’d ? 
 
 But what if better counfels might ered 7^^ 
 
 Our minds, and teach us to call: off this yoke ? 
 
 Will ye fubmit your necks, and choofe to bend 
 
*47 
 
 Book V. P A R A B I s E L O S T.’ 
 
 The fupple knee? ye will not, if I truft 
 To know ye right, or if ye know yourfelves 
 Natives and fons of Heav’n poh'efs’d before 
 By none, and if not equal all, yet free 
 Equally free j -for orders and degrees 
 Jar not with liberty, but well confift. 
 
 Who can in reafon then or right alTume 
 Monarchy over fuch as live by right 
 His equals, if in pow’r and fplendor lefs. 
 
 In freedom equal ? or can introduce 
 Law and edid on us, who without law 
 Err not ? much lefs for This to be our Lord, 
 And look for adoration to th’ abufe 
 Of thofe imperial titles, which affert 
 Our being ordain’d to govern, not to ferve. 
 
 79 ® 
 
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 Thus far iiis bold difcourfe without control! 
 Had audience, when among the Seraphim 
 Abdiel, than whom none with more zeal ador’d 
 The Deity’, and divine commands obey’d. 
 Stood up, and in a flame of zeal fevere 
 The current of his fury thus oppos’d. 
 
 i O argument blafphemous, falfe and proud f 
 I Words which no ear ever to hear in Heaven 
 j Expeded, leaft of all from thee, Ingrate, 
 jin place thy^lf fo high above thy peers. 
 
 I Canft thou with impious obloquy condemn 
 Thejuft decree of God, pronounc’d and fworn 
 1 hat to his only Son by right indued 
 With regal fcepter, every foul in Heaven 
 Shall bend the knee, and in that honor due 
 jConfefs him rightful King? unjuft, thou fay ’ft, 
 Tlatly unjuft, to bind with laws the free, 
 
 I And equal over equals to let reign^ 
 
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148 Paradise Lost.’ BookV. 
 
 One over all with unfucceeded power. 
 
 Shalt thou give law to God, flialt thou difpute 
 With him the points of liberty, who made 
 Thee what thou art, and form’d the Pow’rs of Heaven 
 Such as he pleas’d, and circumfcrib’d their being ? 6,25 
 Yet by experience taught we know how good. 
 
 And of our good and of our dignity 
 
 How provident he is, how far from thought 
 
 To make us lefs, bent rather to exalt 
 
 Our happy flate under one head more near 83® 
 
 United. But to grant it thee unjuft. 
 
 That equal over equals monarch reign : 
 
 Thyfelf though great and glorious doll thou count. 
 Or all angelic nature join’d in one, 
 
 Equal to him begotten Son ? by whom 835 
 
 As by his Word the mighty Father made 
 All things, ev’n thee ; and all the Spi’rits of Heaven 
 By him created in their bright degrees. 
 
 Crown’d them with glory’, and to their glory nam’d 
 Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers, 
 ElTential Pow’rs ; nor by his reign obfcur’d, 841 
 
 But more illuftrious made ; lince he the head 
 One of our number thus reduc’d becomes ; 
 
 His laws our laws ^ all honor to him done 
 Returns our own. Ceafe then this impious rage, 845 
 And tempt not thefe ; but hallen to appeafe 
 Th’ incenfed Father, and th’ incenfed Son, 
 
 While pardon may be found in time befought. 
 
 So fpake the fervent Angel ; but his zeal 
 None feconded, as out of feafon judg’d, 850 
 
 Or fingular and rafh, whereat rejoic’d 
 Th’ Apoftate, and more haughty thus reply ’d. 
 
 That we were form’d then fay’ll thou ? and the work 
 Of fecondary hands, by task transferr’d 
 
BookV. Paradise Lost. 149 
 
 From Father to his Son ? ftrange point and new! 855 
 DoOrin which we would know whence learn’d : who faw 
 When this creation was ? remember’d thou 
 Thy making, while the Maker gave thee being ? 
 
 We know no time when we were not as now ; 
 
 Know none before us, felf-begot, felf rais’d 86a 
 
 By our own quick’ning pow’r, when fatal courfe 
 Had circled his full orb, the birth mature 
 Of this our native Heav’n, ethereal^ fons. 
 
 Our puiffance is our own ; our own right hand ^ 
 Shall teach us higheft deeds, by proof to try 865 
 Who is our equal : then thou lhalt behold 
 Whether by fupplication we intend 
 Addrefs, and to begirt th’ almighty throne 
 Befeeching or befieging. This report^ 
 
 Thefe tidings carry to th’ anointed King ^ t/o 
 
 And fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. 
 
 He faid, and as the found of waters deep* 
 
 Hoarfe murmur echo’d to his words applaufe 
 ' Through the infinite hoft j nor lefs for that 
 I The flaming Seraph fearlefs, though alone $75 
 
 i Incompafs’d round with foes,, thus anfwer’d bold, 
 
 O alienate from God, O Spi’rit accurs’d, 
 t Forfaken of all good j I fee thy fall 
 i Determin’d, and thy haplefs crew involv’d 
 !l In this perfidious fraud, contagion fpread 88b 
 
 i Both of thy crime and puniihment : henceforth 
 i No more be troubled how to quit the yoke 
 i; Of God’s Mefliah ; thofe indulgent laws 
 i Will not be now vouchfaf ’d ; other decrees 
 
 Againft thee are gone forth without recall ; 889 
 
 That golden fcepter, which thou didft reject, 
 
 Is now an iron rod to bruife and break 
 
Th .-rK Book v 
 
 Tky Afobedieace. Well thou didfl advife 
 Yet not for thy advice or threats I fly ’ 
 hefe Wicked tents devoted, left the wratK goa 
 
 Impendent, raging into hidden flame ^ 
 
 ^idinguimnot: for foon exped to feel 
 His thunder on thy head, devouring fire. 
 
 Then who created thee lamenting learn, 
 
 When who can uncreate thee thou lhalt know. ggrj- 
 
 So fpa^ the Seraph Abdiel faithful found 
 Among the faithlefs. faithful only he • 
 
 Among innumerable falfe, unmov’dt ’ 
 
 UnfhaKen, unredac’d,. unterH/^’d- 
 
 His loyalty he kept, his love, his zieal j 
 
 Nor number, nor example with him wrought ® 
 
 To fwerve from truth, or change his conftam mind 
 Though fingle. From amidft them forth he paft'd 
 Long way through hofiile fcorn, which he fVftain’d 
 Superior, nor of violence fear’d ought j oar 
 
 And with retorted fcorn his back he turn’d ’ ^ 
 On thofe proud tow’rs to fwift deftruflion doom’d. 
 
 Tie End ef the fifth Book 
 
THE 
 
 SIXTH BOOK 
 O F 
 
 paradise lost. 
 
The Argument. 
 
 Raphael <■<>»//»»« to Michael aWGabriel 
 
 fent forth to battel againji Satan and his Angels, Thff 
 defcrih d : Satan and his Ponvers retire under 
 night . He calls a council^ inn^ents denjilijh enginest nvhich- 
 ^n the fecond dafs fight fut Michael and his Angels ta 
 fisme dif order ; hut they, at length fulling up mountains 
 enjernvhelm d loth the force and machines of Satan : Yet 
 the tumult not fo ending, God on the third day fe7ids 
 M^essiar his Son, for 'vshom he had nefer^iPd the glory 
 of that njiSiory : He in the po<wer of Father com^ 
 ing to the place, and caufing all, his legions to fiand fill 
 on either fide, <with his chariot and thunder dri^ving into 
 the midfi of his enemies, furfues them unable to refifi 
 towards the nvall of Hea<ven ; nvhich opening, they leaf 
 dc^n nxdth horror and confufion into the place of punijh- 
 ment prepaid for them in the deep : MErstAH* returns, 
 wth triumph to Father. 
 


 1 
 
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 I 
 
 
 ■' -i 
 
 
PARADISE LOST. 
 
 book VI. 
 
 [;, L nigKt the dreadlefs Angel unpurfued 
 Through Heav’n’s wide champion held 
 his way i till morn, 
 
 Wak’d by the circling, hours, with rofy 
 hand 
 
 Unbarr’d.the gates of light. Tliereis a cave 
 Within the mount of God, fad by his throne, 5 
 Where light and darknefs in perpetual round 
 I Lodge and dillodge by turns,, which, makes through 
 Grateful viciflitude, like day and night ; [Heaven’ 
 
 Light iffues forth, and at the other door ' 
 
 Obfequious darknefs enters, , till her hour ^ 10 ' 
 
 To veil the Heav’n, though darknefs there mighc/welL 
 I Seem twilight here : and now went forth the morn 
 j Such as in highed Heav’n, array’d in gold 
 Empyreal ; from before her vanidi’d night, 
 
 I Shot through with orient beams ; when all the plain 15; 
 
 as 
 
 il 
 
 I 
 
rf4 Paradise Lost. BooIcTL 
 
 Cover’d with thick imbatlel’d fquadrons bright. 
 Chariots and flaming arms, and fiery fleeds 
 Refieding blaze on blaze, firfl met his view *. 
 
 War he perceiv’d, war in procin(fl, and found 
 Already known what he for news had thought 2(5 
 To have reported : gladly then he mix’d 
 Among thofe friendly Pow’rs, who him receiv’d 
 With joy and acclamations loud, that one. 
 
 That of fo many myriads fali’n, yet one 
 Return’d not loft : On to the facred hill 25 
 
 They led him high applauded, and prefent 
 Before the feat fupreme ; from W'henee a voice 
 From midfl: a golden cloud thus mild was heard. 
 
 Servant of God, well dcjne, well hafl: thou fought 
 The better fight, who fingle haft maintain’d 50 
 
 Againft revolted multitudes the caufe 
 Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms- 
 And for the teftimony’ of truth haft borne 
 Univerfal reproach, far worfs to bear 
 Than violence ; for this was all thy care 35; 
 
 To ftand approv’d in fight of God, though worlds 
 Judg’d thee perverfe : the eafier eonqueft now 
 Remains thee, aided by this hoft of friends. 
 
 Back on thy foes more glorious to return 
 
 Than fcorn’d thou didft depart, and to fubdue 40 
 
 By force, who reafon for their law refufe. 
 
 Right reafon for their law, and for their king 
 Mefiiah, who by right of merit reigns. 
 
 Go Michael of celeftial armies prince. 
 
 And thou in military prowefs next 4^ 
 
 Gabriel, lead forth to battel thefe my fons 
 Invincible, lead forth my armed Saints 
 By thoufands and by millions rang’d for fight. 
 
 Equal in nombef to that< Godlefs crew 
 
Book VI, Paradise Lost. 
 
 Rebellious ; them with fire and hoftile arms 
 Fearlefs affault, and to the brow of Heaven 
 Purfuing drive them out from God and blifs 
 Into their place of punifiiment, the ^ulf 
 Of Tartarus, which ready opens wide 
 His fiery Chaos to receive their fall. 
 
 So fpake the fovran voice, and clouds began 
 To darken all the hill, apd fmoke to roll 
 In dusky wreaths, relu6lant flames, the flgn 
 Of wrath awak’d ; nor with lefs dread the loud 
 I ^hereal trumpet from on high ’gan blow : 
 
 At which command the Powers militant, 
 
 I That flood for Heav’n, in mighty quadrate join’d 
 j Of union irrefiftible, inov’4 on 
 ; In filence their bright legions, to the found 
 
 I Of ihflrumental harmony, that breath’d 6 $ 
 
 Heroic ardor to adventrous deeds 
 f Under their God -like leaders, in the caufe 
 ; Of God and his Meffiah. On they mov,e 
 ‘ Indiflblably firm; nor obvious hill. 
 
 Nor ftrait’ning vale, nor wood, nor flream divides 7P 
 ' Their perfed ranks ; for high above the giQund 
 Their march was, and the paffive air upbore 
 Their nimble tread ; as when the total kind 
 Of birds, in orderly array on wing, 
 
 Game fummon’d over Eden to receive 7S 
 
 Their names of thee ; fo over many a trad 
 Of Heavn they march’d, and many a provmc^e Wide 
 Tenfold the length of this terrene : at kft. 
 
 Far in th’ horizon to the north appear d 
 
 From .skirt to sjcirt a fiery region, ^ ftretch d © 
 
 In battailous afped, and nearer vie,w 
 
 Bribed with upright beams innumeral^e 
 
 Of ri^ fpear^ and helm&tjs throng’d, ^ flnelds 
 
 SP 
 
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15^ Paradise Lost. Book VI. 
 
 Various, with boaftful' argument portray’d. 
 
 The banded Pow’rs of Satan hafting on"^ * 
 
 With furious expedition ; for they ween’d ' 
 
 That felf^fame day by fight, or by furprife. 
 
 To win the mount of God, and on his throne' 
 
 To fet the envier of his fiate, the proud 
 Afpirer, but their thoughts prov’d fond and vain 
 In the mid way : though ftrange to us it fecm’d ' 
 At firft, that' Angel fiiould with Angel war. 
 
 And in .fierce hofting meet, who wont to meet 
 So oft in feliivals of joy and love 
 tJhanimon?, as fons of one great fire- 
 Hymning th’ eternal Father: but the Ihout- 
 Of battel now began> and rulhing founds 
 Of onfet ended foon each milder thought. 
 
 High in the midll exalted" as a^God 
 
 Th’ Apoftate in his fun-bright chariot fat, . too 
 
 Idol of majefiy divine, inclos’d: 
 
 With flaming Cherubim and golden fhields; 
 
 Then lighted-irom his gorgeous throne, for now- 
 Fwixt hofl and hoft but narrow ipace was left 
 A dreadful, interval, and front to , front 
 Prefented flood in- terrible, array; 
 
 Of hideous length : before- the. cloudy- vam,. 
 
 On the rough- edge of battel ere it join’d,* 
 Satan with vaft and haughty ftrides advanc’d 
 Came towring, arm’d in adamant and gpld; . 
 Abdiel that fight indur’d not, where he.flood 
 Among the mightiefti bent on.highefl deeds. 
 
 And thus his owa unwanted, heart explores. 
 
 O Heav’n I that fuch refemblance of the Highelf 
 Should yet remain, where faith and realty ut 
 
 Remain not : wherefore Ihould not flrcngth and might 
 There fail where virtue fails, or.weakefl prove- 
 
BbokVr. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Where boldeft, though to fight unconquerable 
 His puiffance, trufting in th’ Almighty’s aid^ 
 
 I mean to try, whofe reafon I have, try’d 
 Unfound and falfe i nor is it ought but judir 
 That he who in debate of truth hath won,. 
 
 Should win in arms, in both difputes alike • 
 
 Vidor ; though brutifh that conteft and foul. 
 
 When reafon hath to deal with force, yet fd 
 Moft reafon is that reafon overcome.. 
 
 So-pondering, and from his armed' peers-, 
 
 Forth depping oppofit, half way he met 
 His daring foe, at this prevention more 
 Incens’d, and thus fecurely him defy’d*. 
 
 Proud, art thou met ? thy Hope was to have reach’d 
 The highth of thy afpiring unoppos’d. 
 
 The throne of God: unguarded, and- his fide 
 Abandon’d at the terror of. thy power, 
 
 ©r potent tongue : fool, not to think how vaim 1 35;, 
 Againft th’ Omnipotent to rife in arms ; 
 
 Who out of fmalled things could without end. 
 
 Have rais’diinceffant armies to defeat 
 Thy folly ; . or with folitary hand 
 Reaching beyond all limit, at one blow 
 Unaided could have finifti’d thee, and whelm’d 
 Thy legions under darknefs ; but thou feeft 
 All are not of thy train ; there be who faitk', ” 
 Prefer, and piety to God, though then. 
 
 To thfie not vifible, when I alone 
 Seem’d in thy world erroneous to di/Tent; 
 
 From all : my fed thou feeft ; now learn too late 
 How few fometimes may. know, when thoufands err. 
 
 Whom the grand foe with fcornful eye askance 
 Tims anfwer’d. Ill for thee, but in wifti’d hour 
 
 ^5T 
 
 120 ' 
 
 12 ^. 
 
 
SS? FARADra? Lost, Hook VI, 
 
 Of my revenge, firft fought for thou return’il 
 From flight, feditious Angel, to receive 
 Thy merited reward, the firfl: aflhy 
 Of this right hand provok’d, flnce flrfl: that tongue 
 Infpir’d with eontradidlion durfl: oppofe 155: 
 
 A third part of the Gods, in fynod met 
 Their deities to aflert, who while they feel 
 Vigor divine within them, can allow 
 Omnipotence to none. But well thou corn’ll 
 Before thy fellows, ambitious to win 160 
 
 From me fome plume, that thy fuccefs may Ihow 
 Deftruaion to the ret: this paufe between 
 (Unanfwer’d lefl; thou boaft) to let thee know; 
 
 At flrll I thought that Liberty and Heaven 
 To heav nly fouls had been all one ; but now 
 I fee that moll through lloth had rather ferve, 
 Miniflring Spirits, train'd up in feall and fong ; 
 
 Such hall thou arm’d, the minllrelfy of Heaven, 
 Servility with freedom to contend. 
 
 As both their deeds compar’d this day fliall prove. 17© 
 
 To whom in brief thuff Abdiel Hern reply’d. 
 
 Apollate, Hill thou err’fl, nor end wilt find 
 Of erring,, from the path of truth remote : 
 
 Unjuftly thou deprav’fl; it witli the name 
 
 Of ferviitude to ferve whom God ordains, 175 
 
 Or Nature } God and Nature bid the fame. 
 
 When he who' rules is worthieft, and excel-s 
 Them whom he governs. This is fervitude, 
 
 To ferve th’ unwife, or him who hath rebell’d 
 Againll his worthier, as thine now ferve thee, iflo 
 Thyfelf not free, but to thyfelf inthrall’d ; 
 
 Yet lewdly dar’ll our miniftring upbraid. 
 
 Keign thou in Hell thy kingdom ; let me ferve 
 In Heav’n God ever blell, and his divine 
 B^hells obey, worthieft to be obey’d i 
 
Book VI. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Yet chains in Hell, not realms expeft : mean while 
 From me return'd, as erft thou faidfl, from flight. 
 This greeting on thy impious crefl receive. 
 
 m 
 
 ~ So fay’ing, a noble ftroke he lifted high, 
 
 Which hung not, but fo fwift with tempeft fell 19a 
 On the proud crefl: of Satan, that no fight, 
 
 Nor motion of fwift thought, lefs could his fliield 
 Such ruin intercept : ten paces huge 
 He back recoil’d ; the tenth on bended knee 
 His mafly fpear upftay’d ; as if on earth 
 Winds under ground, or waters forcing way 
 Sidelong had pufli’d a mountain, from his feat 
 Half funk with all his pines. Amazement fels'd 
 The rebel Thrones, but greater rage to fee 
 Thus foil’d their mightiell ; ours joy fill’d, and flioot, 
 Prefage of viflory, and fierce defire 
 Of battel : whereat Michael bid found 
 Th’ Arch- Angel trumpet j through the vaft of Heaven 
 It founded, and the faithful armies rung 
 Hofanna to the High’efl: : nor flood at gaze 
 The adverfe legions, nor lefs hideous join’d 
 The horrid fliock : now ftorming fury rofe, 
 
 And clamor fucli as heard in Heav’n till now 
 Was never ; arms on armour clafliing bray’d 
 Horrible difcord, and the madding wheels 
 Of brazen chaiiots rag'd; dire was the noife 
 
 20L 
 
 205- 
 
 21^ 
 
 Of conflid ; over head the difmal hifs 
 Of fiery darts in flaming volies flew, 
 
 And flying vaulted either hoft with fire. 
 
 So under fiery cope together rufh’d 
 Both battels main, with ruinous aflault 
 And inextinguifliable rage ; all Heaven 
 Refounded, and had Earth been then, all Earth 
 Had to her center fliook. What wonder I when 
 
t6o Pa RADI s E Las r. Book VL 
 
 MMlions of fierce encountring Angels fought 220 
 On either fide, the leaft of whom could wield 
 Thefe elements, and arm him with the force 
 Of all their regions ; how much more of power 
 Army’ againft army numberlefs to raife 
 Dreadful combuftion, warring,, and difiurb. 
 
 Though not deftroy, their, happy native feat ; 
 
 Had not th’ external King omnipotent 
 From his ftrong hold of Heav’m high over-rul’d 
 And limited their might f though number’d fuch 
 As each divided legion* might have feem’d 
 A numerous hoft, in ftrength each armed hand 
 A legion, led in fight yet leader feem’d' 
 
 Each warrior fingle as in chief, expert 
 When to advance, or ftand, or. turn the fway 
 Of battel, open when, and when to clofe 
 The ridges of grim war ; no thought of flight,. 
 
 None of retreat, no unbecoming deed 
 That argued fear j each on himfelf rely’di 
 As only in his arm the moment lay 
 Of vidory : deeds of eternal fame. 
 
 Wero done, but infinite ; for wide was fpread 
 That war and various, fometimes on firm ground 
 A flanding fight, then foaring on main wing^ 
 Tormented all the air ; all air feem’d then. 
 
 Conflidling fire •. long time, in. even fcale. 
 
 The battel hung ; till Satan, who that day. 
 
 Prodigious pow’r had fliown, and met in arms 
 No equal, ranging through the dire attack 
 Of fighting Seraphim confus’d, at length 
 Saw where the fword of Michael fmote, and fell’d 2 §p-'- 
 Squadrons at once ; with huge two-handed fway 
 Brandilh’d aloft the horrid edge came down 
 Vfide wafting j fuch deftrudlion to withftand ; 
 
 Mq hafted, and oppos’d the rocky ©rb. 
 
 225 
 
 23 «- 
 
 
 24 fr: 
 
IBook VI. Paradise Lost. t 6 t 
 
 Of tenfold adamant, his ample fliield, 255 
 
 A vaft circumference : At his approach 
 The great Arch- Angel from his warlike toil 
 Surceas’d, and glad as hoping here to end 
 Inteftin war in Heav’n, th’ arch-foe fubdu’d 
 Or captive dragg’d in chains, with hoftile frown 260 
 And vifage all inflam’d firfl thus began. 
 
 Author of ev’il, unknown till thy revolt, 
 
 Unnam’d in Heav’n, now plenteous, as thou feefl 
 Thefe ads of hateful ftrife, hateful to all. 
 
 Though heavieft by juft meafure on thyfelf 
 And thy adherents : how haft thou difturb’d 
 Heav’n’s blefled peace, and into nature brought 
 Mifery, uncreated till the crime 
 Of thy rebellion ? how haft thou inftill’d 
 Thy malice into thoufands, once upright 270 
 
 And faithful, now prov’d falfe ? But think not here 
 To trouble holy reft ; Heav’n cafts thee out 
 From all her confines. Heav’n the feat of blifs 
 Brooks not the works of violence and wan 
 Hence then, and evil go with thee along, 27I 
 
 Thy ofspring, to the place of evil, Hell, 
 
 Thou and thy wicked crew ; there mingle broils, 
 
 Ere this avenging fword begin thy doom. 
 
 Or fome more fudden vengeance wing’d from God 
 Precipitate thee with augmented pain. 
 
 So fpake the prince of Angels ; to whom thus 
 The Adverfary. Nor think thou with wind 
 Of aery threats to awe whom yet with deeds 
 Thou canft not. Haft thou turn’d the leaft of thefe 
 To flight, or if to fall, but that they rife 285 
 
 Unvanquifh’d, eafier to tranfad with me 
 That thou fhouldft hope, imperious, and with threats 
 
t6z Paradis^b Lost. Book VI; 
 
 To chafe me her.ce ? err not that fo fhall end 
 1 he ftrife which thou caU’ft evil, but we flile 
 The ftrife of, glory ; which we mean to win, 200 
 Or turn this Heav’n itfelf into the Hell 
 Thou fableft., here however to dwell free, 
 
 M not to reign : mean while thy utmoft force, 
 
 And join him nam’d Almighty to thy, aid, 
 i fly not, but have fought thee far and nigh. 295. 
 
 They ended parle, and both addrefs’d for fight 
 tJnfpeakable 5 for who, though with the tongue 
 Of Angels, can relate, or to what things 
 Liken on earth confpicuous, that may lift 
 Human imagination to fuch highth 
 Of Godlike pow’r ? for likeft Gods they feem'd,. 
 
 Stood they or mov’d, in flature, motion, arms. 
 
 Fit to decide the empire of great Heaven. 
 
 Now wav’d their fiery fwords, and in the air 
 Made horrid circles ; two broad funs their Ihields 
 Blaz’d oppolit, while expedlation flood 
 In horror ; from each hand with fpeed retir’d. 
 
 Where erft was thickefl fight, th’ angelic throng, 
 
 And left large field, unfafe within the wind 
 Of fuch commotion ; fuch as, to fet forth 
 Great things by fmall, if nature’s concord broke. 
 Among the conftellations war were fprung, 
 
 Two planets rufliing from afped malign 
 Of fiercefl oppofidon in mid sky 
 Should combat, and their jarring fpheres confound. 3 r ^ 
 Together both with next to’ almighty arm 
 Uplifted imminent, one flroke they aim’d 
 That might determin, and not need repeat. 
 
 As not of pow’r at once ; nor odds appear’d 
 In might or fwift prevention : but the fword 
 Of Michael from the arnioury of God 
 
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 319 
 
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Book VI; Fa R A D I s e L o »t. 
 
 Was giv’n him temper’d fo, that neither keen 
 Nor folid might refift that edge ; it met 
 The fword of Satan with deep force to fmite 
 Befcending, and in half' cut flieer ; nor flay’d, 325 
 But with fwift wheel reverfej deep entring (har’d 
 All his right fide i then Satan firfl knew pain. 
 
 And writh’d him to. and fro convolv’d; fo foro 
 The griding fword with difcontinuous wound 
 Pafs’d through him : but th’ ethereal fubflance clos’d, 
 Not long divifible ; and from the gafh 
 A’ flream of ne^la’rous humor iffuing flow’d 
 Sanguin, fuch as celeflial Spi’rks may bleed:. 
 
 And all his armour flam’d ere while fo bright. 
 Forthwith on all fides to his aid was run 
 By Angels many and flrong, who interpos’d 
 Defenfe, while others bore him on their fhielda 
 Back to his chariot, where it fbod.retir’d 
 From off the files of war ; there they him laid 
 Gnafhing for anguifh and defpite and fhame, 
 
 To find himfelf not matchlefs, and his pride 
 Humbled by fuch rebuke, fo far beneath 
 His confidence to equal God in power.. 
 
 Yet foon he heal’d ; for Spi’rits that live throughout 
 Vital in every part, not as frail man 
 In entrails, heart or head, liver or reins,. 
 
 Cannot but by annihilating die ; 
 
 Nor in their liquid texture mortal wound 
 Receive, no more than can the fluid air : 
 
 All heart they live, all head, all eye, all ear. 
 
 All intelled, all fenfe ; and as they pleafe, 
 
 They limb themfeves, and color, fhape or fize 
 AfTume, as likes them befl, condenfe or rare^ 
 
 
 331 ; 
 
 340 
 
 34S: 
 
 33 a 
 
 Mean while in other parts like deeds deferv’d 
 Memorial, where the might of Gabriel fought. 
 
 
1^4 
 
 Paradise Lost. 
 
 Book VI. 
 
 And with fierce enfigns pierc’d the deep array 
 Of Moloch furious king ; who him defy’d. 
 
 And at his chariot wheels to drag him bound 
 Threaten’d, nor from the Holy One of Heaven 
 Refrain’d his tongue blafphemous ; but anon 360 
 Down cloven to the wafte, with fhatter’d arms 
 And uncouth pain fled bellowing. On each wing 
 Uriel and Raphael his vaunting foe. 
 
 Though huge, and in a rock of diamond arm’d, 
 Vanquiih’d Adramelech, and Afmadar, 365^ 
 
 Two potent Thrones, that to be lefs than Gods 
 Difdain’d, but meaner thoughts learn’d in their flight,. 
 Mangled wdth ghaftly wounds through plate and mail. 
 Nor flood unmindful Abdiel to annoy 
 
 The atheift crew, but with redoubled blow 
 Ariel and Arioch, and the violence 
 Of Ramiel fcorch’d and blafted overthrew. 
 
 370 
 
 I might relate of thoufands, and their names 
 Eternize here on earth, but thofe eleft 
 Angels, contented with their fame in Heaven, 575: 
 Seek not the praife of men : the other fort. 
 
 In might though wondrous and in adls of war. 
 
 Nor of renown lefs eager, yet by doom 
 Cancel’d from Heav’n and facred memory, 
 
 Namelefs in dark oblivion let them dwell. 318©' 
 
 For ftreiigth from truth divided and from juft, 
 lilaudable, nought merits but difpraife 
 And ignominy, yet to glory afpires 
 Vain glorious, and through infamy feeks fame : 
 Therefore eternal fllence be their doom. 38^ 
 
 And now their mightieft quell’d, the battel fwexv’d,. 
 With many an inroad gor’d ; deformed rout 
 Itjter’d,. and foul diforder ; all the ground 
 
i65 
 
 Book VI. Paradise Lost. 
 
 With fliiver’d armour ftrown, and on a heap 
 Chariot and charioteer lay overturn’d 39Q 
 
 And fiery foaming fteeds j what flood, recoil’d 
 O’er-wearied, through the faint Satanic hoft 
 Defenflve fcarce, or with pale fear furpris’d. 
 
 Then firft with fear furpris’d and fenfe of pain. 
 
 Fled ignominious, to fuch evil brought 395 
 
 By fln of difobedience, till that hour 
 Kot liable to fear or flight or pain. 
 
 Far otherwife th’ inviolable Saints 
 In cubic phalanx firm advanc’d entire. 
 
 Invulnerable, impenetrably arm’d ; 4c® 
 
 Such high advantages their innocence 
 
 Gave them above their foes, not to have finn’d. 
 
 Not to have difobey’d j in fight they flood 
 Unwearied, unobnoxious to be pain’d 404 
 
 By wound, though from their place by violence mov’d. 
 
 Now night her courfe began, and over Heaven 
 Inducing darknefs, grateful truce impos’d. 
 
 And filence on the odious din of war : 
 
 Under her cloudy covert both retir’d, 
 
 Vidlor and vanquilh’d : on the foughten field 41© 
 Michael and his Angels prevalent 
 Incamping, plac’d in guard their watches round. 
 Cherubic waving fires : on th’ other part 
 Satan with his rebellious difappear’d. 
 
 Far in the dark diflodg’d ; and void of refl, ' 415 
 
 His potentates to council call’d by night j 
 And in the midft thus undifmay’d began. 
 
 O now in danger try’d, now known in armd 
 Not to be overpow’rd. Companions dear. 
 
 Found worthy not of liberty alone, 43© 
 
 Too mean pretence, but what we more alFe^^, 
 
Book VI. 
 
 425 
 
 4$d 
 
 Par aoise Lost. 
 
 •Honor, dominion, ^lory, and renown; 
 
 Who have fuftain’d one day in doubtful light 
 (And if one day, why not eternal days ?) 
 
 What Heaven’s Lord had pow’rfolleft to fend 
 Agamft us from about has throne, and judg’d 
 Sufficient to fubdue us to his will. 
 
 But proves not fo : then fallible, it feems. 
 
 Of future we may deem him, though till now 
 Omaifcient thought. True is, lefs firmly arm’d. 
 Some difadvantage we indur’d and pain. 
 
 Till now not known, but known as foon contemn’d; 
 Since now we find this our empyreal form 
 Incapable of mortal injury. 
 
 Impel ifhaole, and though pierc’d with wound 
 Soon doling, and by native vigor heal’d. 
 
 Of evil then fo fmall as eafy think 
 The remedy ; perhaps more valid arms. 
 
 Weapons more violent, when next we meet. 
 
 May ferve to better us, and worfe our foes. 
 
 Or equal what between us made the odds. 
 
 In nature none : if other hidden caufe 
 Left them fuperior, while we can preferve 
 Unhurt our minds and underfianding found. 
 
 Due fearch and confultation will difclofe. 
 
 435 
 
 440 
 
 445 
 
 He fat ; and in th’ afiembly next upllood 
 Nilroch, of Principalities the prime ; 
 As'one he ilood efcap’d from cruel fight. 
 Sore toil’d, his riven arms to havoc hewn. 
 And cloudy in afped thus anfw’ring fpake. 
 
 Deliverer from new Lords, leader to free 
 Enjoyment of our right as Gods ; yet hard 
 For Gods, and too unequal work we find) 
 Againfi unequal arms to fight in pain, 
 
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’Book VL -P A k ‘A b I s e L o s t. 
 
 Againft unpain’d, impaffive j from which evil 
 Ruin mull needs tnfue j for what avails 
 Valor or ftrength, though matchlefs, quell’d with pain 
 Which all fubdues, and makes remifs tho hands 
 Of mightiell ? Senfe of pleafure we may well 
 Spare out of life perhaps, and not repine, 
 
 But live content, which is the calmeft life : 
 
 But pain is perfed mifery, the word: 
 
 Of evils, and exceflive, overturns 
 All patience. He who therefore can invent 
 With what more forcible we may offend 
 Our yet unwounded enemies, or arm 
 Oarfelves with like defenfe, to me defervcs 
 No lels than for deliverance what we owe. 
 
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 46s 
 
 j Whereto with look compos’d Satan reply’d. 
 
 Not uninvented that, which thou aright 
 I Believ’d fo main to oiir fuccefs, I bring. 
 
 Which of us who beholds the bright furface 
 Of this ethereous mold whereon we dan^. 
 
 This continent of fpacious Heav’n, adorn’d 
 I With plant, fruit, flow’r ambrofial, gems and gold 1 475 
 Whofe eye fo fuperlicially furveys 
 j Thefe things, as not to mind from whence they grow 
 i Deep under ground, materials dark and crude, 
 
 ! Of fpiritous and fiery fpume, till touch’d 
 1 With Heaven’s ray, and temper’d they fhoot forth 480 
 ij So beauteous, opening to tile ambient light? 
 
 Thefe In their dark nativity the deep 
 Shall yield us pregnant with infernal dam€ j 
 Which into hollow engins long and round 
 Thick -ramm’d, at th’ other bore with touch of fire 485^ 
 Dilated and infuriate, fhall fend forth 
 i From far with thund’ring noife among our foes 
 , Such implements of inifchief, as diall dafh 
 
i'6S Paradise Lost. Book VI. 
 
 To pieces, and overwhelm whatever ftands 
 Adverfe, that they (hall fear we have difarm’d 490 
 The Thund’rer of his only dreaded bolt. 
 
 Nor long fhall be our labor ; yet ere dawn, 
 
 EfFea lhall end our wilh. Mean while revive ; 
 Abandon fear ; to ftrength and counfel join’d 
 Think nothing hard, much lefs to be defpair’d. 49^ 
 
 He ended, and his words their drooping chear 
 Inlighten’d, and their languilh’d hope reviv’d. 
 
 Th’ invention all admir’d, and each, how he 
 To be th’ inventor niiis’d ; fo eafy’ it feem’d 
 Once found, which yet unfound moft would have thought 
 ImpolTible : yet haply of thy race 501 
 
 In future days, if malice Ihould abound. 
 
 Some one intent on mifehief, or infpir’d 
 With devililh machination, might devife 
 Like inftrument to plague the fons of men 505 
 For fin, on war and mutual daughter bent. 
 
 Forthwith from council to the work they flew; 
 
 None arguing flood ; innumerable hands 
 
 Were ready , in a moment up they turn’d 
 
 Wide the celellial foil, and fa w beneath 51Q 
 
 Th’ originals of nature in their crude 
 
 Conception ; fulphurous and nitrous foam 
 
 They found, they mingled, and with fubtle art, 
 
 Concoaed and adufled they reduc’d 
 
 To blacked grain, and into flore convey’d : 515 
 
 Fart hidden veins digg’d up (nor hath this earth 
 
 Entrails unlike) of mineral and done, 
 
 Whereof to found their engins and their balls 
 Of mifiive ruin ; part incentive reed • 
 
 Provide, pernicious with one touch to fire. 520 
 
 So all ere day-fpring, under confeious night. 
 
 Secret they finidi’d, and in order fet. 
 
 With filent circumfpeaion unefpy’d. 
 
^ookVI. Paradise Lost. 169 
 
 Now when fair morn orient in Heav’n appear’d. 
 Up rofe the vidor Angels, and to arms 52^ 
 
 The matin trumpet fung : in arms they flood 
 Of golden panoply, refulgent hofl, 
 
 Soon banded ; others from the Pawning hills 
 Look d round, and fcouts each coaft light-armed fcour. 
 Each quarter, to defcry the diflant foe, 
 
 Where lodg’d, or whither fled, or if for fight. 
 
 In motion or in halt : him foon they met 
 Under, fpread enfigns moving nigh, in flow 
 I But firm battalion ; back with fpeedieft fail 
 Zophiel, of Cherubim the fwiftefl wing, 
 
 Came fly’ing, and in mid air aloud thus cry’d. ^ 
 
 Arm, Warriors, arm for fight 5 the foe at hand. 
 Whom fled we thought, will fave us long purfuit 
 This day ; fear not his flight j fo thick a cloud 
 He comes, and fettled in his face 1 fee 
 Sad refolution and fecure : let each 
 His adamantin coat gird well, and each 
 Fit well his helm, gripe faft his orbed fliield. 
 
 Borne ev’n or high ; for this day will pour down. 
 
 If I conjefture ought, no drizling Ihower, 
 
 But rattling florm of arrows barb’d with fire. 
 
 t So warn’d he them aware themfelves, and foon 
 n order, quit of all impediment ; 
 l^nftant without difturb they took alarm, 
 
 ^nd onward move imbattel’d : v^hen behold 
 Not diflant far with heavy pace the foe 
 Approaching grofs and huge, in hollow cube 
 raining his devilifh enginry, impal’d 
 n every fide with fliadowing fquadrmis deep, 
 o hide the fraud. At interview both flood 
 while ; but fuddenly at head appear’d 
 Ipatan, and thus was heard commanding loud. 
 
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170 Fa R ADiSE Lost. Book VI. 
 
 Vaiigaard, to right and left the front unfold ; 
 
 That all may fee who hate us, how we feek 
 Peace and compofure, and with open break 560 
 
 Stand ready to receive them, if they like 
 Our overture, and turn not back perverfe ; 
 
 But that I doubt ; however witnefs Heaven, 
 
 Heav'n witnefs thou anon, while we difcharge 
 Freely our part ; ye who appointed ftand, 565 
 
 Do as you have in charge, and briefly touch 
 What we propound, and loud that all may hear. 
 
 So fcoffing in ambiguous words, he fcarce 
 Had ended ; when to right and left the front 
 Divided, and to either flank retir’d : 570 
 
 Which to our eyes difcoyer’d, new and ftrange, 
 
 A triple mounted row of pillars laid 
 On wheels (for like to pillars moft they feem’d. 
 
 Or hollow’d bodies made of oak or fir. 
 
 With branches lopt, in wood or mountain fell’d) 575 
 Brafs, iron, ftony mold, had not their mouths 
 With hideous orifice gap’d on us wide. 
 
 Portending hollow truce : at each behind 
 A Seraph flood, and in his hand a reed 
 Stood waving tipt with firej while we fufpenfe, 580 
 Collefted flood within our thoughts amus’d. 
 
 Not long, for fudden all at once their reeds 
 Put forth,- and to a narrow vent apply’d 
 With niceft touch. Immediate in a flame, 
 
 But foon obfcur’d with fmoke, all Heav’n appear’d, 585 
 From thofe deep throated engins belch’d, whofe roar 
 Imbowel’d with outrageous noife the air. 
 
 And all her entrails tore, difgorging foul 
 Their devilifli glut, chain’d thunderbolts and hail 
 Of iron globes ; which on the vidlor hoft 590 
 
 Levei’d, with fuch impetuous fury fmote. 
 
Book VI. Paradise Lost. 171 
 
 That whom they hit, none on their feet might Hand, 
 T'hough Handing elfe as rocks, bnt down they fell 
 By thoufands, Angel on Arck-Angel roll’d } 
 
 The fooner for their arms ; unarm’d they might 595 
 Have eafiiy as Spi’rits evaded fwift 
 By quick contradion or remove j but now 
 Foul dilTipation follow’d and forc’d rout 5 
 Nor ferv’d it to relax their ferried hies. 
 
 What ftiould they do ? if on they rulh’d, repulfe 6c0 
 
 Repeated, and indecent overthrow 
 
 Doubled, would render Ihem yet more defpis’d. 
 
 And to their foes a laughter ; for in view 
 Stood rank’d of Seraphim another row. 
 
 In pofture to difplode their fecond tire 605 
 
 Of thunder : back defeated to return 
 
 They worfe abhorr’d. Satan beheld their plight^ 
 
 And to his mates thus in derifion call’d. 
 
 O Friends, why come not on thefe viiSlors proud ? 
 
 Ere while they fierce were coming; and when we, 610 
 To entertain them fair with open front 
 And bread: (what could we more ?) propounded terms 
 Of compofition, ftrait they chang’d thek minds. 
 
 Flew off, and into ftrange vagaries fell, 
 
 As they would dance ; yet for a dance they feem’d 6 1 1 
 Somewhat extravagant and wild, perhaps 
 For joy of offer’d peace : but I fuppofe. 
 
 If our propofals once again were heard. 
 
 We fhould compel them to a quick refult. 
 
 To whom thus Belial in like gamefome mood. 620 
 Leader, the terms we fent were terms of weight. 
 
 Of hard contents, and full of force urg’d home. 
 
 Such as we might perceive amus’d them all. 
 
 And Humbled many ; who receives them right, 
 
17 ? Paradise Lost. Book VI, 
 
 Had seed from head to foot well underftand j 625 
 Not underftood, this gift they have behdes, 
 
 They fhow us when our foes walk not upright. 
 
 So they among themfelves in pleafant vein 
 Stood fcoffing, highten’d in their thoughts beyond 
 All doubt of viftory ; eternal might 630 
 
 To match with their inventions they prefum’d 
 So eafyh and of his thunder made a fcorn. 
 
 And all his hoft derided, while they flood 
 A w'hile in trouble : but they flood not long ; 
 
 B.age prompted them at length, and found them arms 
 Againft fuch hellilh mifchief fit to’ oppofe. 636 
 
 Torthwith (behold the excellence, the power. 
 
 Which God hath in his mighty Angels plac’d) 
 
 Their arms away they threw, and to the hills 
 
 {For Earth hath this variety from Heaven 64© 
 
 Of pfeafure fituate in hill and dale) 
 
 Light as the lightning glimpfe they ran, they flew ; 
 From their foundations loofning to and fro 
 They pluck’d the feated hills with all their load. 
 
 Rocks, waters, woods, and by the fhaggy tops 645 
 Up-lifting bore them in their hands : Amaze, 
 
 Be fure, and terror feis’d the rebel hoft. 
 
 When coming towards them fo dread they faw 
 The bottom of the mountains upv/ard turn’d ; 
 
 Till on thofe curfed engins triple-row 650 
 
 They faw them whelm’d, and all their confidence 
 Under the weight of mountains buried deep ; 
 Themfelves invaded next, and on their heads 
 Main promontories flung, which in the air 654 
 
 Came fliadowing, and opprefs’d whole legions arm’d ; 
 Their armour help’d their harm, crufli’d in and bruis’d 
 Into their fubftance pent, which wrought them pain 
 implacable, and many a dolorous groan. 
 
Bock VI. Paradise Lost. 173 
 
 Long ftrugling underneath, ere they could wind 
 Out of fuch pris’on, though Spi’rits of purett light, 66© 
 Pureft at firft, now grofs by finning grown. 
 
 The reft in imitation to like arms 
 
 Betook them, and the neighb’ring hills uptore j 
 
 So hills amid the air encounter’d hills 
 
 Hurl’d to and fro with jaculation dire, 66 § 
 
 That under ground they fought in difmal fhade 5 
 
 Infernal noife ; war feem’d a civil game 
 
 To this uproar ; horrid confufion heap’d 
 
 Upon confufion rofe : and now all Heaven 
 
 Had gone to wrack, with ruin overfpread j 670 
 
 Had not th’ almighty Father, where he £ts 
 
 Shrin’d in his fanftuary of Heav’n fecure, 
 
 Confulting on the fum of things, forefeen 
 This tumult, and permitted all, advis’d : 
 
 That his great purpofe he might fo fulfil^ 675 
 
 To honor his anointed Son aveng’d 
 
 Upon his enemies, and to declare 
 
 All pow’r on him transferr’d : whence to his Son 
 
 Th’ afieffor of his throne he thus began. 
 
 Effulgence of my glory, Son belov’d, 680 
 
 Son in whofe face invifible is beheld 
 Vifibly, what by deity I am. 
 
 And in whofe hand what by decree I do, 
 
 Second Omnipotence, two days are paft, 
 
 Two days, as we compute the days of Heaven, 6S5 
 Since Michael and his Pow’r s went forth to tame 
 Thefe difobedient: fore hath been their fight. 
 
 As likelieft was, when two fuch foes met arm’d ; 
 
 For to themfelves I left them, and thou know’ll. 
 
 Equal in their creation they were form’d, 690 
 
 Save what fin hath impair’d, which yet hath wrought 
 Infenfibly, for I fufpend their doom ; 
 
174 ^Paradise Lost. Book VI. 
 
 Whence in perpetual fight they needs mufi: laft 
 Endlelsy and no folution will be found : 
 
 War wearied hath perform’d what war can do, 695 
 And to diforder’d rage let loofe the reins. 
 
 With mountains as with weapons arm’d, which makes 
 Wild work in Heav’n, and dange’rous to the main. 
 Two days are therefore paft, the third is thine ; 
 
 For thee - 1 have ordain’d it, and thus far 700 
 
 Have fufFer’d, that the glory may be thine 
 Of ending this great war, lince none but Thou 
 Can end it.. Into thee fuch virtue’ and grace 
 Jmmenfe I have transfus’d, that all may know 
 In Heav’n and Hell thy pow’r above compare ; 705 
 
 And this perverfe commotion govern’d thus. 
 
 To manifeft thee worthieft to be Heir 
 Of all things, to be Heir and to be King 
 Ey facred undlion, thy deferved right. 
 
 Go then thou Mightieft in thy Father’s might, 71a 
 
 Afcend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels 
 
 That fnake Heav’n’s bafis, bring forth all my war. 
 
 My bow and thunder, my almighty arms 
 Gird on, and fword upon thy puifiant thigh ; 
 
 Purfue thefe fonjs of darknefs, drive them O'ut 715: 
 From all Heav’n’s bounds into the utter deep : 
 
 There let them learn, as likes them, to defpife 
 God and Mefiiah his anointed king. 
 
 He faid, and on his Son with rays diredl 
 Shone full he all his Father full exprefs’d 720 
 
 - Ineffably into his face receiv’d ; 
 
 And thus the filial Godhead anfw’ring fpake. 
 
 O Father, O Supreme of heav’nly Thrones, 
 
 Firft, Higheft, Holieft, Beft, thou always feek’ff 
 To glorify thy Son, I always thee, 725 
 
Book VI. Par ADIS E Lost. 175 
 
 As is moft juft; this I my. glory* account, ^ 
 
 My exaltation, and my whole delight, | 
 
 That thou in me well pleas’d, declar’d: thy will 
 Fulfiird, which to fulfil is all my blifs. 
 
 Scepter and pow’r, thy giving, I affume, 730 
 
 And gladlier ftiall refign, when in the end 
 Thou lhalt be all in all, and I in thee 
 For ever, and in me all whom thou lov’ft : 
 
 But whom thou hat’ft, I hate, and can put on 
 Thy terrors, as I put thy mildnefs on, 755 
 
 Image of thee in all things ; and ftiall foon. 
 
 Arm’d with thy might, rid Heav’n of thefe rebeird. 
 To their prepar’d ill manfton driven down. 
 
 To chains of darknefs, and th’ undying worm. 
 
 That from thy juft obedience could revolt, 740 
 
 Whom to obey is happinefs entire. 
 
 Then ftiall thy Saints unmix’d, and from th’ impure 
 Far feparate, circling thy holy mount 
 Unfeigned Halleluiahs to thee ling, 
 
 Hymns of high praife, and I among them chief. 74 5 
 
 So faid, he o’er his feepter bowing, rofe 
 From the right hand of glory where he fat ; 
 
 And the third facred morn began to ftiine, [found 
 Dawning through Heav’n : forth rufti’d with whirlwind 
 The chariot of paternal Deity, 75®' 
 
 Flalhing thick flames, wheel within wheel undrawn, 
 Itfelf inftindl: with Spirit, but convoy’d 
 By four Cherubic lhapes ; four faces each 
 Had wondrous ; as with ftars their bodies all 
 And wings were fet with eyes, with eyes the wheels^: 
 Of beril, and carreering fires between; 756 
 
 Over their heads a cryftal firmament, 
 
 Whereon a faphir throne, inlaid with pure 
 Amber, and colors of the Ihow’ry arch. 
 
 1 4 
 
Book VI. 
 
 760 
 
 765 
 
 17^ Paradise Lost. 
 
 He in celeiHal panoply all arm’d 
 Of radiant Urim, work divinely wrought, 
 Afcended ; at his right hand vidlpry 
 Sat eagle-wing’d ; befido him hung his bow 
 And quiver with three-bolted thunder ftor’d. 
 
 And from about him fierce efFufion roll’d 
 Of fmoke and bickering flame and fparkles dire ; 
 Attended with ten thoufand thoufand Saints, 
 
 He onward came, far off his coming flione j 
 And twenty thoufand (I their number heard) 
 Chariots of God, half on each hand were feen : 
 He on the wings of Cherub rode fublime 
 On the cryflaliin sky, in faphir thron’d, 
 
 Illuflrious far and wide, but by his own 
 Firfl: feen ; them unexpected joy furpris'd. 
 
 When the great enfign of Meffiah blaz’d 
 Aloft by Angels borne, his fign in Heaven ; 
 
 Under whofe condud Michael foon reduc’d 
 His army, circumfus’d on either wing. 
 
 Under their head imbodied all in one. 
 
 Before him pow’r divine his way prepar’d ; 
 
 At his command th’ uprooted hills retir’d 
 
 Each to his place ; they heard his voice, and went 
 
 Obfequious ; Heav’n his wonted face renew’d. 
 
 And with frefli flow’rets hill and valley fmil’d. 
 
 770 
 
 775 
 
 780 
 
 This faw his haplefs foes but flood obdur’d. 
 
 And to rebellious fight rallied their Powers 
 Infenfate, hope conceiving from defpair. 
 
 In heav’niy Spi’rits could fuch perverfenefs dwell ? 
 But to convince the proud what figns avail. 
 
 Or wonders move th’ obdurate to relent ? 
 
 They harden’d more by what might mofl reclame. 
 Grieving to fee his glory, at the light 
 Took envy 1 and afpiring to his highth. 
 
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177 
 
 Book VI. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Stood reimbattel’d fierce, by force or fraud 
 Weening to profper, and at length prevail 795, 
 
 Againft God and Meffiah, or to fall 
 In univerfal ruin laft ; and now 
 To final battel drew, difdaining flight. 
 
 Or faint retreat j when the great Son of God 
 To all his hofl: on either hand thus fpake. Sop 
 
 Stand ftill in bright array, ye Saints, here ftand 
 Ye Angels arm’d, this day from battel reftj 
 Faithful hath been your warfare, and of God 
 Accepted, fearlefs in his righteous caufe. 
 
 And as ye have receiv^’d, fo have ye 'don^ I05 
 
 Invincibly ; but of this curfed crew 
 The punifliment to other hand belongs r 
 Vengeance is his, or whofe he foie appoints : 
 
 Number to this day’s work is not ordain’d 
 Nor multitude j ftand only and behold §1^ 
 
 God’s indignation on thefe Godlefs pour’d 
 By me ; not you but me they have defpis’d. 
 
 Yet envied j againft me Is all their rage, 
 
 Becaufe the Father, t’ whom in Heav’n fupreiB®' 
 Kingdom and pow’r and glory appertains^ 
 
 Hath honor’d me according to his will. 
 
 Therefore to me their doom he hath affign’d ^ 
 
 That they may have their wifti, to try with me 
 In battel which the ftronger proves, they ally 
 Or I alone againft them, fince by ftrength 
 They meafure all, of other excellence 
 Not emulous, nor care who them excels p 
 Nor other ftrife with them do I vouchfafe. 
 
 So fpake the Son, and inta terror chang’d 
 His count’nance too fevere to be beheld, 
 
 And full of wrath bent on his eneiales, 
 
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178 Paradise Lost. BookVL 
 
 At once the Four fpread out their harry wings 
 With dreadful fhade contiguous, and the orbs 
 Of his fierce chariot roll’d, as with the found 
 Of torrent floods, or of a numerous hoft. 850 
 
 He on his impious foes right onward drove> 
 
 Gloomy as night ; under his burning wheels 
 The ftedfaft empyrean fhook throughout. 
 
 All but the throne itfelf of God. Full foon 
 Among them he arriv’d,, in his right hand 855 
 
 Grafping ten thoufand thunders, which he fent 
 Before him, fuch as in their fouls, infix’d 
 Plagues ; they aftonifli’d all refiftance loft. 
 
 All courage y' down their idle weapons dropt ; 
 
 O’er fhields and helms and helmed heads he rode 84©^ 
 Of Thrones and mighty Seraphim proftrate. 
 
 That wifli’d' the mountains now might be againi 
 Thrown on them as a Ihelter from his ire. 
 
 Nbr-Tefs on either fide tempeftuous fell 
 
 His arrows, from the fourfold- vifag’d Four 84^: 
 
 Diftinfl with eyes, and from the living wheels 
 
 Diftinft alike, with multitude of eyes 
 
 One Spirit in them rul’d, and every eye 
 
 Glar’d lightning, and fhot forth pernicious fire 
 
 Among th’ accurs’d, that wither’d all their ftrength, 8 5.® 
 
 And of their wonted, vigor left them drain’d, 
 
 Exhaufted', fpiritlefs, afilidled, fall n. 
 
 Yet half his ftrength he put not forth, but check’d. 
 
 Ms thunder in mid voly i for he meant 
 
 Not to deftroy, but root them out of Heaven ; 855: 
 
 The overthrown he rais’d, and. as a herd 
 
 Of goats or timorous flock together throng’d 
 
 Drove them before him thunder ftruck, purfued 
 
 With terrors and with furies to the bounds 
 
 And cryftal wall of Heav’n, which opening wide, 860 
 
 Roll’d inward, and a fpacious gap difclos’d 
 
BookVL Paradise Lost- 179 
 
 Into the wafteful deep 1 the monftrous fight 
 Struck them with horror backward, but far worfe 
 Urg’d them behind i headlong themfelves they threw 
 Down from the verge of Heav’n 1 eternal wrath- 86 
 Burnt after them to the bottomlefs pit. 
 
 Hell heard th’ unfufferable noife. Hell faw 
 Heav’n ruining from Heav’n, and would have fled 
 Affrighted 5 but flrift fate had caft too deep 
 Her dark foundations, and too fall had bound. 870 
 Nine days they fell ; confounded Chaos roar’d. 
 
 And felt tenfold confufion in their fall 
 Through his wild anarchy, fo huge a rout 
 Incumber’d him with ruin ; Hell at laff 
 Yawning receiv’d them whole, and on them clos’d; 875 
 Hell their fit habitation fraught with fire 
 Unquenchable, the houfe of woe and pain. 
 
 Disburden’d Heav’n rejoic’d, and foon repair’d 
 Her mural breach, returning whence it roll’d. 
 
 Sole viflor from th’expulfion of his foes 
 Mefliah his triumphal chariot turn’d : 
 
 To meet him all his Saints, who filent flood 
 l^ye-witneffes of his almighty ads. 
 
 With jubilee advanc’d ; and as they went. 
 
 Shaded with branching palm, each order bright, 
 
 Sung triumph, and him fung vidorious King, 
 
 Son, Hdr, and’Lord, to him dominion given, 
 Worthieft to reign : he celebrated rode 
 Triumphant through mid Heav’n, into the courts 
 And temple of his mighty Father thron’d ^ 
 
 On high ; who into glory him. receiv*d>. 
 
 Where now he fits at the right hand of blifs. 
 
 Thus meafuring things inHeav’h by things on Earthr > 
 At. thy requeft, and that thou may’ll beware 
 
rSo Paradise Lost, Book VI. 
 
 By what is paft, to thee I have reveal’d 895 
 
 What might have elfe to human race been hid ; 
 
 The difcord which befel, and war in Heaven 
 Among th’ angelic Pow’rs, and the deep fall 
 - Of thofe two high afpiring, who rebell’d 
 
 With Satan 5 he who envies now thy Hate, 909 
 
 Who now is plotting how he may feduce 
 Thee alfo from obedience, that with him 
 Bereav’d of happinefs thou may’ll partake 
 His punilhment, eternal mifery ; 
 
 Which would be all his folace and revenge, 905 
 As a defpite done againfl: the moft High, 
 
 Thee once to gain companion of his woe. 
 
 But liften not to his temptations, warn 
 Thy weaker ; let it profit thee to’ have heard 
 By terrible example the reward 91# 
 
 Of difobedience ; firm they might have flood. 
 
 Yet fell } remember, and fear to tranfgrefs* 
 
 Tie End of thejixtb Book. 
 
 \ 
 
THE 
 
 SEVENTH BOOK 
 
 O F 
 
 PARADISE LOST. 
 
The Argument* 
 
 Raphael at the requeji of Adam relates honx) and therefore 
 this nxorld nuas firf created', that God, after the ex- 
 felling of Satan and hh Angels out of Heaven, declar'd 
 his fleafure to create another- nxar Id and other creatures 
 to divell therein'^ fends his Son nxith glory and atten- 
 dance of Angels to perform the nvork of creation in fix 
 days: ih-e Angels celebrate with hymns the performance 
 thereof and his reafcendon into Uea^ven,.. 
 
PARADISE LOST. 
 
 BOOK VII. 
 
 ‘Efcend from Heav’n, Urania, by that namel 
 If rightly thou art call’d, whole voice, 
 divine 
 
 Following, above th’ Olympian hill I: 
 foar, 
 
 Above the flight ©f Pegafean wing. 
 
 The meaning, not the name I call: for thou ^ 
 
 Nor of the Mufes nine, nor on the top 
 Of old Olympus dwell’fl:, but heav’nly bom,. 
 
 Before the hills appear’d, or fountain flow’d, 
 
 Thou with eternal Wifdom didfl: converfe, 
 
 Wifdom thy fiften, and with her didfl play to. 
 
 In. prefence of th’ almighty Father, pleas’d 
 With thy celellial fong. Up led by thee. 
 
 Into theHeav’n.of Heav’ns I have prefum’d,, / 
 
 An earthly gueft, and. drawn empyreal air^. 
 
i84 Paradise Lost, BookVII. 
 
 Thy temp’ring ; with like fafety guided down 1 5 
 Return me to my native element : 
 
 Left from this flying fteed unrein’d, (as once 
 Bellerophon, though from a lower clime) 
 
 Difmounted, on th’ Aleian field I fall 
 Erroneous there to wander and forlorn. £0 
 
 Half yet remains unfung, but narrower bound 
 Within the vifible diurnal fphere ; 
 
 Standing on earth, not rapt above the pole. 
 
 More fafe I iing with mortal voice, unchang’d 
 To hoarfe or mute, though fall’n on evil days, 25: 
 
 On evil days though fall’n, and evil tongues j 
 In darknefs, and with dangers compafs’d round. 
 
 And folitude 1 yet not alone, while thou 
 Vifit’ft my flumbers nightly, or when morn 
 Purples the eaft : ftill govern thou my fong, 
 
 Urania, and fit audience find, though few. 
 
 But drive far off the barbarous diffonance 
 
 Of Bacchus and his revelers, the race 
 
 Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard 
 
 In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears 3^; 
 
 To rapture, till the favage clamor drown’d 
 
 Both harp and voice ; nor could the Mufe defend 
 
 Her fon. So fail not thou, who thee implores ; 
 
 For thou art heav’nly, Ihe an empty dream. 
 
 Say Goddefs, what enfued when RaphaH,^ 
 
 The affable Arch- Angel, had forewarn’d 
 Adam by dire example to beware 
 Apoftafy, by what befel in Heaven 
 To thofe apoftates, left the like befall 
 In Paradife to Adam or his race. 
 
 Charg’d not to touch the interdided tree. 
 
 If they tranfgrefs, and flight that foie COjnmand> 
 So eafily obey’d amid the choice 
 
BookVII. Par ADiSE Lost. iBg 
 
 Of all taftes elfe to pleafe their appetite. 
 
 Though wand’ring. He with his conforted Eve 5® 
 The ftory heard attentive, and was fill’d 
 With admiration and deep mufe, to hear 
 Of things fo high and ftrange, things to their thought 
 So unimaginable as hate in Heaven, 
 
 And war fo near the peace of God in blifs 
 With fuch confufion : but the evil foon 
 Driv’n back redounded as a flood on thofe 
 F rom whom it fprung, impoflible to mix 
 With bleflednefs. Whence Adam foon repeal’d 
 The doubts that in his heart arofe : and now 
 Led on, yet finlefs, with defire to know 
 What nearer might concern him, how this world 
 Of Heav’n and Earth confpicuoiis firft began,. 
 
 When, and whereof created, for what caufe. 
 
 What within Eden or without was done 
 Before his memory, as one whofe drouth 
 Yet fcarce allay’d ftill eyes the current flream, 
 
 Whofe liquid murmur heard new thirft excite. 
 Proceeded thus to ask his heav’niy gueft. 
 
 Great things, and full of wonder in our ears. 
 
 Far differing from this world, thou haft reveal’d. 
 
 Divine interpreter, by favor fent 
 Down from the empyrean to forewarn 
 Us timely’ of what might elfe have been our loft. 
 Unknown, which human knowledge could not reach : 7^ 
 For which to th’ infinitely Good we owe 
 Immortal thanks, and his admonifhment 
 Receive with folemn purpofe to obferve 
 Immutably his fovran will, the end 
 Of what we are. But flnce thou haft vouchfaf ’d 80 
 Gently for our inftruftion to impart 
 Things above earthly thought, which yet concern’d 
 
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ig6 Par AD isE Lost. BookVIL 
 
 Our knowing, as to higheft wifdom feem’d. 
 
 Deign to defcend now lower, and relate 
 
 What may no lefs perhaps avail us known, 85 
 
 How firft began this Heav’n which we behold 
 
 Diftant fo high, with moving fires adorn’d 
 
 Innumerable, and this which yields or fills 
 
 All fpace, the ambient air wide interfus’d 
 
 Embracing round this florid earth, what caufe 90 
 
 Mov’d the Creator in his holy reft 
 
 Through all eternity fo late to build 
 
 In Chaos, and the work begun, how foon 
 
 Abfolv’d, if unforbid thou may’ft unfold 
 
 What we, not to explore the fecrets ask 95 
 
 Of his eternal empire, but the more 
 
 To magnify his works, the more we know. 
 
 And the great light of day yet wants to run 
 
 Much of his race though fteep j fufpenfe in Heaven, 
 
 Held by thy voice, thy potent voice, he hears, ico 
 
 And longer will delay to hear thee tell 
 
 His generation, and the riflng birth 
 
 Of nature from the unapparent deep t 
 
 Or if the ftar of evening and the moon 
 
 Hafte to thy audience, night with her will bring 105 
 
 Silence, and fleep lift’ning to thee will watch, 
 
 Or we can bid his abfence, till thy fong 
 End, and difmifs thee ere the morning Ihine. 
 
 Thus Adam his illuftrious gueft befought: 
 
 And thus the Godlike Angel anfwer’d mild, i lO 
 
 This alfo thy requeft with caution ask’d 
 Obtain ; though to recount almighty works 
 What words or tongue of Seraph can fufflce. 
 
 Or heart of man fufflce to comprehend ? 
 
 Yet what thou caaft attain, which beft may ferve 115 
 
Book VII. Paradise Lost. 
 
 To glorify the Maker, and infer 
 Thee alfo happier, fhall not be withheld 
 Thy hearing, fuch commiffion from above 
 I have receiv’d, to anfwer thy defire 
 Of knowledge within bounds i beyqnd abfiain 
 To ask, nor let thine own inventions hope 
 Things not reveal’d, which th’ invifible King, 
 
 Only omnifcient, hath fupprefs’d in night. 
 
 To none communicable in Earth or Heaven : 
 
 Enough is left befides to fearch and know. 
 
 But knowledge is as food, and needs no lefs 
 Her temp’rance over appetite, to know 
 In meafure what the mind may well contain ; 
 Opprefles elfe with forfeit, and foon turns 
 Wifdom to folly’, as nourifhment to wind. 
 
 Know then, that after Lucifer from Heaven 
 (So call him, brighter once amidfi: the hoft 
 Of Angels, than that ftar the ftars among) 
 
 Fell with his flaming legions through the deep 
 Into his place, and the great Son return’d 135 
 
 Yidlorious with his Saints, th’ omnipotent 
 Eternal Father from his throne beheld 
 Their multitude, and to his Son thus Ipake, 
 
 At leaft our envious foe hath fail’d, who thought 
 All like himfelf rebellious, by whofe aid 14O 
 
 This inaccelfible high ftrength, the feat 
 Of deity fupreme, us difpoflrefs’d. 
 
 He trufted to have feis’d, and into fraud 
 Drew many, whom their place knows here no more 5 
 Yet far the greater part have kept, I lee, 145. 
 
 Their fiatioii, Heav’n yet populous retains 
 Number fufficient to pofiefs her realms 
 Though wide, and this high temple to, fiec^uent 
 
 if? 
 
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i88 Paradise Lost. Book VII. 
 
 With minifteries due and folemn rites : 
 
 But left his heart exalt him in the harm 1 50 
 
 Already done, to have difpeopled Heaven, 
 
 My damage fondly deem’d, I can repair 
 
 That detriment, if fuch it be to lofe 
 
 Self-loft, and in a moment will create 
 
 Another world, out of one man a race 155 
 
 Of men innumerable, there to dwell. 
 
 Not here, till by degrees of merit rais’d 
 They open to themfelves at length the way 
 Up hither, under long obedience try’d, 159 
 
 And Earth be chang’d to Heav’n, and Heav’n to Earth, 
 One kingdom, joy and union without end. 
 
 Mean while inhabit lax, ye Pow’rs of Heaven, 
 
 And thou my Word, begotten Son, by thee 
 This I perform, fpeak thou, and be it done : 
 
 My overftiadov/ing Spi’rit and might with thee 165 
 I fend along ; ride forth, and bid the deep 
 Within appointed bounds be Heav’n and Earth, 
 Boundlefs the deep, becaufe I am who fill 
 Infinitude, nor vacuous the fpace. 
 
 Though I uncircumfcrib’d myfelf retire, 1 
 
 And put not forth my goodnefs which is free 
 To aft or not, neceffity and chance 
 Approach not me, and what I will is fate; 
 
 So fpake th’ Almighty, and to what he fpake 
 His Word, the filial Godhead, gave effeft. X 7 > 
 
 Immediate are the afts of God, more fwift 
 Than time or motion, but to human ears 
 Cannot without procefs of fpeech be told, 
 
 So told as earthly notion can receive. 
 
 Great triumph and rejoicing was in Heaven, i8* 
 When fuch was heard declar’d th’ Almighty’s will ; 
 Glory they fung to the moft High, good will 
 
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 Book VII. Paradise Lost. 
 
 To future men, and in their dwellings peace ; 
 Glory to him, whofe juft avenging ire 
 Had driven out th’ ungodly from his fight 
 And th’ habitations of the juft| to him 
 Glory and praife, whofe wifdom had ordain’d 
 Good out of evil to create, inftead 
 Of Spi’rits malign a better race to bring 
 ^to their vacant room, and thence diifufe 
 His good to worlds and ages infinite. 
 
 
 So fang the Hierarchies : Mean while the Son 
 
 On his great expedition now appear’d. 
 
 Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crown’d 
 Of majefty divine; fapience and love jq- 
 
 Immenle, and all his Father in him ftione. 
 
 About his chariot namberlefs were pour’d 
 Cherub and Seraph, Potentates and Thrones, 
 
 And Virtues, winged Spi’rits, and chariots wing’d 
 From th’ armoury of God, where ftand of old 20® 
 Myriads between two brazen mountains lodg’d 
 Againft a folemn day, harnefs’d at hand, 
 
 Celeftial equipage ,* and now came forth 
 Spontaneous, for within them Spirit liv’d. 
 
 Attendant on their Lord : Heav’n open’d wide 20 ■" 
 
 Her ever during gates, harmonious found ^ 
 
 On golden hinges moving, to let forth 
 The King of Glory in his powerful Word 
 And Spirit coming to create new worlds. 
 
 On heav’nly ground they flood, and from the ftiore 2 1 @ 
 They view’d the vaft immeafurable abyfs 
 Outrageous as a fea, dark, wafteful, wild, 
 
 Op from the bottom turn’d by furious winds 
 
 And furging waves, as mountains, to aflault 
 
 Hcav n s highth, and with the center mix the pole, 2 1 5 
 
1^0 
 
 Paradise Lost. BookVIL 
 
 Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace^ 
 Said then th’ omnific Word, your difcord end : 
 
 Nor hay'd, but on the wings of Cherubim 
 Uplifted, in paternal glory rode 
 Far into Chaos, and the world unborn ; 
 
 For Chaos heard his voice ; him all his train 
 Follow'd in bright proceffion to behold 
 Creation, and the wonders of his might. 
 
 Then ftay’d the fervid wheels, and in his hand 
 He took the golden compaffes, prepar’d 
 In God’s eternal ftore, to circumfcribe 
 This univerfe, and all created things : 
 
 One foot he center’d, and the other turn’d 
 Round through the vaft profundity obfcure. 
 
 And faid, thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. 
 This be thy juft circumference, O v/orld. 
 
 Thus God the Heav’n created, thus the Earth, 
 Matter unform’d and void : Darknefs profound 
 Cover’d th’ abyfs ; but on the watry calm 
 His brooding wings the Spi’nt of God outfpread. 
 And vital virtue’ infus’d, and vital warmth 
 Throughout the fluid mafs, but downward purgd 
 The black tartareous cold infernal dregs 
 Adverfe to life : then founded, then conglob d 
 Like things to like, the reft to feveral place 
 Difparted, and between fpun out the air. 
 
 And Earth felf balanc’d on her center hung. 
 
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 225 
 
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 240 
 
 / 
 
 Let there be light, faid God, and forthwith light 
 Ethereal, firft of things, quinteffence pure 
 Sprung from the deep, and from her native eall 245 
 To journey through the ae^ gloom began, 
 
 Spher’d in a radiant cloud, for yet the fun 
 
EookVII. Paradise Lost, igi 
 
 Was not; fhe in a cloudy tabernacle 
 Sojourn’d the while. God faw the light was good ; 
 And light from darknefs by the hemifphere 250 
 Divided : light the day, and darknefs night 
 He nam’d. Thus was the firll day ev’n and morn : 
 Nor pall: uncelebrated, nor unfung 
 By the celeftial quires, when orient light 
 Exhaling firft from darknefs they beheld ; 
 
 Birth-day of Heav’n and Earth ; with joy and fhout 
 The hollow univerfal orb they fill’d. 
 
 And touch’d their golden harps, and hymning prais’d 
 God and his works, Creator him they fung. 
 
 Both when fird evening was, and when fird morn. 260 
 
 Again, God faid. Let there be firmament 
 Amid the waters, and let it divide 
 The waters from the waters : and God made 
 The firmament, expanfe of liquid, pure, 
 Tranfparent, elemental air, diifus’d 
 In circuit to the uttermod convex 
 Of this great round ; partition firm and fure. 
 The waters underneath from thofe above 
 Dividing : for as earth, fo he the world 
 Built on circumfluous waters calm, in wide 
 Crydallin ocean, and the loud mifrule 
 Of Chaos far remov’d, led fierce extremes 
 Contiguous might didemper the whole frame : 
 And Heav’n he nam’d the firmament : So even 
 And morning chorus fung the fecond day. 
 
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 275 
 
 The earth was form’d, but in the womb as yet 
 Of waters, embryon immature inv'^olv’d. 
 
 Appear’d not ; over all the face of earth 
 Main ocean flow’d, not idle, but with warm 
 Pxc^li^c humor fo-ft’ning all her globe, 380 
 
igi Paradise Lost, Book VII. 
 
 Fermented the great mother to conceive. 
 
 Satiate with genial moifture, when God faid 
 Be gather’d now ye waters under Heaven 
 Into one place, and let dry land appear, 
 immediately the mountains huge appear 
 Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave 
 Into the clouds, their tops afcend the sky : 
 
 So high as heav’d the tumid hills, fo low 
 Down funk a hollow bottom broad and deep. 
 Capacious bed of waters ; thither they zgo 
 
 Halted with glad precipitance, uproll’d 
 As drops on dull conglobing from the dry ; 
 
 Part rife in cryllal wail, or ridge diredl. 
 
 For halte ; fuch flight the great command imprefs’d 
 
 On the fwift floods : as armies at the call 
 Of trumpet (for of armies thou haft heard) 
 Troop to their ftandard, fo the watry throng. 
 Wave rolling after wave, where way they found. 
 If fteep, with torrent rapture, if through plain. 
 Soft-ebbing ; nor withftood them rock or hill. 
 But they, or under ground, or circuit wide 
 "With ferpent error wand’ring, found their way. 
 And on the wafliy oofe deep channels wore ; 
 Eafy, ere God had bid the ground be dry. 
 
 All but within thofe banks, where rivers now 
 Stream, and perpetual draw their humid train. 
 The dry land, earth, and the great receptacle 
 Of congregated waters he call’d Teas : 
 
 And favv that it was good, and faid. Let th’ earth 
 Put forth the verdant grafs, herb yielding feed. 
 And fruit -tree yielding fruit after her kind, 
 
 Whofe feed is in herfelf upon the earth. 
 
 He fcarce had faid, when the bare earth, till then 
 Defert and bare, unfightly, unadorn’d. 
 
 Brought forth th« tender grafs, whofe verdure clad 
 
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 Rook VII. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Her univerfal face with pleafant green, 
 
 Then herbs of every leaf, that fudden flow’rd 
 Opening their various colors, and made gay 
 Her bofom fmelling fvveet : and thefe fcarce blown. 
 Forth florilh’d thick the cluftring vine, forth crept 520 
 The fmelling gourd, up flood the corny reed, 
 Imbattel’d in her held ; and th’ humble flirub. 
 
 And bufli with frizled hair implicit : laft 
 Rofe as in dance the flately trees, and fpread 324 
 Their branches hung with copious fruit, or gemm’d 
 Their bloflbms : with high woods the hills were crown’d. 
 With tufts the valleys and each fountain fide, 
 
 With borders long the rivers : that earth now 
 Seem’d like to Heav’n, a feat where Gods might dwell. 
 Or wander with delight, and love to haunt 333 
 
 Her facred fliades : though God had yet not rain’d ' 
 Upon the earth, and man to till the ground 
 None was, but from the earth a dewy mift 
 Went up and water’d all the ground, and each 
 Plant of the field, which ere it was in th’ earth 335 
 God made, and every herb, before it grew 
 On the green ftem ; God faw that it was good : 
 
 So ev’n and morn recorded the third day. 
 
 Again th’ Almighty fpake. Let there be lights 
 High in th’ expanfe of Heaven to divide 
 The day from night ; and let them be for figns. 
 
 For feafons, and for days, and circling years, 
 
 And let them be for lights as I ordain 
 Their office in the firmament of Heaven 
 To give light on the earth ; and it was fo. ^ 
 
 And God made two great lights, great for their ufe 
 To Man, the greater to have rule by day, 
 
 I’he lefs by night altern ; and made the ftars, 
 
 And fet them in the firmament of Heaven 
 
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Par ADisE Lost, BookVII. 
 
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 To’ illuminate the earth, and rule the day 
 In their viciffitude, and rule the night. 
 
 And light from darknefs to divide. God faw. 
 Surveying his great work, that it was good : 
 
 F or of celellial bodies firft the fun 
 A mighty fphere he fram’d, nnlightfome firft. 
 
 Though of ethereal mold : then form’d the mOOn 
 Globofe, and every magnitude of ftars, 
 
 And fow’d with ftars the Heav’n thick as a field : 
 
 Of light by far the greater part he took, 
 
 Tranfplanted from her cloudy ftirine, and plac’d 
 In the fun’s orb, made porous to receive 
 And drink the li(|uid light, firm to retain 
 Her gather’d beams, great palace now of light. 
 Hither as to their fountain other ftars 
 ^Repairing, in their golden urns draw light, 
 
 And hence the morning planet gilds her horns j 
 By tinflure or refie£lion they augment 
 "I'heir fmall peculiar, though from human fight 
 So far remote, with diminution feen. 
 
 Firft in his eaft the glorious lamp was feen. 
 
 Regent of day, and all th’ horizon round 
 Invefted with bright rays, jocond to run 
 His longitude through Heav’n’s high road ; the gray 
 Dawn, and the Pleiades before Mm danc’d 
 Shedding fweet influence : lefs bright the moon, 375 
 But oppofit in level’d weft was fet 
 His mirror, with full face borrowing her light 
 From him, for other light ftie needed none 
 In that afped, and ftill that diftance keeps 
 Till night, then in the eaft her turn ftie ftiines. 
 Revolv’d on Heav’n’s great axle, and her reign 
 With thoufand lefler lights dividual holds. 
 
 With thoufand thoufand ftars, that then appear’d 
 Spangling the hemifphere : then firft adorn’d 
 
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 360 
 
 365 
 
 37 ® 
 
 
BookVII. Paradise Lost. 
 
 With their bright luminaries that fet and rofe, ,8e 
 Glad evening and glad morn crown’d the fourth day! 
 
 
 And God faid, Let the waters generate 
 Reptil with fpawn abundant, living foul • 
 
 And let fowl fly above the earth, with wings 
 Difplay d on the’ open firmament of Heavl 
 And God created the great whales, and each 
 ivmg, each that crept, which plenteoufly 
 The waters generated by their kinds. 
 
 And every bird of wing after his kind 
 
 And faw that it was good, and blefs’d them, faying, eoj 
 
 Be fruitful, multiply, and in the feas 
 
 And lakes and running ftreams the waters fill j 
 
 And let the fowl be multiply’d on th’ earth. 
 
 Forthvvith the founds and feas, each creek and bay 
 
 Of filh that with their fins and Ihining fcales 
 
 Grat ^h “f ** '/r '''"S'* " ”>"'0 
 
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 4t3| 
 
 il9 
 
 Of 1 n / ano tiirough 
 
 glow to the fun their wav’d coats droptlith gold 
 Or m their pearly fliells at eafe, attend 
 Moift nutriment, or under rocks their food 
 
 a" aT, ftooo* the feal, 
 
 ^d bended dolphins play; part huge of bulk 
 
 TemD^”rf unwieldy’, enormous in their gate 
 Tempeil the ocean : there leviathan, ^ 
 
 ^remh’frf'"® 0“ ‘he deep 
 
 Stretch d like a promontory fleeps or fwims, 
 
 DrirsTn"" Sftft 
 
 mZ k’, 1 "* '™"'* 'P°«* o« e fee. 
 
 Their brood *^as* ®'’‘' *°'’es 
 
 Their brood as numerous hatch, from th’egg that foo« 
 
 K 2 
 
 415 
 
Paradise Lost. Book VII. 
 
 Burning with kindly rupture forth difclos’d 
 Their callow young, but feather’d foon and fledge 420 
 They fumm’d their pens, and fearing th’air fublime 
 With clang defpis’d the ground, under a cloud 
 In profped ; there the eagle and the ftork 
 On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build : 
 
 Part loo.ily wing the region, part more wife 
 in common, rang’d in figure wedge their way, 
 Intelligent of feafons, and fet forth 
 Their aery caravan high over feas 
 Flying, and over lands with mutual wing 
 Eafing their flight ; fo fleers the prudent crane 
 Her annual voyage, borne on wdnds ; the air 
 Flotes, as they pafs, fann’d with unnumber’d plumes : 
 From branch to branch the fmaller birds with fong 
 Solac’d the woods, and fpread their painted wings 
 Till ev’n, nor then the foiernn nightingale 
 Ceas’d warbling, but all night tun’d her foft lays ; 
 Others on filver lakes and rivers bath’d 
 Their downy breaft ; the fwan with arched neck 
 Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows 
 Her hate with oary feet ; yet oft they quit 
 The dank, and rifing on ftiff pennons, tower 
 The mid aereal sky : Others on ground 
 V/alk’d firm ; the crefted cock whofe clarion founds 
 The filent hours, and th’ other whofe gay train 
 Adorns him, color’d with the florid hue 44^ 
 
 Of rainbows and flarry’ eyes. The waters thus 
 With fifn replenifh’d, and the air with fowl. 
 
 Evening and morn folemniz’d the fifth day. 
 
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 430 
 
 435 
 
 440 
 
 The fixth, and of creation laft arofe 
 With evening harps and matin, when God faid. 
 Let th’ earth bring forth foul living in her kind, 
 Cattel and creeping things, and beaft of th’ earth. 
 
 450 
 
Book VII. Par AD I SE Lost, 157 
 
 Each in their kind. The earth obey’d, and ftrait 
 Opening her fertil womb teem’d at a birth 
 Innumerous living creatures, perfeft forms, 455 
 
 Limb’d and full grown ; out of the ground up rofe 
 As from his lair the wdld beaft where he wons 
 In foreft wild, in thicket, brake, or den 1 
 Among the trees in pairs they rofe, they walk’d : 
 
 The cattel in the fields and meadows green : 460 
 
 Thofe rare and folitary, thefe in flocks 
 Pafturing at once, and in broad herds upfprung. 
 
 The grafly clods now calv’d, now half appear’d 
 
 The tawny lion, pawing to get free 464 
 
 His hinder parts, then fprings as broke from bonds. 
 
 And rampant fnakes his brinded mane ,* the ounce. 
 
 The libbard, and the tiger, as the mole 
 
 Rifing, the crumbled earth above them threw 
 
 In hillocs : the fwift flag from under ground 
 
 Bore up his branching head : fcarce from his mold 470 
 
 Behemoth biggeft born of earth upheav’d 
 
 His vaftnefs : fleec’d the flocks and bleating rofe. 
 
 As plants : ambiguous between fea and land 
 The river horfe and fcaly crocodile. 
 
 At once came forth whatever creeps the ground, 47^ 
 Infea or worm ; thofe wav’d their limber fans 
 For wings, and fmallefl: lineaments exaft 
 In all the liveries deck’d of fummer’s pride 
 With fpots of gold and purple’, azure and grten : 
 Thefe as a line their long dimenflon drew, 480 
 
 Streaking the ground with finuous trace ; not all 
 Minims of nature ; fome of ferpent kind. 
 
 Wondrous in length and corpulence, involv’d 
 Their fnaky folds, and added wings. Firft crept 
 The parfimonious emmet, provident 485 
 
 Of future, in fmall room large heart inclos’d, 
 
 Pattern of juft equality perhaps 
 
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19^ Pa radish 1.0 S T. Book VO 
 
 Delidoui,,: and 490 
 
 Needleft to &ee repeated; nor 
 The ferpent fubtleft beaft of all the fi-IrJ 
 Of huge extent fometimes, with brazen ’eyjs 
 And hairy mane terrific, though to thee ^ 
 iVot noxious, but: obedient nt thy c^Il 
 
 By fowl, fifli, beaft, was flown, was fwiim ^ u , . 
 yrequentt and of tl« fixth ITyUrl^Z"! 
 
 There wanted yet the meftet wofk, the eZ 
 Of all yet done ; a creature who not prone 
 And brute as wher .features, but indLi 
 With fanftity of reafon, might erefi 
 His nature, and upright with front ferene 
 
 Govern the reft, felf-knowing, and from thence 
 Magnanimous to correfpond with Heaven, 
 
 But grateful to acknowledge whence his good 
 Defcen^, th«her with heart and voice and eyes 
 iJiredted m dnvotion, to adore 
 And worihip God liipreme, who made him chief 
 Of all hu works : therefore th’ Omnipotent 
 Eternal Father (for where is not he 
 Prefent ? ) thus to his Son audibly fpake^ 
 
 Let us make now Man in our image, Ma-n 
 Jn our fimilitude, and let them rule 
 
 sn 
 
 Sio 
 
 5H 
 
Book.Vn. Paradise Lost. 199 
 
 Over the fifli and fowl of foa and air, 
 
 Beaft of the field, and over ail the earth. 
 
 And every creeping thing that creeps the ground. 
 
 This faid, he formed thee, Adam, thee, G Man, 
 Buft of the ground, and in thy nofirils breath’d 525 
 The breath of life 1 in his own image he 
 Created thee, in the image of God 
 Exprefs, and thou becam’fl; a living foul. 
 
 Male he created thee, but thy confort 
 
 Female for race ; then blefs’d mankind, and fald, 53 ® 
 
 Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth. 
 
 Subdue it, and throughout dominion held 
 Over filh of die fea, and fowl of th’ air. 
 
 And every living thing that moves on th’ earth. 
 Wherever thus created, for no place .5 3 5 
 
 Is yet diftinfl by name, thence, as thou know’fi, 
 
 He brought thee into this delicious grove. 
 
 This garden, planted with the trees of God, 
 Beledlable both to behold and tafte ; 
 
 And freely all their pleafant fruit for food 540 
 
 Gave thee ; all forts are here that all th’ earth yields, 
 Variety without end ; but of the tree. 
 
 Which tafted works knowledge of good and evil. 
 
 Thou may’ft not ; in the day thou eat’ft, thou dy’ft 1 
 Death is the penalty impos’d, beware, 545 
 
 And govern well thy appetite, left Sin 
 Surprife thee, and her black attsndent Death. 
 
 Here finifti’d he, and all that he had made 
 View’d, and behold ail was entirely good 1 
 So ev’n and morn accomplifti’d the fixth day : 5 50 
 
 Yet not till the Creator from his work 
 Defifting, though unwearied, up return’d. 
 
 Up to the Heav’n of Heav’ns high abode. 
 
200 Par ADisE Lost. BookVII, 
 
 Thence to behold this new created world 
 Th’ addition of his empire, how it fhow’d ecc 
 
 In profpea from his throne, how good, how fair 
 Anfwenng his great idea. Up he rode 
 lollow d with acclamation and the found 
 ^ymphonious of ten thoufand harps that tun’d 
 Angelic harmonies : the earth, the air . 5 ® 
 
 Kefounded, (thou remember’d, for thou heardd) ^ 
 i he Heav’ns and all the conftellations rung. 
 
 The planets in their ftation lift’ning flood. 
 
 While the bright pomp afcended jubilant/ 
 
 Open, ye everlafting gates, they fung, , 5 - 
 
 Open, ye Heav’ns, your living doors j let in ^ ^ 
 The great Creator from his work return’d 
 Magnificent, his fix days work, a world • 
 
 Open and henceforth oft; for God will deign 
 To vifit oft the dweUings of juft men 
 Helighted,^ and with frequent intercourfe 
 Thither will fend his winged meftengers 
 On errands of fupernal grace. So fung 
 The glorious train afcending : He through Heaven, 
 
 That open d wide her blazing portals, led 
 1 o God s eternal houfe diredl the way, 
 
 A broad and ample road, whofe dull is gold 
 And pavement ftars, as liars to thee appear. 
 
 Seen in the galaxy, that milky way. 
 
 Which nightly as a circling zone thou feed c 5 
 Powder’d with ftars. And now on earth the feventh 
 Evening arofe in Eden, for the fun 
 
 ^as fet, and twilight from the eaft came on 
 Foremnning night ; when at the holy mount 
 
 Of throne jg; 
 
 Su ^ and lure, ^ ^ 
 
 The Filial Pow’r arriv’d, and fat him down 
 
 With his gre^t Father, for he alfo went 
 
 570 
 
 575 
 
 580 
 
201 
 
 BookVII. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Invifible, y.et ftayM, (fuch privilege 
 Hath Omniprefence] and the work ordain’d, 590- 
 Author and end of all things^ and from work 
 Now refting, blefs’d and hallow’d the fev’nth day. 
 
 As refting on that day from all his work, 
 
 But not in filence holy kept i the harp 
 
 Had work and refted not, the folemn pipe, 595, 
 
 And dulcimer, all organs of fweet ftop. 
 
 All founds on fret by ftring or golden wire 
 Temper’d foft tunings, intermix’d with voice 
 Choral or unifon : of incenfe clouds 
 Fuming from golden cenfers hid the mount. 600 
 Creadon and the fix days a£ls they fung. 
 
 Great are thy works, Jehovah, iniinite 
 Thy pow’r ; what thought can meafure thee or tongue 
 Relate thee ? greater now in thy return 
 I’han from the giant Angels ; thee that da,y 605 
 Thy thunders magnify’d ; but to create 
 Is greater than created to deftroy. 
 
 Who can impair thee, mighty King, or bound 
 Thy empire ? eafily the proud attempt 
 Of Spi’rits apoftate and their counfels vain 6 m- 
 
 Thou haft repell’d, while impioufly they thought 
 Thee to diminifti, and from thee withdrav/ 
 
 The number of thy worftiippers. Who feeks 
 To leften thee, againft his purpofe ferves 
 To manifeft the more thy might ; his evil 6 t^ 
 
 Thou ufeft, and from thence creat’d: more good. 
 Witnefs this new-made world, another Heaven 
 From Heaven gate not far, founded in view 
 On the clear hyaline, the glalTy fea ; 
 
 Of amplitude almoft immenfe, with ftars 
 Numerous, and every ftar perhaps a world 
 Of deftin’d habitation 5 but thou know’H 
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202 
 
 Par AD iSE Lost. Book Vil. 
 
 Their feafons : among thefe the feat of Men 
 
 Earth with her nether ocean circumfus’d 
 
 Their pleafant dwelling place. Thrice happy Men, 625 
 
 And fons of Men, whom God hath thus advanc’d, 
 
 Created m his image, there to dwell 
 
 And worlhip him, and in reward to rule 
 
 Over his works, on earth, in fea, or air 
 
 And multiply a race of worlhippers ’ g.* 
 
 Holy and juft : thrice happy if they know 
 
 Their happinefs, and perfevere upright. 
 
 So fung they, and the empyrean rung. 
 
 With Halleluiahs : Thus was fabbath kept 
 
 And thy requeft think now fulfill’d, that ask’d 6« 
 
 How firft this world and face of things began. ' 
 
 And what before thy memory was done 
 
 From the beginning, that pofterity 
 
 Inform’d by thee might know ; if elfe thou feek’ft 
 
 Ought, not furpafling human meafure, fay. 
 
 Tk&d of the feventb Book. 
 
THE 
 
 EIGHTH BOOK 
 OF 
 
 PARADISE LOST. 
 
The Argument. 
 
 Adam inquires concerning celejiial motions ^ is doubtfully an- 
 fwerdi and exhorted to fearch rather things more nioorthy. 
 of kno'wledge : Adam ajfents, and fill defrous to detain 
 Raphael^ relates to him nsShat he remembed d fnce his 
 <rwn creation, his placing in Varadife, his talk, nvith 
 God concerning foUtude and fit fociety, his firfl meeting 
 and nuptials nvith Eve, his difeourfe nsjith the Angel 
 thereupon % msho after admomtioits repeated departs. 
 
PARADISE LOST 
 
 book VIII. 
 
 a E Angel ended, and in Adam’s ear 
 So charming left his voice, that he a while" 
 Thought him ftill fpeaking^ ftili floods 
 fix’d to hear ; 
 
 Then as new wak’d thus gratefully re- 
 ply’dr. 
 
 What thanks fufficient, or what recompenfe 
 Equal have I to render thee, divine 
 Hiilorian, who thus largely haft allay’d 
 The thirft I had of knowledge, and vouchfaf’d 
 This friendly condefcenfion to relate 
 Things elfe by me unfearchable, now heard 
 With wonder, but delight, and, as is due. 
 
 With glory attributed to the high- 
 Creator? fomething yet of doubt remains,. 
 
 Which pnly thy. folution can refolve^. "" 
 
Paradise Lost. BookVlIJ. 
 
 r behold th« goodly frame, this world 
 Of Heavn and Earth confiding, and compute 
 Them magiutudes, this earth a fpot, a grain. 
 An atom, with the firmament compar’d 
 And all her number’d ftars, that feem to roU 
 Spaces tncomprehenfible (for fucli 
 
 Their diilance argues and their fwift return 
 
 Piurnal) merely to officiate light 
 Round this opacous earth, this pundual foot. 
 One day and night, in all their vaft furvey 
 Ufelefs befides I reafoning I oft admire. 
 
 How nature wife and frugal could commit 
 Such difproportions, with fuperduoas hand 
 So many noble bodies to create. 
 
 Greater fo manifold .to this one uie. 
 
 For ought appears, and on their orbs impofe 
 Such reftlefs revolution day by day 
 Repeated, while the fedentary earth. 
 
 That better might with far lefs complfs move. 
 Serv’d by more noble than herfelf, attains 
 Her end without lead motion, and receives. 
 
 As tribute, fuch a fumlefs journey brought* 
 
 Of incorporeal fpeed, her warmth and light; 
 Speed, to defcribe whofe fwiftnefs number fils. 
 
 15 
 
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 35 
 
 So fpake our fire, and by his count’nance feem’d 
 Entring on ftudious thoughts abfirufe, which Eve 40 
 Perceiving where Ihe fat retir’d in fight, ^ 
 
 With lowHnefs majellic from her feat. 
 
 And grace tiiat won who law to wilh her day, 
 
 Rofe, and went forth among her -fruits and fiowers. 
 
 To vifit how they profper’d, bud and bloom, * 4c 
 Her nurfery ; they her coir.mg fprung, ’ 
 
 And touch’d by her fair tcndence gladlicr grew. 
 
 Yet went die not, as not with iuch difcpurfe 
 
207 
 
 Book VIII. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Delighted, or not capable her ear 
 
 Of what was high : fuch pleafnre ihe reierv d, 
 
 Adam relating, ihe foie auditrefs .1 
 
 Her husband the relator Ihe preferred 
 
 Before the Angel, and of him to ask 
 
 Chofe rather ; he, ihe knew, would intermix 
 
 Grateful digreflions, and folve high difpute 
 
 With conjagal careffes ; from his lip 
 
 Not words alone pleas'd her. O when meet now 
 
 Such pairs, in love and mutual honor join'd ? 
 
 With Goddefs-like demeanour forth ihe went. 
 
 Not unattended, for on her as queen 
 A pomp of winning graces waited ftill. 
 
 And from about her fliot darts of dehre 
 Into all eyes to wilh her ftill in fight. 
 
 And Raphael now to Adam’s doubt propos d 
 Benevolent and facil thus reply 'd. 
 
 
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 To ask or fearch I blame thee not, for Heaven 
 Is as the book of God before thee fet, 
 
 Wherein to read his wondrous ‘works, and learn 
 His'^feafons, hours, or days, or months, or years : 
 This to attain, whether Heav'n move or Earth, 
 Imports not, if thou reckon right 1 the reft 
 From Man or Angel the gr^at Architea 
 Did wifely to conceal, and not divulge 
 His fecrets to be fcann’d by them who ought 
 Rather admire ; or if they lift to try 
 Conjedure, he his fabric of the Heavens 
 Hath left to their difputes, perhaps to mov$ 
 
 His laughter at their quaint opinions wide 
 Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven 
 And calculate the ftars, how they will wield ^ 
 
 The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive 
 To fa ve appearances, how gird the fphero 
 
85 
 
 90 
 
 Paradise Lost. Book VIII 
 
 With centric and eccentric fcribled o’er 
 Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb • 
 
 Already by thy reafoning this I gnefs, 
 
 Tha°t hV° ofspring, and fuppofell 
 
 That bodies bright and greater Ihould not Lve 
 1 he lefs not bright, nor Heav’n f;,..!. • 
 
 E.„b 
 
 The benefit: conf.der firft, that great 
 Or bright infers not excellence: fhe earth 
 Though, m comparifon of Heav’n fn r n 
 Nor glill’ring, may of folld glod "^nmif ’ 
 
 More plenty than the fun tha^ barren Ihines. 
 
 hofe virtue on itfelf works no eiFeft 
 But in the fruitful earth ; there firft receiv’d 
 His beams, unaaive elfe, their vigor find 
 Yet not to earth are thofe bright laminaries 
 Officious, but to thee earth’s habitant. 
 
 Neav’ns wide circuit, let it fpeafe 
 The Maker s high magnificence, who built 
 So fpacious, and his line ftretch’d out fo far • 
 
 Tnat Man may know hb dwells not in his own; 
 
 An edifice too large for him to fill. 
 
 Lodg'd in a fmall partition, and the refl 
 Ordain’d for ufes to his Lord beft known 
 The fwiftnefs of thofe circles attribute,. 
 
 Though numberlefs, to his omnipotence> 
 
 That to corporeal fubllances could add 
 Speed almoft fpiritual ; me thou think’fl not flow 
 ^^ho {mce the morning hour fet out from Heavcli 
 Where God refides, and ere mid-day arriv’d 
 In Eden, diftance inexpreffible 
 By numbers that have name. But this I uree 
 Admitting motion in the Heav’ns, to fhovv ' 
 
 Invalid that which thee to doubt it mov’d ; 
 
 Not that I fo affirm, though fo it feem 
 
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 J.O 
 
 II5 
 
Book VIII. Paradise Lost; 209 
 
 To thee who haft thy dwelling here on earth. 
 
 God to remove his ways from human fenfe. 
 
 Plac’d Heav’n from Earth fo far, that earthly fight, i zo 
 If it prefume, might err in things too high. 
 
 And no advantage gain. What if the fun 
 
 Be center to the world, and other ftars 
 
 By his attractive virtue and their own 
 
 Incited, dance about him various rounds ? 125 
 
 Their warid’ring courfe now high, now low, then hid, 
 
 Progreffive, retrograde, or iftanding ftill. 
 
 In fix thou feeft, and what if fev’nth to thefe 
 The planet earth, fo lledfaft though ftie feem, 
 Infenfibly three different motions move ? ^ 1 30 
 
 Which elfe to feveral fpheres thou muft afcribe. 
 
 Mov’d contrary with thwart obliquities. 
 
 Or fave the fun his labor, and tliat fwift 
 Nocturnal and diurnal rhomb fuppos’d, 
 
 Invifible elfe above all ftars, the wheel 13S 
 
 Of day and night ; which needs not thy belief. 
 
 If earth induftrious of herfelf fetch day 
 Traveling eaft, and with her part averfe 
 From the fun’s beam meet night, her other part 
 Still luminous by his ray. What if that light ^ 140 
 Sent from her through the wide tranfpicuous air. 
 
 To the terreftrial moon be as a ftar 
 Inlightning her by day, as Ihe by night 
 This earth ? reciprocal, if land be there. 
 
 Fields and inhabitants : Her fpots thou feeft 14S 
 
 As clouds, and clouds may rain, and rain produce 
 Fruits in her foften’d foil, for feme to eat 
 Allotted there ; and other funs perhaps 
 With their attendent moons thou wilt defcry 
 Communicating male and female light, 15O 
 
 Which two great f^es animate the world. 
 
 Stor’d in each orb perhaps with fome that live» 
 
1. i-OST,' B(X)kVIjr 
 
 By liwL rf, “"PoiTefi’d 
 
 n.rV • li^uure unpo 
 
 Bight back to them, is obvious to diPpute 
 
 Hefro^ tl^efft hh Siif toy bei;“’ 
 
 Or fte from weft her filent courfe adyfnce 
 With innoffenfive pace that fpinning fleep* 
 
 On her foft axle, while Ihe paces even, 
 
 And bears thee foft with the fmooth air aW 
 Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid, 
 leave them to God above, him ferve and fear; 
 
 W other creatures, as him pleafes beft, 
 merever plac’d, let him difpofe : joy thou 
 In what he gives to thee, this Paradife 
 And thy fai^r Eve; Heav’n is for thee too high 
 To know what paffes there ; be lowly wife ; 
 iiiink only what concerns thee and thy beintr. 
 Bream not of other worlds, what creatures there 
 Live, m what ftate, condition or degree 
 Contented that thus far hath been reveal’d 
 Not of Earth, only but of higheft Heaven. 
 
 To whom Aus Adam, clear’d of doubt, reply’d. 
 
 How fully haft thou fatisfy’d me, pure lita 
 
 Intelligence of Heav’n, Angel ferene. 
 
 And freed from intricacies, taught to live. 
 
 The eafieft way, nor with perplexing Aoughts 
 
 God hath bid dweli far off all anpdous cares. , Se 
 Md not moJeft ug, uidefs we ^urfelyei ^ 
 
 
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 165 
 
 170 
 
 
Book VIII. Paradise Los'f.' 211 
 
 Seek them with wand’ring diought$, and notions vain. 
 But apt the mind or fancy is to rove 
 Uncheck’d, and of her roving is no end i 
 Till warn’d, or by experience taught, fhe learn, 19® 
 That not to know at large of thi^s remote 
 From ufe, obfcure and fubtle, but to know 
 That which before us lies in daily life. 
 
 Is the prime wifdom ; what is more, is fume. 
 
 Or emptinefs, or fond impertinence, ifS 
 
 And renders us in things that moft concern 
 Unpradtic’d, un prepar’d, and Hill to feek. 
 
 Therefore from this high pitch let us d^fcend 
 A lower flight, and fpeak of things at hai^ ' 
 
 Ufeful, whence haply mention may arh© 2'OQ 
 
 Of fomething not unfeafonable to ask 
 By fufferance, and thy wonted favor deign’d. 
 
 Thee I have heard relating what was done 
 Ere my remembrance ; now hear me relate 
 My ftory, which perhaps thou hall not heard 1 ■stQ§ 
 Aad day is yet not fpent ; till then thou 
 How fubtly to detain thee I devife. 
 
 Inviting thee to hear while I relate. 
 
 Fond, were it not in hope of thy reply : 
 
 For while I fit with thee, I feem in Heaven, 2 10 
 And fweeter thy difeourfe is to my ear 
 Than fruits of palm-tree pleafantefl: to thjrflr 
 And hunger both, from labor, at the hour 
 Of fweet repaft ; they fa date, and foon fill 214 
 
 Though pleafant, but thy words with grace divine 
 Imbued, bring to their fv/cetnefs no fatiety. 
 
 To whom thus Raphael anfwer’d heav’nly nmek. 
 
 I Nor are thy lips ungraceful. Sire of men, 
 
 I Nor. tongue ineloquent ; for God on thee 
 I Abundantly his ^ifts hath pour’d Z 2 i/S> 
 
Lost. BookVlIf 
 
 Inward and outward both, his image fair • 
 
 opeakmp- nr mnf« .11 
 
 c T • JUS iinag'e fair • 
 
 Speaking or mute aii comeliaefs and grace 
 
 “2 f«». , 
 
 ipf think we in Hear’n of thee on Earth 
 
 Sfad"; inqukf * 
 
 Wadly into the ways of God with Man • 
 
 ^or God we fee hath honor’d thee, and fet 
 ^or^ tl! >• 
 
 ^or r that day was abfent, as befel, 
 ound on a voyage uncouth and obfcure, 
 
 Soua?/-'^' g«es of Hell j 
 To r il” ^«g'on (fuch command we had) 
 
 To fee that none'thence iffued forth a fpy. 
 
 Or enemy, while God was in his work, 
 
 Eeft he incens’d at fuch eruption bold, 
 
 Nofthat!^ '"f “'Sht have mix’d. 
 
 Ut us he fends upon his high behefls 
 For Hate, as Sovran King, and to inure 
 
 The ^ obedience. Fall we found, fall Ihut 
 The d.f„,, barricado’d ftro^g , 
 
 m long ere our approaching heard within 
 Tof» “5®'' 5’’“ *0 'bund of dance or fong, 
 m n lament, and furious rage. 
 
 Glad we return’d up to the coafls of light 
 Ere fabbath evening ; fo we had in charge. 
 
 But ihy relation now ; for I attend, 
 
 Bleas d with thy words no lefs than thou with mine. 
 
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 240 
 
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 So fpake the Godlike Pow’r, and thus our fire, 
 or Man to tell how human life began 
 s ard , for who himfelf beginning knew ? 
 
 Defire with thee Hill longer to converfe 
 Induc’d_me. As new wak’d from foundeft fleep 
 Soft on the fiow’ry herb I found me laid 
 
BookVIIL Par AD iSE Lost. 21 ^ 
 
 In balmy fweat, which W'ith his beams the fun 255 
 Soon Jiy’d, and on the reaking moiHure fed. 
 
 Strait toward Heav’n my wond’ring eyes I turn’d, 
 
 And gaz’d a while the ample sky, till rais’d 
 By quick inftindive motion up I fprung. 
 
 As thitherward endevoring, and upright 260 - 
 
 Stood on my feet ; about me round I faw 
 Hill, dale, and fliady woods, and funny plains. 
 
 And liquid lapfe of murm’ring dreams ; by thefe. 
 Creatures that liv’d and mov’d, and walk’d, or, flew. 
 Birds on thej)ranches warbling ; all things fmil’d, 265 
 With fragrance and with joy my heart o’erflow’d, 
 Myfelf I then perus’d, and limb by limb 
 Survey’d, and fometimes went, and fometimes ran 
 With fupple joints, as lively vigor led : 
 
 But who I was, or where, or from what caufe, 270 
 Knew not ; to fpeak I try’d, and forthwith fpake ; 
 
 My tongue obey’d, and readily could name 
 Whate’er I faw. Thou Sun, faid I, fair light. 
 
 And thou inlighten’d Earth, fo frefli and gay. 
 
 Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains, 27 5 
 And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell. 
 
 Tell, if ye faw, how came I thus, how here ? 
 
 Not of myfelf ; by fome great Maker then. 
 
 In goodnefs and in pow’r prteeminent ; 
 
 Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, 280 
 From whom I have that thus I move and live. 
 
 And feel that I am happier than I know. 
 
 While thus I call’d, and ftray’d I knew not whither. 
 From where I firft drew air, and flrfl: beheld 
 This happy light, when anfwer none return’d, 285 
 On a green lhady bank profufe of flowers 
 ;| Pcnfive I fat me down ; there gentle fleep^ ^ 
 
 Firft found me, and with foft opprelTion feis’d 
 My droufed fenfe, untroubled, though I thought 
 
VJII. 
 290 
 
 295, 
 
 214 F A R A D I s E Lost* 
 
 I then was paffing ^ my former ftate ' 
 Inlenfible, and forthwitli to diiToIvd • 
 Whenfuddenly ftood at my head a dream. 
 Whofe inward apparition gently mov’d 
 My fancy to believe I yet had being, 
 
 And fL “thought, of lhape divine, 
 
 p- a na “‘‘"fion wants thee, Adam, rife 
 
 p"a innumerable ordain’d * 
 
 Firlt Father, call’d by thee I come thy guide 
 To the garden of blifs, thy feat prepar’d 
 So faymg, by the hand he took me rais’j; 
 
 nd over fields and waters, as in air 
 Smooth Hiding without flep, laft led me up 
 A woody mountain ; whofe high top was nl,m 
 A circuit wide, inclos’d, with Joodheft tre^ 
 
 yr earth before fcarce pleafant feemM v 
 Toaden with faireft fruft, that hung to th^ey^ 
 Tempting, ffirr’d in me fudden appetite ^ 
 
 To pluck and eat j whereat I wak’d anA r j 
 Befee mine eyes all real, as the dreC 
 Had lively lhadow’d : Here had u 
 
 p hither, from among the trees appLf’d 
 
 Prefence divine. Rejoicing, but w4 awe’ 
 
 In adoration at his feet I fell 
 
 '•ear’dme’, and Whom thou foaeht’Al 
 Sa^ mildly, Author of all this thou feeil ^ 
 
 To , n « ‘Jiine 
 
 1 ““i and of the fruit to eat ; 
 
 Of every tree that in the garden grows ^ 
 
 But^ of'te'Sethot"" ^ ’• 
 
 K-n„ 1 J f operation brings 
 
 Knowledge of good and m, which I Ue fet 
 
 3O6 
 
 
 310 
 
Book VIII. Pa A D I if E L 6 s t. 
 
 415 
 
 325 
 
 The pledge of thy obedience and thy faith, 
 
 Amid the garden by ther tree of life, 
 
 Remember what I warn thee, Ihen to talle. 
 
 And Ihun the bitter confequence : for know. 
 
 The day thou eat’ft thereof, my foie command 
 
 Tranfgrefs’d, inevitably thou fbalt die, j 
 
 From that day mortal, and this happy Hate 
 
 Shalt lofe, expell’d from hence into a world 
 
 Of woe and forrow. Sternly he pronounc’d 
 
 The rigid interdidlion, which refounds 
 
 Yet dreadful in 'mine ear, though in my choke 33^ 
 
 Not to incur ; but foon his clear afpedl 
 
 Return’d, and gracious purpofe thus renew’d. 
 
 Not only thefe fair bounds, but all the earth 
 To thee and to thy race I give 1 as lords 
 Pofiefs it, and all things that therein live, 34^ 
 
 Or live in fea, or air, beaft, filh, and fowl. 
 
 In fign whereof each bird and beaft Behold 
 
 After their kinds ; I bring them to receive 
 
 From thee their names, and pay thee fealty 
 
 With low fubjedion ; underftand the fame 3.|.| 
 
 Of filh within their watry reftdence, 
 
 Not hither fummort’d, fmce they cannot cRang'a 
 Their element to draw the thinner air. 
 
 As thus' he fpake, each bird and beaft behold 
 Approaching two and two, thefe cowrihg low 33© 
 With blandiflunent, each bird ftoOp’d on his wing, 
 
 I nam’d them, as they pafs’d, and underftood 
 Their nature, with fuch knowledge of God indued 
 My Hidden apprehenfion : but in thefe 
 I found not what methought I wanted ftill 1 355. 
 
 And to the heav’nly vifion thus pfefum’d. 
 
 O by what name, for thou above all thefe. 
 
 Above mankind, ought than mankind higher, 
 
2j6 Paradise Lost. Book VIII, 
 
 SurpalTeft far my naming, how may I 
 
 Adore thee, Author of this univerfe, 26® 
 
 And all this good to man ? for whofe well being 
 
 bo amply, and with hands fo liberal 
 
 Thou hall provided all things : but with me 
 
 I fee not who partakes. In folitude 
 
 What happinefs, who can enjoy alone, 36^ 
 
 Or all enjoying, what contentment find ? 
 
 This I prefumptuous ; and the vifion bright. 
 
 As with a fmdt; more brighten’d, thus reply’d. 
 
 What call’ll thou folitude ? is not the earth 
 With various living creatures, and the air 
 Replemfli’d, and all thefe at thy command 
 To come and play before thee.? know’ll thou not 
 1 heir language and their ways ? they alfo know. 
 
 And reafon not contemptibly ; with thefe 
 
 Find pallime, and bear rule ; thy realm is large. 375 
 
 So fpake the univerfal Lord, and feem’d 
 So ord’ring. I with leave of fpeech implor’d. 
 
 And humble deprecation thus reply’d. 
 
 Let not my words olFend thee, heav’niy Power, 
 My Maker, be propitious while I fpcak. 
 
 Haft thou not made me here thy fubftitute. 
 
 And thefe inferior far beneath me fet ? 
 
 Among unequals what fociety 
 
 Can fort, what harmony or true delight ? 
 
 Which mull be mutual, in proportion due 2 
 
 Oiv n and receiv’d ; but in difparity 
 The one intenfe, the other ftill remifs 
 Cannot well fuit with either, but foon prove 
 Tedious alike : Of fellowlhip I fpeak 
 
BookVIII. Par ADiSE Lost. 217 
 
 Such as I feek, fit to participate 
 All rational delight, wherein the brute 
 Cannot be human confort ; they rejoice 
 Each with their kind, lion with lionefs | 
 
 So fitly them in pairs thou haft combin’d i 
 
 Much lefs can bird with beaft, or fifti with fowl 395 
 
 So well converfe, nor with the ox the ape j 
 
 Worfe then can man with beaft, and leaft of all. 
 
 Whereto th’ Almighty anfwer’d, not difpleas’d. 
 
 A nice and fubtle happinefs I fee 
 
 Thou to thyfelf propofeft, in the choice 40® 
 
 Of thy aflbciates, Adam, and wilt tafte 
 
 No pleafure, though in pleafure, folitary. 
 
 What think’ft thou then of me, and this my flatc ? 
 Seem I to thee fufficiently poffefs’d 
 Of happinefs, or not ? who am alone 
 From all eternity, for none I know 
 Second to me or like, equal much lefs. 
 
 How have I then with whom to hold converfe 
 Save with the creatures which I made, and thofe 
 To me inferior, infinite defcents 
 Beneath what other creatures are to thee ? 
 
 
 41® 
 
 He ceas’d, I lowly anfwer’d. To attain 
 The highth and depth of thy eternal ways 
 All human thoughts come ftiort, Supreme of things 5 
 Thou in thyfelf art perfed, and in thee 415 
 
 Is no deficience found ; not fo is Man, 
 
 But in degree, the caufe of his defire 
 i ' By converfation with his like to help, 
 
 I Or folace his defedts. No need that thou 
 I Shouldft propagate, already infinite, 420 
 
 And through all numbers abfolute, though one ; 
 
 But Man by number is to manifeft 
 L 
 
435 
 
 2i8 Paradise Lost. BookVIII. 
 
 His fingle imperfeaion, and beget 
 
 Like of his like, his image multiply ’d. 
 
 In unity defediye, which requires 
 
 Collateral love, and deareft amity ^ ^ 
 
 Thou m thy fecrefy although alone. 
 
 Led with thyfelf accompanied, feek’d not 
 Social communication, yet fo pleas’d, 
 
 Canfr raife thy creature to what highth thou wilt 4.0 
 Of union or communion, deify’d; 
 
 1 by converfing cannot thefe eredl 
 
 From prone, nor in their ways complacence find. 
 
 Thus I imbolden’d fpake, and freedom us’d 
 Permiffive, and acceptance found, which gain’d 
 This anfwer from the gracious voice divine. 
 
 Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleas’d. 
 
 And hnd thee knowing not of beads alone. 
 
 Which thou had rightly nam’d, but of thyfelf, 
 Expreding well the fpiVit within thee free. 
 
 My image, not imparted to the brute, 
 
 Whofe fellowihip therefore unmeet for thee 
 Good reafon was thou freely diouldd didike. 
 
 And be fo minded dill ; I, ere thou fpak’d, 
 
 Knew It not good for Man to be alone. 
 
 And no fuch company as then thou faw’ft 
 Intended thee, for trial only brought. 
 
 To fee how thou could’d judge of ht’and meet: 
 
 What next I bring fhall pleafe thee, be aflhr’d. 
 
 Thy likenefs, thy dt help, thy other felf. 
 
 Thy widi exaaiy to thy heart’s defire. 
 
 440 
 
 445 
 
 450 
 
 He ended, or I heard no more, for now 
 My earthly by his heav’nly overpower’d, 
 
 Which it had long ftood under, drain’d to th’ highth 
 
BookVIII. Paradis’s L< 3 st. 219 
 
 In that celeftial colloquy fublime, 455 
 
 As with an objed: that excels (he fenfe 
 Dazled and fpent, funk down, and fought repair 
 Of deep, which inftantly fell on me, call’d 
 By nature as in aid, and clos’d mine eyes. 
 
 Mine eyes he clos’d, but open left the cell 460 
 
 Of fancy my internal fight, by which 
 Abdrafl as in a trance methought I faw. 
 
 Though fleeping, where I lay, and faw the ihape 
 Still glorious before whom awake I Hood 1 
 Who Hooping open’d my left fide, and took 465 
 From thence a rib, with cordial fpirits warm. 
 
 And life-blood ftreaming frelh ; wide was the wound. 
 But fuddenly with fiefh fill’d up and heaFd ; 
 
 The rib he form’d and faflion’d with his hands ; 
 
 Under his forming hands a creature grew, 470 
 
 Manlike, but different fex, fo lovely fair, 
 
 That what feem’d fair in ail the world, feem’d now 
 Mean, or in her fumm’d up, in her contain’d 
 And in her looks, which from that time infus’d 
 Sweetnefs into my heart, unfelt before, 475 
 
 And into all things from her air infpir’d 
 The fpi’rit of love and amorous delight. 
 
 She difappear’d, and left me dark ; I wak’d 
 
 To find her, or for ever to deplore 
 
 Her lofs, and other pleafures all abjure : 4'Sc' 
 
 When out of hope, behold her, not far olF, 
 
 Such as I faw her in my dream, adorn’d 
 With what all Earth or Heaven could bellow 
 To make her amiable : On fire came, 
 
 I Led by her heav’nly Maker, though unfeen, 4S5 
 j And guided by his voice, nor uninform’d 
 I Of nuptial fandity and marriage rites : 
 
 I Grace was in all her Heps, Heav’n in her eye, 
 
 [1 In every gefture dignity and love. 
 
 I overjoy’d could not forbear aloud. 450 
 
 1 ^ 2, 
 
220 
 
 Paradise Lost. Book VIII, 
 
 This turn hath made amends ; thou haft fulfill’d 
 Thy words. Creator bounteous and benign 
 Giver vof all things fair, but faireft this ^ ’ 
 
 Of all thy gifts, nor envieft. I now fee 
 Tone of my bone, flefti of my ftefli, myfelf 
 Before me ; Woman is her name, of Man 
 Extracted ; for this caufe he lhall forgo 
 Father and mother, and to’ his wife adhere ; 
 
 And they ftiall be one ftefli, one heart, one foul. 
 
 495 
 
 505 
 
 She heard me thus, and though divinely brought, coo 
 Yet innocence and virgin modefty, 5 ^ 
 
 Her virtue and the confcience of her worth. 
 
 That would be woo’d, and not unfought be won 
 h^ot obvious, not obtrufive^ but retir’d. 
 
 The more deiirable, or to fay all, ^ 
 
 Nature herfelf, though pure of finful thought. 
 Wrought in her fo, that feeing me, flie jturn’d ; 
 
 I follow’d her, flie what was honor knew. 
 
 And with obfequious majefty approv’d 
 My pleaded reafon. To the nuptial bower 
 I led her blulhing like the morn : all Heaven, 
 
 And happy conftellations on that hour 
 Shed their feleaeft influence ; the earth 
 Gave fign of gratulation, and each hill ; 
 
 Joyous the birds ; frefli gales and gentle airs 
 Whifper’d it to the woods, and from their wings 
 Flung role, flung odors from the fpicy flirub, 
 Difporting, till the amorous bird of night 
 Sung fpoufal, and bid hafte the evening ftar 
 On his hill top, to light the bridal lamp. ^20 
 
 Sio 
 
 5*5 
 
 Thus have I told thee all my ftate, and brought 
 My ftory to the fum of earthly blifs 
 Which I enjoy, and muft confefs to find 
 In all things elfe delight indeed, but fuci 
 
Book VIII. Paradise Lost. 221 
 
 As us’d or not, works in the mind no change, 5 25 
 Nor vehement defire, thefe delicacies 
 I mean of tafte, fight, fmell, herbs, fruits, and flowers. 
 Walks, and the melody of birds ; but here 
 Far otherwife, tranfported I behold, 
 
 Tranfported touch ; here pallion firft I felt, 53.0 
 
 Commotion ftrange, in all enjoyments elfe 
 Superior and unmov’d, here only weak 
 Againfl: the charm of beauty’s pow’rful glance. 
 
 Or nature fail’d in me, and left fome part 
 
 Not proof enough fuch objeft to fuftain, 535" 
 
 Or from my fide fubdufting, took perhaps ^ 
 
 More than enough ; at leaft on her bellow’d 
 Too much of ornament, in outward (how 
 Elaborate, of inward lefs exaft. 
 
 For well I underlland in the prime end 540 
 
 Of nature her th’ inferior, in the mind 
 And inward faculties, which rnofl: excel. 
 
 In outward alfo her refembling lefs 
 
 His image who made both, and lefs exprefling ^ 
 
 The charafter of that dominion given 545 
 
 O’er other creatures j yet when I approach 
 
 Her lovelinefs, fo abfolute fhe feems 
 
 And in herfelf complete, fo well to know 
 
 Her own, that what fhe wills to do or fay, 
 
 ' Seems wifeft, virtuoufell, difcreetefl, bell; 55® 
 
 i All higher knowledge in her prefence falls 
 j Degraded, wifdom in difcourfe v/ith her 
 j Lofes difcount’nanc’d, and like folly fhows ; 
 
 Authority and reafon on her wait, 
 j As one intended firft, not after made 55S^ 
 
 j Occafionally ; and to confummate all, 
 
 '! Greatnefs of mind and noblenefs their feat 
 \ Build in her lovelieft, and create an awe 
 About her, as a guard angelic plac’d, 
 
 I ^ 3 
 
223 Paradise Lost, BookVIir. 
 
 To wliom the Ange! with contraaed brow. j6o 
 
 Accure not nature, /he hath done her part , 
 
 Do thou but thine, and be not diffident 
 Of wifdom, /he deferts thee not, if thou 
 ifmifs not her, when mod thou need'/l her nigh, 
 
 ■^y SttritMitincy r»v/>Tmnr-L t-n. *.1.: “ * 
 
 565 
 
 570 
 
 By attributing overmuch to things 
 Lefs excellent, as thou thyfelf perceiv’/f. 
 
 Bor what admir’d thou, what tranfports thee fo 
 ;^n outiide? fair no doubt, and worthy win 
 
 Noftf7w”l- andthy love, 
 
 thy fubjeaion : weigh with her thyfelf; 
 
 Then value : Oft-times nothing profits moie 
 f han felf efteem, grounded on juft and right 
 e manag d ; of that skill the more thou know’ft 
 The more /he will acknowledge thee her headr 
 
 And to realities yield all her Ihows : 
 
 Made fo adorn for thy delight the more, 
 awful, that with honor thou may’H love 
 Thy mate, who fees when thou art feen leafl wife 
 if the fenfe of touch whereby mankind 
 Js propagated feem fuch dear delight 
 Beyond all other, think the fame vouchfaf’d 
 To catteUnd each beaft; which would not be 
 To them made common and divulg’d, if ought 
 Therein enjoy’d were worthy to fubdue 
 The foul of man, or paffion in him move. 
 
 What high’er in her fociety thou find’ll 
 Attractive, human, rational, love Hill ; 
 
 In loving thou doll well, in paifion nor. 
 
 Wherein true love confills not ; love refines 
 The thoughts, and heart inlarges, hath his feat 
 In rea’fon, and is judicious, is the fcale 
 By which to heav’niy love thou may’ll afcend. 
 
 Not funk in carnal pleafure, for which caufe ' 
 
 Among the beafis no male for thee was found. 
 
 580 
 
 5S5 
 
 590 
 
BookVIII. Paradise 
 
 Lost, 
 
 223 
 
 59 S 
 
 To whom thus half abalh’d Adam reply ’d. 
 
 Neither her outfide form’d fo fair, nor ought 
 In procreation common to all kinds 
 (Though higher of the genial bed by far. 
 
 And with myfterious reverence I deem) 
 
 So much delights me, as thofe graceful aas, 
 
 Thofc thoufand decencies that daily flow ^ 
 
 From all her words and aftions mix’d with love 
 And fweet compliance, which declare unfeign d 
 Union of mind, or in us both one foul ; 
 
 Harmony to behold in wedded pair 
 More grateful than harmonious found to th’ ear. 
 
 Yet thefe fubjed not ; I to thee difclofe 
 What inward thence I feel, not therefore foil’d. 
 
 Who meet with various objeds, from the fenfe 
 Varioufly reprefenting ; yet ftill free 
 Approve the beft, and follow what I approve. 
 
 To love thou blam’ft me not, for love thou hfik 
 Leads up to Heav’n, is both the way and guide; 
 
 Bear with me then, if lawful what I ask ; 
 
 Love not the heav’nly Spi’rits, and how their love 615 
 Exprefs they, by looks only’, or do they mix 
 Irradiance, virtual or immediate touch ? 
 
 600 
 
 60s 
 
 610 
 
 To whom the Angel with a fmile that glow d 
 Celeftial rofy red, love’s proper hue, 
 
 Anfwer’d. Let it fuffice thee that thou know’ll 
 Us happy’, and without love no happinefs. 
 Whatever pure thou in the body’ enjoy’d; 
 
 (And pure thou wert created) we enjoy 
 In eminence, and obftacle find none 
 Of membrane, joint, or limb, exclufive bars ; 
 Eafier than air with air, if Spi’rits embrace. 
 Total they mix, union of pure with pure 
 Defiring ; nor reftrain’d conveyance need 
 
 L 4 
 
 6 It 
 
 625 
 
224 Paradise Lost. BookVITT 
 Beyond the earth's green citl 5“" 
 
 1^., “f -I- ii« 
 Tl,y%T^°"ZZi ‘oujta ''S.l,'* ff " ‘'“r 
 
 he weal or woe in thee is plac’d ; bLare 
 I in thy perfevering ihall rejoice. 
 
 And ali the Blefl : fend fail, to iland or fail 
 Perfefl "'^'^'■«"'ent it lies. 
 
 And f^l?^'"’ aid require; 
 
 And ad temptauon to tranfgrefs repel 
 
 6 y. 
 
 ^35 
 
 So faying he arofe, whom Adam thus 
 Follow d with benediaion. Since to 
 Go heav'nly Guell, ethereal MelTengef. ’ 
 Sent from whofe fovran goodnefs I aijre 
 Gentle to me and affable hath been 
 Thy condefcenfion, and Ihall be’ honor’d ever 
 With grateful memory: thou to mankind 
 Be good and friendly flill, and oft return. 
 
 So pmted they, the Angel up to Heaven 
 From the thick lhade, and A^m to his bower. 
 
 640 
 
 64y 
 
 650 
 
 End of the eighth Bookt^ 
 
THE 
 
 ninth book 
 
 OF 
 
 PARADISE LOST. 
 
The Argument. 
 
 Satan hanging compafid the Earth, n»ith meditated guile 
 returns as a mifi by night into Paradife, enters into the 
 ferfent Jleeping, Adam and Eve in the morning go 
 forth to their labors, njohich Eve propofes to divide in 
 Several places, each laboring apart : Adam confents not, 
 alledging the danger, left that enemy, of vohom they vjere 
 forevoarn d, Jhould attempt her found alone : Eve loath 
 to be thought not circumfpeSt or firm enough, urges her 
 going apart, the rather defirms to make trial of her 
 firength t Adam at lafi yields : ‘The Serpent finds her 
 alone ; his fubtle approach, firfi gazing, then fpeaking, 
 vjtt'h much flattery extolling Eve above all other crea- 
 tures. Eve nvond' ring to hear the Serpent fpeak, asks 
 homo he attain'd to human fpeech and fuch underfunding 
 not till mvj j the Serpent anfvoers, that by ta fling of 
 a certain tree in the garden he attain d both to fpeech 
 and reafon, till then void of both : Eve requires him ta 
 bring her to that tree, and finds it to he the tree of 
 knonvledge forbidden : The Serpent nova grovon holder, 
 with maiy wiles and arguments induces her at length to 
 eat ; Jhe pleas'' d with the tafie deliberates a while whe- 
 ther to impart thereof to Adam or not, at lafi brings 
 him of the fruit, relates what perfuaded her to eat 
 thereof: Adam at firfi ama^d, but perceiving her lofi^ 
 refolves through vehemence of love to perijh vjith her ; 
 and extenuating the trefpafs eats alfo of the fruit : The 
 effeSis thereof in them both ; they feek to cover their 
 nakednefs ; then fall to variance and accufation of om_ 
 another. 
 
/ 
 
 i 
 

 
PARADISE LOST. 
 
 BOOK IX. 
 
 O more of talk where God or Angel gueft 
 With Man, as with his friend, familiar us’d 
 To fit indulgent, and with him partake 
 Rural repaft, permitting him the while 
 Venial difcourfe unblam’d : I now muft 
 change 5 
 
 Thofe notes to tragic ; foul diftruft, and breach 
 Difloyal on the part of Man, revolt, 
 
 And difobedience ; on the part of Heaven 
 Now alienated, diftance and diftafte, 
 
 Anger and juft rebuke, and judgment given. 
 
 That brought into this world a world of woe. 
 
 Sin and her ftiadow Death, and Mifery 
 Death’s harbinger : Sad task, yet argument 
 Not lefs but more heroic than the wTath 
 Of ftern Achilles on his foe purfu’d 
 Thrice fugitive about Troy wall or rage 
 
 *5 
 
Book IX. 
 
 228 Paradise L o s t« 
 
 Of Turnus for Lavinia difefpous’d. 
 
 Or Neptune’s ire or Juno’s, that fo long 
 Perplex’d the Greek and Cytherea^s Son 
 If anfvverable Hile I can obtain 
 Of my celeflial patronefs, who deigns 
 Iier nightly vilitation unimplor’d. 
 
 And didates to me ilumb’ring, or infpires 
 Eafy my unpremeditated verfe : 
 
 Since firH this fubjed for heroic fong 
 Pleas d me long chooling, and beginning late ; 
 Not fedulous by nature to indite 
 Wars, hitherto the only argument 
 Heroic deem’d, chief mafi’ry to dilTed: 
 
 With long and tedious havoc fabled knights 
 In battels feign’d ; the better fortitude 
 Of patience and heroic martyrdom 
 Unfung ; or to defcribe races and games. 
 
 Or tilting furniture, imblazon’d Ihields, 
 ImprefTes quaint, caparifons and heeds ; 
 
 Bafes and tinfel trappings, gorgeous knights 
 At jouh and torneament ; then marlhal’d feah 
 Serv d up in hall with fewers, and fenefhals f 
 The skill of artifice or office mean. 
 
 Not that which jaiVy gives heroic name 
 To perfon or to poem. Me of thefe 
 Nor skill’d nor lludious, higher argument 
 Remains, fufficient of itfelf to raife 
 That name, unlefs an age coo late, or cold 
 Climate, or years damp my intended wing 
 Beprefs’d, and much they may, if all be mine. 
 Not hers who brings it nightly to my ear. 
 
 20 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 3S 
 
 ■40 
 
 45 
 
 The fun was funk, and after him the ftar 
 Of Hefperus, whofe office is to bring 
 Twilight upon the earth, jffiort arbiter 
 
BooklX. Paradise Lost. 229 
 
 ’Twixt day and night, and now from end to end 
 Night’s hemifphere had veil’d th’ horizon round : 
 
 When Satan who late fled before the threats 
 Of Gabriel out of Eden, now improv’d 
 In meditated fraud and malice, bent 55 
 
 On Man’s deftruaion, maugre what might hap 
 Of heavier on himfelf, fearlefs return’d. 
 
 By night he fled, and at midnight return’d 
 From compaffing the earth, cautious of day, 
 
 Since Uriel regent of the fun defcry’d ^ 6o 
 
 His entrance, and forewarn’d the Cherubim 
 
 That kept their watch ; thence full of anguilh driven. 
 
 The fpace of fev’n continued nights he rode 
 
 With darknefs, thrice the equinodial line 
 
 He circled, four times crofs’d the car of night 65 
 
 From pole to pole, traverfing each colure ; 
 
 On th’ eighth return’d, and on the coaft averfe 
 From entrance or Cherubic watch, by ftealth 
 Found unfufpeaed way. There was a place. 
 
 Now not, though fin, not time, firft wrought the change. 
 Where Tigris at the foot of Paradife 7 ^ 
 
 Into a gulf fliot under ground, till part 
 Rofe up a fountain by the tree of life ; 
 
 In with the river funk, and with it rofe 
 Satan involv’d in rifing mift, then fought 75 
 
 Where to lie hid ; fea he had fearch’d and land 
 From Eden over Pontus, and the pool 
 Msotis, up beyond the river Ob ; 
 
 Downward as far antarftic ; and in length 
 
 Weft from Orontes to the ocean barr’d gc. 
 
 At Darien, thence to the land where flows 
 
 Ganges and Indus : thus the orb he roam’d 
 
 With narrow fearch, and with infptrvftion deep 
 
 Confider’d every creature, which of all 
 
 Moft opportune might ferve his wiles, and found S5 
 
96 
 
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 230 Paradise Lost. Book IX 
 
 The ferpent fubtleft beaft of all the field. 
 
 Him after long debate, irrefolute 
 Of thoughts revolv’d, his final fentence chofe 
 T« veflel, fitteft imp of fraud, i„ whom 
 To erAer, and his dark fuggeftions hide 
 ^omiharpeft fight; for in the wily fnake. 
 
 Whatever Heights none would fufpicious mark, 
 
 AS trom his wit and native fubtlety 
 Proceeding, which in other beafts obferv’d 
 Doubt might beget of diabolic power 
 
 Aaive within beyond the fenfe of brute. 
 
 Thus he refolv’d, but firft from inward grief 
 His burning paffion into plaints thus pour’d. 
 
 ^ O Earth, how like to Heav’n, if not preferr’d 
 More juffly feat worthier of Gods, as built .oo 
 With fecond thoughts, reforming what was old' 
 
 For what God after better worfe would build ? ' 
 
 That Ihme, yet bear their bright officious lamps 
 Mght above light, for thee alone, as feems ^ 
 
 In thee concentring all their precious beam ^ 
 
 Of facred influence ! As God in Heaven 
 Is center, yet extends to all, fo thou 
 Centring receiv’ft from all thofe orbs ; in thee 
 p ^®n'fcl''es, all their known virtue’ appears 
 Produftive in herb, plant, and nobler birth ^ ■ 
 
 Of creatures animate with gradual life ‘ * 
 
 Wi h what delight could I have walk’d thee roZd 
 o/n-r ■" fweet interchange . e 
 
 >J \ f ''alloy, rivers, woods and plains ^ 
 
 HoT Acres with foreft crown’d 
 
 Rocks, dens, and caves ! but I in none of theT ' 
 
 Fmd place or refuge j and the more I fee 
 
BookXI. Paradise Lost. 231 
 
 Pleafures about me, fo much more I feel 
 Torment within me\ as from the hateful fiege 
 Of contraries ? all good to me becomes 
 Bane, and in Heav’n much worfe would be my ftate* 
 But neither here feek I, no nor in Heaven 
 To dwell, unlefs by maft’ring Heaven s Supreme | 
 
 Nor hope to be myfelf iefs miferable 
 By what I feek, but others to make Inch 
 As I, though thereby worfe to me redound : 
 
 For only in deftroying I find eafe ^ 
 
 To my relentlefs thoughts ; and him deftroy’d, 
 
 Or won to what may work his utter lofs. 
 
 For whom all this was made, all this will foon 
 Follow, as to him link’d in weal or woe. 
 
 In woe then ; that deftrudion wide may range : 
 
 To me {hall be the glory foie among 
 Th’ infernal Pow’rs, in one day to have marr d 
 V/hat he Almighty ftil’d, fix nights and days 
 Continued making, and who knows how long 
 Before had been contriving, though perhaps 
 Not longer than fince I in one night freed 
 From fervitude inglorious well nigh half 
 Th’ angelic name, and thinner left the throng 
 Of his adorers : he to be aveng’d. 
 
 And to repair his numbers thus impair’d, ^ 
 
 Whether fuch virtue fpent of old now fail d 
 More Angels to create, if they at lead 
 Are his created, or to fpite us more, 
 
 Determin’d to advance into our room 
 A creature form’d of earth, and him endow. 
 
 Exalted from fo bafe original. 
 
 With heav’nly fpoils, our fpoils : What he decreed 
 He’ efteded ; Man he made, and for him built 
 Magnificent this world, and. earth his feat. 
 
 Him lord pronounc’d, and, O indignity ! 
 
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 150 
 
2^2 Pa R. A E) I s E L o st. 
 
 Subjeded to his fervice Angel wings 
 And flaming miniflers to watch and t'end 
 Their earthly charge: Of thefe the vigilance' 
 
 I dread, and to elude, tJius wrapt in mift 
 
 Of midnight vapor glide obfcure, and pry 
 In every bulh and brake, where hap may find 
 The ferpent fleepmg, m whofe mazy folds 
 To hide me, and the dark intent I bring 
 
 ^ t^ontended 
 
 With Gods to fit the high’eft, am now conftrain’d 
 ^to a bead, and mix’d with beftial flime 
 This eflence to incarnate and imbrute, ’ 
 
 That to the highth of deity afpir’d : 
 
 But what will not ambition and revenge 
 Defcend^to? who afpires muft down as low 
 As high he foar’d, obnoxious firfl: or lafl: 
 
 To bafeft things. Revenge, at firll though fweet, 
 Bitter ere long back on itfelf recoils ; ^ 
 
 Let It j I reck not, fo it light well aim’d. 
 
 Since higher I fail Ihort, on him who next 
 Provokes my envy, this new favorite 
 Of Heav’n, this man of clay, fon of defpite, 
 Whom us the more to fpite his Maker rais’d 
 From duft : fpite then with fpite is beft repaid. 
 
 So faying, through each thicket dank or dry, 
 Tike a black mill loVv creeping, he held on 
 His midnight fearch, where foonell he might find 
 The ferpent.; him fall deeping foon he found 
 In labyrinth of many a round felf-roll’d. 
 
 His head the midll, well llor’d with fubtle wiles • 
 Not yet m horrid lhade or difmal den. 
 
 Nor nocent yet, but on the gtady herb 
 Fearlefs unfear’d lie dept ; in at his mouth 
 The Devil enter’d, and his brutal fenfe. 
 
 Book IX. 
 
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 180 
 
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BooklX. Paradise Lost. 
 
 In heart or head, poffeffing foon infpir’d 
 
 With aa intelligential ; but his fleep 19® 
 
 Diilurb’d not, waiting clofe th’ approach of morn. 
 
 Now when as facred light began to dawn 
 In Eden on the humid flow’rs, that breath’d 
 Their morning incenfe, when all things that breathe. 
 From th’ earth’s great altar fend up filent praife 19 J 
 To the Creator, and his noftrils fill 
 With grateful fmell, forth came the human pair. 
 
 And join’d their vocal worfhip to the quire 
 Of creatures wanting voice ; that done, partake 
 The feafon, prime for fweeteft fents and airs : 200 
 
 Then commune how that day they beft naay ply 
 Their growing work : for much their work outgrew 
 The hands difpatch of two gard’ning fo wide. 
 
 And Eve firft to her husband thus began, 
 
 Adam, well may we labor ftill to drefs 20|- 
 
 This garden, ftill to tend plant, herb and flower. 
 
 Our pleafant task injoin’d, but till more hands 
 Aid us, the work under our labor grows. 
 
 Luxurious by reftraint ; what we by day 
 Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, 2I® 
 One night or two with wanton growth derides 
 Tending to wild. Thou therefore now advife, 
 
 Or bear what to my mind firft thoughts prefent j 
 Let us divide our labors, thou where choice 
 , Leads thee, or where moft needs, whether to wind 215 
 The woodbine round this arbor, or diredt 
 The clafping ivy where to climb, while I 
 I In yonder fpring of rofes intermix’d 
 j With myrtle, find what to redrefs till noon : 
 
 I For while fo near each other thus all day 22Q 
 
 j Ou? task we choofc, what vvondex if fo near 
 
 I 
 
^34 Paradise Lost. BooklX. 
 
 Looks intervene and fmiles, or objea new 
 
 Ca ualdifcour e draw on, which Permits 
 
 Earl began 
 
 Early, and th’hour of Tapper comes unfarn’d naj 
 
 return’d 
 
 Sole Eve, aflbciate foie, to me beyond 
 
 Weh^h^fl all living creatures dear, 
 
 1 haft thou motion’d, well thy thoughts employ’d 
 
 Gnd here 210 
 
 Godhathaffign’dus, norofmelhaltpafs ^ 
 
 nprais d : for nothing lovelier can be found 
 in woman, than to ftudy houfliold good. 
 
 And good works in her husband to promote. 
 
 Yet not fo ftriaiy hath our Lord impos’d 2,c 
 
 Labor, as to debar us when we need 
 Refrelhment. whether food, or talk between, 
 
 00 of the mmd, or this fweet intercourfe 
 Of looks and fmiles, for fmiles from reafon flow. 
 
 To brute deny’d, and are of love the food. 240 
 Love not the loweft end of human life. ^ 
 
 For not to irkfome toil, but to delight 
 He made us, and delight to reafon join’d. 
 
 7 Me paths and bow’rs doubt not but our joint hands 
 Will keep from wildernefs with eafe, as wide 24- 
 As we need walk, till younger hands ere long ^ 
 Affift us : but if much converfe perhaps 
 Thee fatiate, to ihort abfence I could yield : 
 
 For folitude fometimes is bell fociety. 
 
 And Ihort retirement urges fweet return. 2 50 
 
 But other doubt poffeiTes me, left harm 
 Befall thee fever’d from me j for thou know’ft 
 What hath been warn’d us, what malicious foe 
 Envying our happinefs, and of his own 
 Defpairing, feeks to work us woe and ftiame 255 
 
Book IX. Paradise Lost. 23^ 
 
 By fly afTault ; and fomewhere nigh at hand 
 Watches, no doubt, with greedy hope to find 
 His wifh and beft advantage, us afunder, 
 
 Hopelefs to circumvent us join’d, where each 
 To other fpeedy aid might lend at need ; 
 
 Whether his firft defign be to withdraw 
 
 Our fealty from God, or to difturb 
 
 Conjugal love, than which perhaps no blifs 
 
 Enjoy’d by us excites his envy more j 
 
 Or this, or worfe, leave not the faithful fide 26| 
 
 That gave thee be’ing, flill fhades thee and prote^s* 
 
 The wife, where danger or difhonor lurks, 
 
 Safeft and feemlieft by her husband fliays. 
 
 Who guards her, or with her the worll indures. 
 
 To whom the virgin majefty of Eve, 270 
 
 As one who loves, and fome unkindnefs meets, 
 
 With fweet aufiere compofure thus reply’d. 
 
 Ofspring of Heav’n and Earth, and all Earth’s Lord, 
 That fuch an enemy we have, who feeks 
 Our ruin, both by thee inform’d I learn, 27 1 
 
 And from the parting Angel over-heard. 
 
 As in a lhady nook I flood behind. 
 
 Juft then return’d at fhut of evening flowers. 
 
 But that thou Ihouldfl my firmnefs therefore doubt 
 To God or thee, becaufe we have a foe 2 Sd 
 
 May tempt it, I expeded not to hear. 
 
 His violence thou fear’ft not, being fuch 
 As we, not capable of death or pain. 
 
 Can either not receive, or can repel. 
 
 His fraud is then thy fear, which plain infers zAf 
 Thy equal fear tliat my firm faith and love 
 Can by his fraud be fhaken or feduc’d : 
 
 Thoughts, which how found they harbour in thy breafl, 
 Adam, mifthought of her to thee fo dear I 
 
200 
 
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 30s: 
 
 i K Lost. BooklX. 
 
 Daughter of God and Man, immortal Erl 
 Tor fuch thou art from fin and blame entire : 
 
 Not diffident of thee do I diffuade 
 Thy abfence from my fight, but to avoid 
 h attempt itfelf, intended by our foe. 
 
 Forne who tempts, though’ in vain, at leaft afperf^ 
 The tempted witn dilhonor foul, fuppos’d 
 Not incorruptible of faith, not proof 
 Agmnfi temptation : thou thyfelf with fcorn 
 anger wouldft refeat the offer’d wrong, 
 
 ' rr tneffectual found : mifdeem not then, 
 jf inch affront I labor to avert 
 From thee alone, which on us both at once 
 i he enemy, though bold, will hardly dare. 
 
 Or daring, firft on me th’affault fnall light. 
 
 ^ or thou his malice and falfe guile contemn 
 Subtle he needs muft be, who could feduce 
 Angels I nor think fuperfluous others aid, 
 
 I from^ the influence of thy looks receive 
 Accefs in every virtue, in thy fight 
 More wife, more watchful, Wronger, if need were 
 Of outward length ; while fhame, thou looking on, 
 ohame to be overcome or over-reach’d 
 Would utmoi! vigor raife, and rais’d unite. 
 
 Why fhouldft not thou like fenfe within thee feel 2 1 e 
 hen I am prefent, and thy trial choofe 
 Vi ith me, belt witnefs of thy virtue try’d ? 
 
 So fpake domellic Adam in his care 
 And matrimonial love ; but Eve, who thought 
 Lefs attributed to her faith fmcere, 320 
 
 Thus her reply with accent fweet' renew’d. 
 
 If this be our condition, thus to dwell 
 la narrow circuit Hraiten’d by a foe, 
 
 310' 
 
Book IX. Paradise Lost^ 
 
 Subtle or violent, we not indued 
 Single with like defenfe, wherever met. 
 
 How are we happy, ftill in fear of harm f 
 But harm precedes not fm : only our foe 
 Tempting affronts us with his foul efteem 
 Of our integrity : his foul efteem 
 Sticks no difhonor on our front, but turns 
 Foul on himfelf ; then wherefore fliunn’d or fear’d 
 By us ? who rather double honor gain 
 From his furmife prov’d falfe, find peace within, 
 Favor from Heav’n, our witnefs from th’ event. - 
 And what is faith, love, virtue unafiay’d 
 Alone, without exterior help fuftain’d ? 
 
 Let us not then fufpeft our happy ftate 
 Left fo imperfed by the Maker wife. 
 
 As not fecure to fingle or combin’d. 
 
 Frail is our happinefs, if this be fo. 
 
 And Eden were no Eden thus expos’d. 
 
 To whom thus Adam fervently reply*d. 
 
 O Woman, beft are all things as the will 
 Of God ordain’d them ; his creating hand 
 Nothing imperfeft or deficient left 
 Of all that he created, much lefs Man, 
 
 Or ought that might his happy ftate fecure. 
 Secure from outward force 5 within himfelf 
 The danger lies, yet lies within his power ; 
 Againil his v/ill he can receive no harm. 
 
 But God left free the will, for what obeys 
 Reafon, is free, and reafon he made right. 
 
 But bid her well be ware, and ftill ereft. 
 
 Left by fome fair appearing good furpris’d 
 She disftate falfe, and mifinform the will 
 To do what God exprefly hath forbid. ^ 
 
 Not then miftruft, but tender love injoins. 
 
238 Paradise Lost. BooklX. 
 
 That I (houid mmd thee oft, and mind thou me 
 Ftrm we fubfift, yet poffible to fwerve, 
 btnce reafon not impoffibly may meet 
 Some fpecions objea by the foe fuborn’d, 
 
 -And tall Into deception unaware, 
 
 Not keeping ftriaeft watch, as (he was warn’d 
 Seek not temptation then, which to avoid 
 Were better, arid moft likely if from me 
 Thou fever not ; trial will come unfought, 
 
 conflancy, approve 
 WT r edience ; th’ other who can know, 
 
 ^Ot fceing thee attempted, who atteft ? 
 
 unfought may find 
 
 Us both fecurer than thus warn’d thou feem’ft. 
 
 Go ■, for thy flay, not free, abfents thee more ; 
 
 <jo in thy native innocence, rely 
 On what thou haft of virtue, fummon all, 
 ForGodjtow’ards thee hath done his part, do thine. 37 - 
 
 So fpake the patriarch of mankind ; but Eve 
 Ferufted, yet fubmifs, though laft, reply’d. 
 
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 370 
 
 ^ With thy permiffion then, and thus forewarn’d 
 Chiefly by what thy own laft reafoning words 
 1 ouch’d only, that our trial, when lead loueht. 
 May fmd us both perhaps far lefs prepar’d, " 
 The willinger I go, nor much expea: 
 
 A foe fo proud will firft the weaker feek ; 
 
 So bent, die more fhall fhame him his repulfe. 
 
 %^^gTrom her husband’s hand her hand 38c 
 Soft Ihe withdrew, and like a Wood-Nymph YMit 
 Oread or Dryad, or of Delia’s train. 
 
 Betook her to the groves, but Delia’s felf 
 la gate furpafs’d, and Goddefs-like deport, 
 
BooklX. Paradise Lost. 239 
 
 Though not as fhe with bow and quiver arm’d, 390 
 But with fuch gardening tools as art yet rude, 
 
 Guiltlefs of fire, had form’d, or Angels brought. 
 
 To Pales, or Pomona, thus adorn’d, 
 
 Likeft Ihe feem’d, Pomona when Ihe fled 
 Vertumnus, or to Ceres in her prime, 395 
 
 Yet virgin of Proferpina from Jove. 
 
 Her long with ardent look his eye purfu’d 
 Delighted, but deflring more her flay. 
 
 Oft he to her his charge of quick return 
 Repeated, fhe to him as oft engag’d ^00 
 
 To be return’d by noon amid the bower. 
 
 And all things in beft order to invite 
 Noontide repafl, or afternoon’s repofe. 
 
 O much deceiv’d, much failing, haplefs Eve, 
 
 Of thy prefum’d return ! event perverfe ! 405 
 
 Thou never from that hour in Paradife 
 Found’d; either fweet repafl, or found repofe ; 
 
 Such ambufh hid among fweet flow’rs and fliades 
 Waited with hellifli rancor imminent 
 To intercept thy vvay, or fend thee back 41^ 
 
 Defpoil’d of innocence, of faith, of blifs. 
 
 For now, and fince firfl break of dawn the Fiend, 
 Mere ferpent in appearance, forth was come. 
 
 And on his quefl, where likeliefl he might find 
 The only two of mankind, but in them 415 
 
 j The whole included race, his purpos’d prey, 
 j In bow’r and field he fought, where any tuft 
 Of grove or garden-plot more pleafant lay. 
 
 Their tendence or plantation for delight ; 
 
 By fountain or by lhady rivulet 420 
 
 He fought them both, but wifh’d his hap might find 
 Eve feparate, he wifli’d, but not with hope 
 Of what fo feldom chanc’d, when to his wilhj 
 Beyond his hope, Eve feparate he fpies. 
 
240 Paradise Lost. Book 
 
 Veil’d in a cloud of fragrance, where (he hood. 
 Half fpy’d, fo thick the rofes bufhing round 
 About her glow’d, oft ftooping to fupport 
 Each flow’r of Hender ftalk, whofe head though 
 Carnation, purple’, azure, or fpeck’d with gold, 
 Hung drooping unfuftain’d ; them Ihe upflays 
 Gently with myrtle band, mindiefs the while 
 Herfelf, though faireft unfupported flower. 
 
 From her befl; prop fo far, and ftorm fo nigh. 
 Nearer he drew, and many a walk travers’d 
 Of ftatelieft covert, cedar, pine, or palm. 
 
 Then voluble and bold, now hid, now feen 
 Among thick -woven arborets and flowers 
 Imbordcr’d on each bank, the hand of Eve : 
 Spot more delicious than thofe gardens feign’d 
 Or of reviv’d Adonis, or renown’d 
 Alcinous, hoft of old Laertes fon. 
 
 Or that, not myflic, where the fapient king 
 Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian fpoufe. 
 
 Much he the place admir’d, the perfon more. 
 
 As one who long in populous city pent. 
 
 Where houfes thick and fewers annoy the air. 
 Forth ifluing on a fummer’s morn to breathe 
 Among the pleafant villages and farms 
 Adjoin’d, from each thing met conceives delight. 
 The fmell of grain, or tedded grafs, or kine. 
 
 Or dairy’, each rural flght, each rural found ; 
 
 If chance with nymphlike ftep fair virgin pafs. 
 What pleafing feem’d, for her now pleafes more, 
 She moft, and in her look fums all delight ; 
 
 Such pleafure took the Serpent to behold 
 This flow’ry plat, the fweet recefs of Eve 
 Thus early, thus alone ; her heav’nly form 
 Angelic, but more foft, and feminine. 
 
 Her graceful innocence, her every air 
 
j^ok IX. Para L o srj '241, 
 
 Of gellure or leafi jiftion overaw’d 460 
 
 His malice, ar 4 with nipin fweec bereavM 
 His fiercenefs, of the fierce latent at brought: 
 
 That fpace the Evil one abftrafled ;ftood • 
 
 From his own- evhlj and for the time remain^ 
 
 Stupidly gqod^ of .enmity difarm’d, 465 
 
 Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge 5 
 But the hot Hell that always in him burns. 
 
 Though in raid Hcav’n, foon ended his delight. 
 
 And tortures him now more, tlie more he fees 
 Of pleafure not for him ordain’d ; then foon 4yo 
 -Fierce hate he recolledls, and all his thoughts 
 Of mifchief, gratulating, thas excites. 
 
 Thoughts, whitherliave ,ye led me-f with what fweet 
 Compulfion thus tranfported to forget 
 W-hat hither brought us ! hate, not love, nor hope 475 
 Of Paradife for Hell, hope here to tafte 
 Of pleafure, but all pleafure to deftroy. 
 
 Save what is in deftroying.j other joy 
 To me is loft. Then let me not let pafs 
 Occafion which now fmiles 5 behold alone 480 
 
 The woman, opportune to all attempts, 
 
 Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, 
 
 Whofe higher intelleftual more I* ftiun. 
 
 And ftrength, of courage haughty, and of limb 
 Heroic built, though of terreftrial mold, 485 
 
 Foe not informidable, exempt from wound 
 I not ; fo much hath Hell debas’d, and pam 
 Infeebled me, to what I was in Heaven. 
 
 She fair, divinely fair, fit love for Gods, 
 
 •Not terrible, though -terror be in love 4^0 
 
 And beauty, not approach'd by ftrOnger hate. 
 
 Hate ftronger, under fhow of love well feign’d. 
 
 The way which to her ruin now I tend, 
 
 M 
 
Book IX. 
 
 50 fpake the enemy’ of mankind, inclos’d 
 
 A toward Eve 
 
 Addrels d Ins way, not with indented wave. 
 
 Prone on the ground, as fince, but on his rear. 
 Circular bafe of rifing folds, that tower’d 
 Pold above fold a furging maze, his head 
 Crefled aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; 
 
 With burnifli’d neck of verdant gold, ere<a 
 Amidft his circling fpires, that on the grafs 
 Ploted redundant : pleafrag was his lhape. 
 
 And lovely ; never fmce of ferpent kind 
 Lovelier, not thofe that in Illyria chang’d 
 Hermione and Cadmus, or the God 
 In Epidaurus ; nor to which transform’d 
 Ammonian Jove, or Capitoline was feen. 
 
 He with Olympias, this with her who bore 
 Scipio the Eighth of Rome. With traft oblique 
 At hril, as one who fought accefs, but fear’d 
 1 o interrupt, fide-long he works his way. 
 
 As when a ihip by skilful fteerfman wrought 
 ^igh river’s mouth or foreland, where the wind 
 .Veers ©ft, as oft fo fleers, and fhifts her fail : 
 od varied he, and of his tortuous train 
 Curl’d many a wanton wreath in fight of Eve, 
 
 To liu e her eye ; fhe bufied heard the found 
 Of ruiling leaves, but minded not, as us’d 
 To fv.ch difport before her through the field, 
 
 Trom every beafl, more duteous at her call, 
 
 1 han at Circean call the herd difguis’d. 
 
 He bolder now, uncall’d before her flood. 
 
 But as in gaze admiring : oft he bow'd 
 His turret crefl, and fleek enamel’cLneck, 
 
 Fawning, and lick’d the ground whereon fhe trod. 
 
 ILs gentle dumb expreffion turn’d at length 
 The eye of Eve to mark his play ; he glad 
 
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Book IX. Paradise Lost, ' 24 .^ 
 
 Of her attention gain’d, with ferpent tongue 
 Organic, or impulfe of vocal air, 5 50 
 
 His fraudulent temptation thus began. 
 
 Wonder not, fovran Miftrefs, i£ perhaps 
 Thou canil, who art foie wonder ; much lefs arm 
 Thy looks, the Heav’n of mildnefs, with difdaiii, 
 Difpleas’d that I approach thee thus, and gaze 535 
 Infatiate, I thus hngle, nor have fear’d 
 Thy awful brow, more awful thus retir’d. 
 
 Faireft refemblance of thy Maker fair. 
 
 Thee all things living gaze on, all things thine 
 Fy gift, and thy celeftial beauty’ adore 
 With ravifliment beheld, there beft beheld 
 Where univerfally admir’d 1 but here 
 In this inclofure wild, thefe beafts amdng. 
 
 Beholders rude, and fhallow to difcern 
 Half what in thee is fair, one man except, 
 
 Who fees thee’ ? (and what is one r ) who Ihouldft be feeii 
 A Goddefs among Gods, ador’d and ferv’d 
 By Angels numberiefs, thy daily train. 
 
 So gloz’d the Tempter, and his proem ton’d ; 
 
 Into the heart of Eve his words made way, 
 
 Though at the voice much marveling ; at length 
 Not unamaz’d Ihe thus in anfwer fpake. 
 
 What may this mean ? language of man pronounc’d. 
 By tongue of brute, and human fenfe exprefs’d ? 
 
 The firft at leaft of thefe I thought deny’d 
 To beads, whom God on their creation-day 
 Created mute to all articulate found ; 
 
 I’lie latter I demur, for in their looks 
 Much reas’on, and in their actions oft appears. 
 
 Thee, Serpent, fubtleft bead of all the field 
 M 2 
 
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24+ Pa R A D I s E Lost. EooklX. 
 
 1 knewy but not with human . voice indued ; 
 
 Redouble then this miracle, and fay, 
 
 How cam’ft thou fpeakable of mute, and how 
 To me fo friendly grown above the reft 
 Of brutal kind, that daily are in fight : '565 
 
 Say, for fuch wonder clames attention due. 
 
 To whom the guileful Tempter thus reply ’d. 
 Emprefs of this fair world, refplendent Eve, 
 
 Eafy to me it is to tell thee all 
 
 What thou command'’ft,and right thou fiiouldft be’obey’d: 
 I was at firft as other beafts that graze 571 
 
 The trodden herb, of abjedl thoughts and low. 
 
 As was my food ; nor ought but food discern’d 
 Or fex, and apprehended nothing high : 
 
 Till on a day roving the field, 1 chanc’d 575 
 
 A goodly tree far diftant to behold 
 Leaden wrdi fruit of faireft colors mix’d. 
 
 Ruddy and gold ; I nearer drew to gaze ; 
 
 When from the boughs a favory odor blown. 
 
 Grateful to appetite, more pleas’d my fenfe 5 80 
 
 Than fmell of fvveeteft fenel, or the teats 
 Of ewe or goat drooping with milk at even. 
 
 Unfuck’d of lamb or kid, that tend tlieir play. 
 
 To fatisfy the ftiarp defire I had 
 
 Of tafting thofe fair apples, I refolv’d ^85 
 
 Not to defer ; hunger and thirft at once, 
 
 Pow’rful perfuaders, quicken’d at the fent 
 Of that alluring fruit, urg’d me fo keen. 
 
 About the mofiy trunk I wound me foon. 
 
 For high from ground the branches would require 590 
 Thy utmoft reach or Adam’s : Round the tree 
 All other beafts that faw, with like defire 
 L-onging and envying ftood, but could not reach. 
 
 Amid the tree now got, where plenty hung 
 
iJooklX. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Tempting fo nigh, to pluck and eat my fill 
 
 P fpar’d not, for fuch pleafure till that hour 
 At feed or fountain never had I found. 
 
 Sated at length, ere long I might perceive 
 Strange alteration in me, to degree 
 Of reafon in myinward pow’rs, and fpeech 
 Wanted not long, though to this fhape retain’d. 
 Thenceforth to fpecuktions high or deep 
 I turn’d my. thoughts, and with capacious mind 
 Confider’d all things vifible in Heaven, 
 
 Or Earth, or Middle, all things fair and good i 
 But all that fair and good in thy divine 
 Semblance, and in thy beauty’s heav’nly ray 
 United I beheld ; no fair to thine 
 Equivalent or fecond, which compell’d 
 Me thus, though importune perhaps, to come 
 And gaze, and worfliip thee of right declar’d 
 Sovran of creatures, univerfal Dame. 
 
 So talk’d the fpirited fly Snake ; and Eve 
 Yet more amaz’d unwary thus reply ’d. 
 
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 Serpent, thy overpraifing leaves in doubt 
 The virtue of that fruit, in thee firft prov’d : 
 
 But fay, where grows the tree, from hence how far ? 
 For many are the trees of God that grow 
 In Paradife, and various, yet unknown 
 To us, in fuch abundance lies our choice. 
 
 As leaves a greater ftore of fruit untouch’d. 
 
 Still hanging iacorruptible, till men 
 Grow up to their provilion, and more hands 
 Help to disburden Nature of her birth. 
 
 620 
 
 To whom the wily Adder, blithe and glad* 
 Emprefs, the way is ready, and not long, 
 
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^ 4 ^ Radi Si; Lost 
 
 Beyondarowof myrtles, on a Hat, ‘ 
 
 Faft by a fountaHi, one fmall thicket paft 
 Of blowing myrrh and balm • if 
 
 Book IX, 
 
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 cS=;q2;r-rs'5fi. 
 
 '■Cfnrf ""f 1’ “ environs round, ^ 
 
 . indeed through agitation to a flame, 
 
 hich oft, they fay, foaie evil Spi’rit attends 
 Hovering and blazing with delufive light. 
 
 To w' "%ht-wand-rer from his way 640 
 
 To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or ,Ll 
 
 f'-ccourfar! ’ 
 
 So ghfter d the dire Snake, and into fraud 
 ^edhve our credulous mother, to the tree 
 Ur prohibition, root of all our woe • ^ 
 
 Which when ihe faw, thus to her guide Ihe fpake 
 
 S^pent, we might have fpar’d our coming hither 
 fruitieis to me, though fruit be here to’ ejj ’ 
 rhe creait ol whofe virtue reft with thee 
 Wondrous indeed, if caufe of fuch efreas’. 
 
 But of this tree we may not tafte nor touch • 
 
 God fo commanded, and left that command ’ 
 
 Sole daughter of his voice ; the reft, we live 
 ■Law to ourfelves, our reafon is our law. 
 
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 To whom the Tempter guilefully reply’d 
 Indeed ! hath God then faid that of the fruit 
 -Of all thefe garden trees ye lhall not eat. 
 Vet Lords declar’d of all in earth or air? 
 
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 To whom thus Eve yet finlefs. Of the fruit 
 Of each tree in the garden we may eat, 660 
 
 But of the fruit of this fair tree amidft 
 The garden, God hath faid. Ye lhail not eat 
 Thereof, nor fhall ye touch it, left ye die. 
 
 She fcarce had faid, though brief, when now more bold 
 The Tempter, but with Ihow of zeal and love 665 
 To Man, and indignation at his wrong,- , ^ 
 
 New part puts on, and as to palllon mov d,. 
 
 Fluduates difturb’d, yet comely aiid in ad 
 Rais’d, as of fome great matter to begin. 
 
 As when of old fome orator renown’d 670 
 
 In Athens or free Rome, where eloquence 
 Florilh’d, fince mute, to- feme great caufe addreft’d 
 Stood in himfelf colleaed, while each part, 
 
 Motion, each ad won audience ere. the tongue. 
 Sometimes in highth began, as ^ no delay 
 Of preface brooking through his zeal of right : 
 
 So Handing, moving, or to highth up grown. 
 
 The Tempter all: impaffion’d thus began.. 
 
 O facred, wife, and wifdom -giving Plant, 
 
 Mother of fcience, now I feel thy power 
 Within me clear, not only to difcern 
 Things in their caufes, but to trace the ways 
 Of higheft agents, deem’d however wife. 
 
 Queen of this univerfe, do not believe 
 Thofe rigid threats of death ? ye fhall not die : 
 
 How fhould ye ? by the fruit ? it gives you life 
 To knowledge; by the threatner ? look on me, 
 
 Me who have touch’d and tailed, yet both live. 
 
 And life more perfed have attain’d than fate 
 Meant me, by vent’ring higher than my lot. 69^^ 
 Shall that be fhut to Man, which to the Be aft 
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Book rx. 
 
 248’ Paradise Lost. 
 
 1 = open ? 01 will God incenfe his ire 
 
 J or fuch a petty trefpafs, and not praife 
 Rather yonr dauntleft virtue, whom the pain 
 Of death denounc’d, whatever thing death be 
 To hi achieving what ilighf lead'’ 
 
 Of ^"°”'^cdge of good and evil; 
 
 Of good, how juft ? of evil, if what is evil 
 
 Pnlr ihann’d ? 
 
 God therefore cannot hurt ye, and be juft ; 
 
 Not juft, not God; not fear’d then, nor obey’d- 
 Your fear ttfelf of death removes the fear. ’ 
 Why then was this forbid ? Why but ro awe, 
 hy but to keep ye low and ignorant. 
 
 His worihtppers ; he knows that in the day 
 eat thereof, your eyes that ftem fo clear. 
 
 Yet are but dim, fhall perfeaiy be then 
 Open’d and clear’d, and ye fliall'.be as Gods 
 Knowing both good and evil as they know* 
 
 That ye ftiall be as Gods, fince I as Man, 
 
 Internal Man, is but proportion meet ; ' 
 
 I of brute human, ye of humafl Gods. 
 
 So ye fhall die perhaps, by putting olF 
 Human, to put on Gods j death to be wilh’d. 
 Though threaten’d, which no worfe than this can brin<v. 
 And what are Gods that Man may not become ^ 
 As they, participating Goddike food ? 
 
 The Gods are firft, and that advantage' life 
 On our belief, that all from them proceeds ; 
 
 I queftion it, for this fair earth I fee. 
 
 Warm d by the fun, producing every kind. 
 
 Them nothing : if they all things, who inclos’d 
 Knowledge of good and evil in this tree, 
 
 That whofo eats thereof, forthwith attains 
 Wifdom without their leave 1 and wherein lies 72c 
 Th’ ofenfe, that Man ihould thus attain to know ? 
 
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 What can your knowledge hurt him, or this tree 
 
 Impart againft his will if all be his? 
 
 Or is it envy, and can envy dwell 
 Inheav’nly breafts ? thefe, thefc and many more 
 Caufes import your need of this fair fruit. 
 Goddefs humane, reach then, and freely tafte. 
 
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 He ended, and his words replete with guile 
 Into her heart too eafy entrance won ; 
 
 Fix’d on the fruit (he gaz’d, which to behold 
 Might tempt alone, and in her ears the found 
 Yet rung of his perfuafive words, impregn d 
 With r°afon, to her feeming, and with truth ; 
 
 Mean while the hour of noon drew on, and wak d 
 An eager appetite, rais’d by the fmell 74° 
 
 So favory of that fruit, which with defire. 
 
 Inclinable now grown to touch or tafte. 
 
 Solicited her longing eye ; yet firft 
 Paufinn a while, thus to lierfelf ftie mus d. 
 
 Great are thy virtues, doubtlefs, bell of fruits, 745 
 Though kept from man, and worthy to be’ admir d, 
 Whofe tafte, too long forborn, at firft affay 
 Gave elocution to the mute, and taught 
 The tonnue not made for fpeech to fpeak thy praife: 
 Thy praTfe he alfo who forbids thy ufe, 7 5° 
 
 Conceals not from us, naming thee the tree 
 Of knowledge, knowledge both of good and evil ; 
 Forbids us then to tafte, but his forbidding 
 Commends thee more, while it infers the good 
 
 
 
 By thee commanicated, and our want : 
 
 For good unknown, fare is not had, or had 
 And yet unknown, ia as not had at all. 
 
 In plain then, what forbids he but to know, 
 Forbids us good, forbids us to be wife I 
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 Sue. prolubmons bind not. But if death 
 L.nd usw.th aftet-bands, what profits then 
 
 Our ,nwarf freedom ? In the day we eat 
 
 H ' !?• <s, we fhall die 
 
 How dies the Serpent ? he hath cs-n-’ j i-* 
 
 This nitelleaual food, for hearts refervM t 
 ^or beans it feems ; yet that one heart svhich firlf 
 Hath tarted envies not. but brings with ty 
 rhe good be.fail’n him, author unfufpeft^ ^ 
 hnendly to man, far from deceit or guil’e. 
 
 What fear I then, rather what know to fear 
 Under this ignorance of good and evil, 
 
 Ut God or death, of law or penalty J 
 We grows the cure of all, this fruit divine, ^ " 
 hair to the eye, inviting to the tnrte 
 W virtue to make wife: what hinders, then 
 To reach, and feed at once both body’ and mind i 
 
 So faying, her ralh hand in evil hour 
 Forth reaching to the fruit, Ihe pluck’d, rtie eat : 
 
 Earth felt the vv.ound. and Nature from her feat' 
 bigliing through all her works gave figns of woe 
 rnat al was loft. Back to the^hickeffl^t 
 The guilty Serpent, and well might, for Eve 78-e 
 Intept now wholly on her tafte, nought elfe ^ 
 Regarded, fuch delight till then, as^ftem’d. 
 
 In fruit £he never tarted, whether true 
 eh'fancy’d fo, through expeflation high 
 
 r God-head from her thought. 
 Greedily Ihe ingorg’d without reftraint, 
 
 And knew not eating death : Sauate at lenglh ' 
 And highten’d as with wine, jocondand boom ’ 
 rhus to Jierfelf ihe pleafyigljr began. 
 
Book IX. Paradise Lost. ‘^ 5 ^ 
 
 ■ O fovran, vlrtuousj precious of all trees 795 
 
 In Paradife, of operation' bleft 
 
 To fapience, hitherto obfcur’d, infam’d. 
 
 And thy fair fruit let hang, as to no end 
 Created ; but henceforth my early care, 
 
 Not without fong, each morning, and due praue, &©0 
 Shall tend thee, and the fertil burden eafe 
 Of thy full branches offer’d free to. ail ; 
 
 Till dieted by thee I grow mature 
 In knowledge, as the Gods who all things know » 
 Though others envy what they cannot give 805 . 
 For had the gift been theirs, it had not here. 
 
 Thus grown. Experience, next to thee I 
 Beil guide ; not , following thee, I had remained 
 In ignorance I thou open ft wifdom’s way. 
 
 And giv’ft accefs, though fecret ftie retire. 
 
 And I perhaps am fecret ; Heav’ii is high. 
 
 High, and remote to fee from thence diftinft 
 Each thing on earth ; and other care perhaps 
 May have diverted from continual watch^ 
 
 Our great forbidder, fafe with all his fpies 
 About him. But to Adam in what fort 
 I Shall I appear ? ftiall I to him make known- 
 ! As yet my change, and give him to partake. 
 
 I Full happinefs with me, or rather not. 
 
 But keep the odds of knowledge in my power 
 • Without copartner ? fo to add what wants 
 j In female fex, the more to draw his love. 
 
 And render me more equal, and perhaps, 
 
 A thing not undefirable, fometimo 
 Superior ; for inferior who is free ?■ 
 
 This may be well; but what if God have feen? 
 
 And death enfue? then I fhall be no more. 
 
 And Adam wedded to another Eve, 
 
 Shall live with her enjoying, I extinft 3 
 
 
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252 P A R A D I s s Los T. Book IX. 
 
 A deatli to think. Confirm’d then I refolve, 820 
 Aaam fhall fliare with me in Mifs or v/oe : 
 
 So dear I love him, that with him all deaths 
 I could indurej without him live no life. 
 
 So faying, from the tree her Hep file turn’d, 
 Burnrll; low reverence done., as to the Power 
 That dwelt within, whofe prefence had infus’d 
 Into the plant fciential fap, deriv’d 
 From neftar, drink of- Gods. Adam the while 
 Waiting defirous her return, had wove 
 Of clioicefi fiow’rs a garland to adorn 
 Her treffes, and her rural labors crown. 
 
 As reapers oft are wont their harvefi queen. 
 Great joy he promis’d to his thoughts, and new 
 Solace in her return, fo long delay’d j 
 Yet oft his heart, divine of fomething ill, 
 Mifgave him i he the faltri-ng meafure felt ; 
 
 And forth to meet her went, the way fiie took 
 That morn when firft they parted ; by the tree 
 Of knowledge he mull pafs, there he her met. 
 Scarce from the tree returning ; in her hand 
 A bough of faireft fruit, that downy finil’d. 
 
 New gather’d, and ambrofiai fmell diffus’d. 
 
 To him file hafted ; in her face excufe 
 Came prologue, and apology too prompt, 
 
 V/hich with bland words at will Ihe thus addrefs’d. 
 
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 Haft thou not wonder’d, Adam, at my Hay ? 
 Thee T have mifs’d, and thought it long, depriv’d 
 Thy prefence, agnnv of love till now 
 Noc felt, noi fiiaii oe twice, for never more 
 Mean I to try, what rafii untry’d I fought. 
 
 The pain of abience from thy fight. But firange 
 Haih been the caufe, and wonderful to hear ; 
 
BooklX. Paradise Lost. 25j- 
 
 This tree is not as we are told, a tree 
 
 Of danger tailed, nor to’ evil unknown 
 
 Opening the way, but of divine efFed 86^ 
 
 To open eyes, and make them Gods who talfe j 
 
 And hath been tailed fuch : the ferpent wife. 
 
 Or not reitrain d as we, or not obeying, 
 
 Hath eaten of the frmt, and is become. 
 
 Not dead, as we are threaten’d, but thenceforth 870 
 Indued with human voice and human fenfe, 
 
 Reafoning to admiration, and with me 
 
 Perfuafivcly hath fo prevail’d, that I 
 
 Have alfo tailed, and have alfo found 
 
 Th’effeds to correfpond, opener mine eyes, 875 
 
 Dim eril, dilated fpirits, ampler heart. 
 
 And growing up to Godhead i which fo? thee 
 Chiefly I fought, without thee can d'efpife. 
 
 For blifs, as thou haft part, to me is blifs, 
 
 Tedious, unftiar’d with thee, and odious foon. 880 
 Thou therefore alfo tafte, that equal lot 
 May join us, equal joy, as equal love; 
 
 Left thou not tailing, different degree 
 
 Disjoin us, and I then too late renounce 
 
 Deity for thee, when fate will hot permit.. 885 
 
 Thus Eve with countenance blithe her ffory told ; 
 But in her cheek diilemper ffufliing glow’d. 
 
 On th’ other fide, Adam, foon as he heard 
 The fatal trefpals done by Eve, amaz’d, 
 
 Affonied flood and blank, while horror chill 89© 
 
 Ran through his veins, and all his joints relax’d 1 
 From his flack hand the garland wreath’d for Eve 
 Down dropt, and all the faded rofes ihed : 
 
 Speechlefs he ilood and pale, till thus at length 
 Firil to himfeif he inward filenee broke, 89^ 
 
254 Paradise Lost.’ Book IX 
 
 O faireft of creation, lafl: and beft 
 Of all God’s works, Creature in whom cxcell’d 
 Whatever can to fight or thought be form’d, 
 
 H0I7, divine, good, amiable, or fweet ! 
 
 How art thou loft, how on a fudden loft. 
 
 Defac’d, deflowr’d, and now to death devote ? 
 
 Rather how haft thou yielded to tranfgrelk 
 The ftria forbiddance, how to violate 
 The facred fruit forbidd’n ? fome curfed fraud 
 Of enemy hath beguil’d thee, yet unknown. 
 
 And me with 'thee hath ruin’d, for with thee* 
 
 Certain my refolution is to die ; 
 
 How can I live without thee, how forgo 
 Thy fweet converfe and love fo dearly join’d. 
 
 To live again in thefe wild woods forlorn ? 
 
 Should God create another Eve, and I 
 Another rib afford, yet lofs of thee 
 Would never from my heart ; no no, I feel 
 The link of nature draw me : flefh of flefli. 
 
 Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy ftate 
 Mine never ftiall be parted, blifs or woe. 
 
 So having faid, as one from fad dirmay 
 Recomforted, and after thoughts difturb’d 
 Submitting to what feem’d remedilefs, 
 rhus in calm mood his words to Eve’he turn’d. 
 
 Bold deed thou hall prefum’d, adventrous Eve, 
 peril great provok’d, who thus haft dar’d. 
 
 Had It been only coveting to eye 
 That facred fruit, facred to abftinence. 
 
 Much more to tafte it under ban to touch, 
 
 But paft who can recall, or done undo ? 
 
 Not God omnipotent, nor Fate ; yet fo 
 rerhaps thou ihalt not die, perhaps the faft 
 
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 Is not fo haitious now, foretafted fruit, 
 
 Profan’d firft by the Serpent, by him firft 
 Made common and unhallow’d ere our tafte i 
 Nor yet on him found deadly, he yet lives, 
 
 Lives, as thou faidft, and gains to live as Man 
 
 Higher degree of life, inducement ftrong 
 
 To us, as likely tafting to attaim 9 'S> 
 
 Proportional afcent, which cannot Be 
 
 But to be Gods, or Angels Demi- Gods. ^ 
 
 Nor can I think that God, , Creator wife. 
 
 Though threatning, will in earneft fo deftroy 
 
 Us his prime creatures, dignify’d fo high, 94a 
 
 Set over all his works, which in our fall. 
 
 For us created, needs with, us muft fail. 
 
 Dependent made ; fo God ftiall uncreate. 
 
 Be fruftrate, do, undo, and labor lofe, 
 
 Not well conceiv’d of God, who though his power 945 
 
 Creation could repeat, yet would, be loath 
 
 Us to abolifh, left the Adverfary 
 
 Triumph and fay^ Fickle their ftate whom God 
 
 Moft favors ; who can pleafe him long,? Me firft. 
 
 He ruin’d, now Mankind j whom will he next? 95© 
 Matter of fcorn,. not to be giv’n the Foe. 
 
 However I with thee have fix’d my lot,. 
 
 Certain to undergo like doom ; if death 
 
 I Confort with thee, death is to me as life 
 
 So forcible within my heart I feel 95 S 
 
 The bond of nature draw me to my own. 
 
 My own in thee, for what thou art is mine j 
 Our ftate cannot he fever’d, we are one, 
 j One flelh ; to lofe thee were to lofe myfelf. 
 
 I So Adam, and thus Eve reply’d, 9 ^^ 
 
 ■ C5 glorious trial of exceeding love;, 
 
 Hluftrious evidence, example high 1 
 
25^ Paradise Lost. BooklX. 
 
 Engaging me to emulate, but fhort 
 Of thy perfedion, how fhali I attain, 
 
 Adam? from whole dear fide I boalt me fprung, 965: 
 And gladly of our union hear thee tpeak. 
 
 One heart, one loul m Loth ; wliereof good proof 
 This day alFords, declaring thee re olv’d. 
 
 Rather tnan death or ough. than deaih more dread 
 Shall feparaie us, link’d in love fo dear, 970 
 
 To undergo with me one g ilt, one crime. 
 
 If any be, of tailing this fan fruit, 
 
 Whofe virrae (for of good ftill good proceeds, 
 
 Diredt, or by occafion) hath prefented 
 
 This happy trial of thy love, which - elfe 97^ 
 
 So eminently never had been known. 
 
 Were it 1 thought ddath menac'd would enfue 
 This my attempt, I would fuftain alone 
 The word, and not perfuade thee, rather die 
 Deferted, than oblige thee with a fad 980 
 
 Pernicious to thy peace, chiefly affur’d 
 Remarkably fo late of thy fo true, ; 
 
 So faithful love unequal’d ; but I feel 
 Far otherwife th’ event, not death, but life 
 Augmented, open’d eyes, new hopes, new joys, 985 
 Tafte fo divme, that what of fweet before 
 Hath touch’d my fenfe, flat feems to this, and harfh. 
 
 On my experience, Adam, freely tafte, . 
 
 And fear of death deliver to the winds. 
 
 So faying, fhe embrac’d him, and for joy 990 
 Tenderly wept, much won that he his love 
 Had fo ennobled, as of clfoice to’ incur 
 Pivine difpleafure for her fake, or death. 
 
 In recompenfe (for fuch compliance bad 
 
 Such recompenfe beft merits) from the bough 99^ 
 
 She gave him of that fair enticing fruit 
 
BooklX. Paradise Lost. 257 
 
 With liberal hand : he fcrupled not to eat 
 Againft his better knowledge, not deceiv’d, 
 
 But fondly overcome with female charm. ^ 
 
 Earth trembled from her entrails, as again 
 In pangs, and Natdre gave a fccond groan, 
 
 Sky lour’d, and muttering thunder, fofne fad drops 
 Wept at completing of the mortal iin 
 Original ; while Adam took no thought. 
 
 Eating his fill, nor Eve to iterate 
 Her former trefpafs fear’d, the more tb footti 
 Him with her lov’d fociety, that now 
 As with new wine intoxicated both 
 They fwim in mirth, atid fancy that they fee! 
 
 Divinity within them breeding wings ^ 
 
 Wherewith to fcorn the earth-: but that falle fruit 
 I'ar other operation firft difplay’d> 
 
 Carnal defire inflaming ; he on Eye 
 Began to caft lafcivicTas eyes,- ftie him 
 As wontonly repaid ; in luft they burn : 
 
 Till Adam thus ’gan Eve to dalEance move. 
 
 Eve, now I fee thou art exaft of tafte. 
 
 And elegant, of fapience no fmall part. 
 
 Since to each meaning lavor we apply, 
 
 And palate call judicious ; I the praife loa# 
 
 Yield thee, fo well this day thou- haft purvey d. 
 
 Much pleafure we have loft, while we abftamd 
 From this delightful fruit, nor known till now 
 Truerelifli, tailing; if fuch pleafure be 
 In things to us forbidd’n, it might be wifli’d, 1025 
 For this one tree had been forbidden ten. 
 
 But come, fo well refrefh’d, now let us play, 
 
 As meet is, after fuch delicious fare ; 
 
 For never did thy beauty fince the day 
 I faw thee firft and wedded thee, adorn’d 10 
 
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 Wkh all perfeaions, fo inflame my fenfe * 
 
 With ardor to enjoy thee, fairer now 
 Than ever, bounty of this virtuous tree. 
 
 So faid he, and forbore not glance or toy 
 
 Of amorous intent, well imderftood 
 
 Of Eje, whofe eye darted contagious fire. 
 
 Her hand he feis’d, and to a fliady bank. 
 
 Thick overhead with verdant roof imbowrM, 
 
 He led her nothing loath ; flow’rs were the couch, 
 ianfies, and violets, and afphodel, 
 
 And hyacinth, earth*s freflieft fofteft lap. ^ 
 
 There they their flil of love and love’s dlfpore 
 rook largely, of their mutual guilt the feal, * 
 
 The folace of their fm, till dewy fleep 
 
 Opprefs’d them, wearied with their amorous play. 1045 
 
 Soon as the force of that fallacious fruit. 
 
 That, with exhilerating vapor bland 
 
 About their fpi’rits had play’d, and in'mofl powers 
 
 Made err, was now exhal’d ; and grofler fleep 
 
 Bred of unkindly fumes, with confcious dreams 1050 
 
 Incumber’d, now had left them ; up they rofe 
 
 As from unreft, and each the other viewing, 
 
 ^on found their eyes how open’d, and their minds 
 
 How darken’d ; innocence, that as a veil 
 
 Had ftiadow’d them from knowing ill, was gone, 1 0 c 
 
 Juft confidence, and native righteournefs, ^ 
 
 And honor from about them, naked left 
 
 To guilty fliame ; he cover’d, but his robe 
 
 Uncover’d more. So rofe the Danite flrong 
 
 Herculean Samfon from the harlot-Iap lodo 
 
 Of Philiftean Dalilah, and wak’d 
 
 Shorn of his ftrength. They deftitute and bare 
 
 Of all their virtue : filent, and in face • 
 
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 Confounded long they fat, as ftrucken mute, 
 
 Till Adam, though not lefs than Eve abafh’d, 1065 
 At length gave utterance to thefe - words conftrain^d, 
 
 O Eve, in evil hour thou didft give ear 
 To that falfe worm, of whomfbever taught 
 To counterfeit Man’s voice, true in our fall, 
 
 Falfe in our promis’d riling ; lince our eyes 
 Open’d we find indeed, and find we know 
 Both good and ev’il, good loft, and evil got. 
 
 Bad fruit of knowledge, if this be to know. 
 
 Which leaves us naked thus, of honor void. 
 
 Of innocence, of faith, of purity. 
 
 Our wonted ornaments now foil’d and ftain’d, 
 
 And in our faces evident the figns 
 Of foul concupifcence ,• whence evil ftore j 
 Ev’n lhame, the laft of evils ; of the firft 
 Be fure then. How fhall I behold the face 
 Henceforth of God or Angel, erft with joy 
 And rapture fo’ oft beheld ? thofe heav’nly lhapes 
 Will dazle now this earthly with their blaze 
 InfufFerably bright. O might I here 
 In folitude live favage, in fome glade ICS5 
 
 Obfcur’d, where higheft woods impenetrable 
 To ftar or fun- light, fpread their umbrage broad 
 And brown as evening : Cover me ye Pines, 
 
 Ye Cedars, with innumerable boughs 
 
 Hide me, where I may never fee them more. 109© 
 
 But let us now, as in bad plight, devife. 
 
 What beft may for the prefent ferve to hide 
 The parts of each from other, that feem moft 
 To lhame obnoxious, and unfeemlieft feen ; 
 
 Some tree, whofe broad fmooth leaves together fow’d. 
 And girded on our loins, may cover round 1096 
 
 I'hofe middle parts, that this new comer, lhame. 
 There fit nor, and approach us as unclean. 
 
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 So counfel’d he, and both together went 
 Into the thickeft wood ; there foon they chofe 
 V that kind for fruit, renow-n’d, 
 
 fuch as at this day to Indians known 
 n Malabar or D^-an fpreads her arms 
 Jjanc ling fo broad -and long, that in the ground 
 le bended, twigs take root, and daughters grow 
 About the mother tree, a pillar’d lhade • 
 ktgn overarch’d, and echoing walks between ; 
 here oft the Indian herdfman fliunning heat 
 
 aXTi-'"! pafturing herds , ,09 
 
 At loophole^ tut tnrough thickeft (hade : Thofe leaves 
 They -gather’d, broad as Amazonian targe. 
 
 And With what skill they had, together few’d, 
 i o gird their wafte, vain covering if to hide 
 Their guilt and dreaded (hame j O how unlike 
 To that firft naked glory ! Such of late 1,15 
 
 Columbus found th’ American, fo girt 
 With feather’d cinaure, naked elfe and wild 
 Among the trees on lies and woody Ihores. 
 
 Thus fenc’d,, and as they thought, their lhame in part 
 Cover d, but not at reft or eafe of mind, , , j. 
 
 They fat them down to weep ; nor only tears 
 Ram d at their eyes, but high wini worfe within 
 Hegan to rife, high paffions, anger, hate, 
 
 Miftruft, fufpidon, difcord, and (hook fore 
 Their inward date of mind, calm region once 
 And full of peace, now tod and turbulent : 
 
 For underdanding rul’d not, and the will 
 Heard not her lore, both in -fubjedion now 
 To I'enlual appetite, who .from beneath 
 Ulurping over fovran reafon darn’d 
 Superior Iway : from thus didemper’d bread, 
 
 Aaam, edrang’d in look and alter’d dile. 
 
 Speech intermitted thus to Eve renew'd. 
 
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BooklX. Paradise Lost. 261 
 
 Would thou hadft hearken’d to my words, and- Hay’d 
 Wich me, as I befoiight thee^ when that-ftrange^ ^ 1155 
 Defire of wand’ring this unhappy morn, ' ^ ■ 
 
 It know not whepce poilefs’d thee ; we had^hen 
 ‘Remain’d Hill happy, not as now,, .derpoil’d ‘ 
 
 Of all our good, Iham’d, naked, miferable. 
 
 Let none henceforth feek needlefs ca'ufe to’ approve 1 146 
 The faith they owe.; when earneuly they leek 
 Such proof, conclude, they then begin to fail. . k 
 
 To whom foon rnoy’d with touch of blame thas'Eve. 
 What words have pafs’d thy. lips, Adam fevers! 
 
 Imput’d thou that to my default, or wiil 1145 
 
 Of wand’ring, ag,.thou. calPA it, .which who knows 
 But might' as ill have happen’d thou being by. 
 
 Or to thyfeif perhaps F .kadft thou been there, 
 
 Or here th’ attempt, thou couldft not have difeern’d^ 
 Fraud in the Serpent, fpeakiiig as he fpake ; ^ ^ 5 ® 
 
 No ground of enmity between us known. 
 
 Why he lliould mean me ill, or feek to harm ? 
 
 Was I to’ have never parted from thy fide i 
 As good have grown there ftili a lifelefs rib. 
 
 Being as I am, why didft not thou the head 1155 
 Command me abfolutely not to go, 
 
 Going into fuch danger as thou faidfl: f 
 Too facil then thou didll not much gainfay. 
 
 Nay didil permit, approve, and fair difmifs. 
 
 Hadll thou been firm and fix’d in thy diffent, 1160 
 Neither had 1 tranfgrefs’d, nor thou with me. 
 
 To whom then firft incens’d Adam reply ’d. 
 
 Is this the love, is this the recompenfe 
 Of mine to thee, ingrateful Eve, exprefs’d 
 Immutable when thou wert loH, not I, 1 1 6 
 
 Who might have liv’d and joy’d immortal blifs. 
 
 
2^2 P A R A D I S E L O S T. Book IX. 
 
 Yet willingly chofe rather death with thee ? ' 
 
 And am I now upbraided as the caufe 
 Of thy tranfgrehing? not enough fevere. 
 
 It feems, in thy rcftraint : what could I more ? 
 
 I warn’d thee, I admonifh’d thee, foretold 
 'Ike danger, and the lurking enemy 
 That lay in wait ; beyond this had been force 
 And force upon free will hath here no place! 
 
 But confidence then bore thee on, fecure 
 
 Either to meet no danger, or to find 
 Matter of glorious trial ; and perhaps 
 I alfo err’d in overmuch admiring 
 What feem’d m thee fo perfed, that I thought 
 No evil durft attempt thee, but I rue 
 That error now, which is become my crime, 
 
 And thou th’ accufer. Thus it {hall befall ' ■ 
 
 Him who to worth in women overtrufiing 
 Lets her will rule ; reftraint file will not brook. 
 
 And left to’ herfelf, if evil thence enfue. 
 
 She firil his weak indulgence will accufe. 
 
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 Thus they in mutual accufation fpent 
 The fruitlefs hours, but neither felf-condemnino-. 
 And of their vain conteft appear’d no end. 
 
 ' The End of the ninth Boot 
 
THE 
 
 TENTH BOOK 
 
 O F 
 
 PARADISE LOST. 
 
^ R G U M E N T, 
 
 Man^s tranfgreffion km^n, the Guardian Angels forfake Pa 
 radife, and return up to Hean^en to approve their n;igi lance 
 and are appr on/ d, God declaring that the entrance ^ 
 Satan could not he by them prenjentcd. He fends his So.n 
 to judge the tranfgrefforsy nxiho defends and gi-ves fentena 
 accordingly ; then in pity clothes them both, and reafcends, 
 Sin and Death fitting till then at the gates of Hell, by 
 wondrous fympathy- feeling the Jdccefs of -Satan in 4his 
 new world, and the fin by Man there committed, refoHe 
 to fit no longer confin'd in Hell, but to follow Satan their 
 fire up to the place of Man : To make the way eafier from 
 Hell to this world to and fro, they pa^ve a broad high-way 
 or bridge owr Chaos, according to the track that Satan 
 firft made ; then preparing for Barth, they meet him 
 proud of his fuccefs returning to Hell i their mutual gr a- 
 tulqtion. Safeap arrives Pan4emQnimi^, > fyll affem- 
 hly relates with boafiing his fuccefs againfiMan] infiead 
 of applatfe is entertained with a general hifs by all his 
 audience, transform'd ,witk himfelf alfo fuddenly into 
 ferpents, according to his doom given in Paradife j then 
 deluded with ajhow of the forbidden tree fpringing up be^ 
 fore them, they greedily reaching fo take tL fituft 
 
 Hewdufi and hitter ajhes. The proceedings ofiiBlm and 
 
 Deatn; fort els the final victory of his Son over 
 them, and the renewing of all things', but for the pre. 
 fent commands his Angels to make feveral alterations in 
 the Heavens and elements. Adam more and more per- ’ 
 ceiving his fall' n condition heavily bewails, rejects the 
 condolement of Eve ', fhe perfifis, and at length appeafes 
 him : then to evade the curfe likely to fall on their of- ■ 
 fpring, propofes to Adam violent ways, which he approves | 
 not, but conceiving better hope, puts her in mind of the late j 
 promife made them, that her feed fioould be reveng'd on the ^ 
 Serpent, and exhorts her with him to feek peace of the 
 offended Deity, by repentance and fupplkation. | 
 
I 
 
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 1 
 
PARADISE LOST. 
 
 BOOK X. 
 
 A N[ while the hainons and defpiteful ad ^ 
 Of Satan done in Paradife, and how 
 He in the ferpent, had perverted Eve, 
 
 ^ Her husband fhe, to tafle the fata! fruit. 
 Was known in Heav'n ; for what can 
 Ycape the eye 5 
 
 Of God all-feeing, or deceive his heart 
 Omnifcient ? who in all things wife and jufl. 
 
 Hinder’d not Satan to attempt the mind 
 Of Man, with ftrength entire, and free will arm’d, 
 Complete to have difcover’d and repuls’d iO 
 
 Whatever wiles of foe or feeming friend. 
 
 For dill they knew, and ought to’ have iiill remember’d 
 The high injundtion not to take that fruit. 
 
 Whoever tempted ; which they not obeying, 
 
 Incurr’d (what could they lefs?) the penalty, 15 
 And manifold in fin, deferv’d to fall. 
 
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20 
 
 266 Paradise Lost. BookX. 
 
 Up into Heav-’n from Paradife in ha fte 
 Th’ angelic guards afcended, mute and fad 
 Por Man, for of h,s ftate by this they knew. 
 
 Much wond nng how the fubtle Fiend had Ll’n 
 Fntiaiwe unfeen. Soon as th’ unwelcome news 
 Rom Earth arnv d at Heaven gate, difpleas’d 
 All were who heard ; dim fadnefs did not fpare 
 1 hat time celeftial vifages, yet mix’d 
 With pity, violated not their blifs. 
 
 About the new-arriv’d, in multitudes 
 Th’ ethereal people ran, to hear and know 
 
 Accountable made hade to make appear 
 Wth righteous plea their utmod vigilance, 
 
 And eafily approv’d ; when the moft high 
 Etenial Father, from his fecrot cloud, 
 
 Amidd in thunder utter’d thus his voice. 
 
 
 30 
 
 AfTembled Angels, and ye Pow’rs return’d 
 hrom unfuccefsful charge, be not difmay’d. 
 
 Nor troubled at thefe tidings from the earth. 
 Which your fmcered care could not prevent. 
 Foretold fo lately what would come to pafs, " 
 When hrd this tempter crofs’d the gulf from Hell. 
 I told ye then he ilioald preva.iI and fpeed 
 On his bad errand, Man fhould be feduc’d 
 And flatter’d out of all, believing lies 
 Againil nis Maker ; no decree of mine 
 Concurring to neceffitate his fall, 
 
 Or touch with liglited moment of impulfc 
 His free v>^iil, to her own inclining left 
 III even fcale. But fali’n he is, and now 
 What reds, but that the mortal fentence pafs 
 On his tranfgreffion, death denounc’d tliat day ? 
 Which ke prefumes already vain and void. 
 
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 45 
 
 5 ® 
 
BookX. Lost-. 
 
 Becaufe not yet inflided, as he fear’d. 
 
 By fome immediate ftroke ; but foon ihall find 
 Forbearance no acquittance ere day end. 
 
 Juftice fhall not return as bounty fcorn’d. 
 
 But whom fend I to.judge them? whom but thee 5 | 
 
 Vicegerent Son ? to thee I have transferr’d 
 
 All judgment whether in Heav’n, or Earth, or Hell. 
 
 Eafy it may be feen that I intend 
 
 Mercy collegue with juftice, fending thee 
 
 Man’s friend, his mediator, his defign’d 6© 
 
 Both ranfome and redeemer voluntary, 
 
 And deftin’d Man himfelf to judge Man fall’n. 
 
 So fpake the Father, and unfolding bright 
 Tow’ard the right hand his glory, on the Son 
 Blaz’d forth unclouded deity ; he full 
 Refplendent all his Father manifeh 
 Exprefs’d, and thus divinely anfv/er’d mild. 
 
 6s 
 
 Father eternal, thine is to decree, 
 
 Mine both in Heav’n and Earth to do thy will 
 Supreme, that thou in me thy Son belov’d 
 Mayft ever red well pleas’d. I go to judge 
 On earth thefe thy tranfgrefTers, but thou know’ll:. 
 Whoever judg’d, the worfi; on me mull: light. 
 When time fnall be, for fo I undertook 
 Before thee’ ; and not repenting, this obtain 
 Of right, that I may mitigate their doom 
 On me deriv’d, yet I fnall temper fo 
 Juftice with mercy’, as may illuftrate moft . 
 
 Them fully fatisfy’d, and thee appeafe. 
 
 Attendence none ftiall need, nor train, where none 
 Are to behold the judgment, but the judg’d, 
 
 Thofe two ; the thii’d beft abfent is condemn’d, 
 Convift by flight, and rebel to all law ; 
 Convidlion to the ferpent none belongs. 
 
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268 Paradise Lost. BookX. 
 
 Thus faying, from his radiant feat he rofe 85 
 Of high collateral glory’ him Thrones and Powers, 
 Princedoms, and Dominations miniftrant 
 Accompanied to Heaven gate, from whence 
 Eden and all the coaft in profpeft lay. 
 
 Down he defcended hrait ; the fpeed of Gods 90 
 Time counts not, though with fwiftefl: minutes wing’d. 
 Now was the fun in weflern cadence low 
 From noon, and gentle airs due at their hour 
 To fan the earth now vvak’d, and ufher in 
 The evening cool, when he from wrath more cool 9 5 
 Came the mild judge and intercedbr both 
 To fentence Man : the voice of God they heard 
 Now walking in the garden, by foft winds 
 Brought to their ears, while day declin’d ; they heard. 
 And from his prefence hid themfelves among loo 
 The thickeft trees, both man and wife, till God 
 Approaching, thus to Adam call’d aloud. 
 
 Where art thou Adam, wont with joy to meet 
 My coming feen far off? I mifs thee here. 
 
 Not pleas’d, thus entertain’d with folitude, 10^ 
 
 Where obvious duty’ ere while appear’d unfought: 
 
 Or come I lefs confpicuous, or what change 
 Abfents thee, or what chance detains ? Come forth. 
 
 He came, and with him Eve, more loath, though firfl: 
 To’ offend, difcount’nanc’d both, and difcompos’d; 
 Love was not in their looks, either to God 1 1 1 
 
 Or to each other, but apparent guilt. 
 
 And ihame, and perturbation, and defpair. 
 
 Anger, and obllinacy’, and hate, and guile. 
 
 Whence Adam faltring long, thus anfwer’d brief. 1 1 ^ 
 
 I heard thee in the gard’n, and of thy voice 
 Afraid, being naked, hid myfelf, To whom 
 
269 
 
 BookX. Par ADiSE Lost. 
 
 TKe gracious judge without revile reply’d. 
 
 My voice thou oft haft heard, and haft not fear’d, 
 But ftill rejoic’d; how is it now become 120 
 
 So dreadful to thee ? that thou’ art naked, who 
 Hath told thee ? haft thou eaten of the tree. 
 
 Whereof I gave thee charge thou ihouldft not eat ! 
 
 To whom thus Adam fore befet reply d. 
 
 0 Heav’n! in evil ftrait this day I ftand 
 Before my judge, either to undergo 
 Myfelf the total crime, or to accufe 
 My other felf, the partner of my lif« ; 
 
 Whofe failing, while her faith to me remains, 
 
 1 ftiould conceal, and not expofe to blame 1 30 
 
 By my complaint ; but Arid neceffity 
 
 Subdues me, and calamitous conftraint. 
 
 Left on my head both ftn and puniftiment. 
 
 However infupportable, be all 
 
 Devolv’d ; though Ihould I hold my peace, yet thou 1 35 
 Wouldft eafily deted what I conceal 
 This Woman, whom thou mad’ft to be my help. 
 
 And gav’ft me as thy perfed gift, fo good. 
 
 So fit, fo acceptable, fo divine. 
 
 That from her hand I could fufped no ill. 
 
 And what ftie did, whatever in itfelf. 
 
 Her doing feem’d to juftify the deed ; 
 
 She gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 
 
 To whom the fovran Prefence thus reply’d. 
 
 Was ftie thy God, that her thou didft obey 
 Before his voice, or was (he made thy guide, 
 
 Superior, or but equal, that to her 
 Thou didft refign thy manhood, and the place 
 Wherein God fet thee’ above her made of thee. 
 
 And for thee, whofe perfedion far excell d 
 
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 140 
 
 145 
 
 I to 
 
BookX. 
 
 
 ®70 Paradise Lost 
 
 Hers in all real dignity ? Adorn’d 
 Hie was indeed, and lovely to attraa 
 Thy love not thy fubjeffion j and her gift, 
 eie ach as under government well feem’d 
 Unfeemly to bear rule, which was thy ’ 
 
 Ana perfon, hadft thou known thyfelf aftght. 
 
 Say Woman® what Ts'lhTs which IhouTaft done? 
 
 Bold or loquacious, thus abaili’d reply’/ ^ 
 
 ihe Serpent me beguil’d and I did eal 
 
 45m:Se s 
 
 Serpent though brute, unable to tranfer 
 d he guilt on him who made him inftrument 
 Of mifchief, and polluted from the enr 
 IS creation ,• Julily then accurs’d. 
 
 As vitiated in nature ; more to know 
 Conceni d not Man (fince he no further knew! 
 
 Nor aher’d his offence; yet God at iaft ^ 
 
 To Satan firft m fm his doom apply’d. 
 
 Though in myfterious terms, judg’d as then bell : 
 
 And on the Serpent thus his curfe Jet fall. 
 
 t>ris, thou art accurs’d 
 Above all cattel, each beaft of the held ; 
 
 Upon thy belly groveling thou fhalt go. 
 
 And dull malt eat all the days of thy life. 
 
 Between tnee and the Woman I will put 
 Enmity and between thine and her feed : 1 ^, 5 , 
 
 Her .eed ihall brujfe thy head, thou bruife his heel, ^ 
 
 165 
 
 ^ 7 < 
 
 ' 75 ' 
 
Book X, Fa r a d I s e Lost. 27^ 
 
 So fpake this oracle, then verify’d 
 When Jefus Ion of Mary, fecond Eve, 
 
 Saw Satan fall like lightning down from Heaven^ 
 
 Prince of the air; then rifing from his grave 1S5 
 Spoil’d Principalities and Pow’rs, triumph’d 
 In open fhow, and with afcenfion bright 
 Captivity led captive through the air. 
 
 The realm itfelf of Satan long ufurp’d, 
 
 Whom he fiiall tread at laft under our feet ; 19O 
 
 Ev’n he who now foretold his fatal bruife. 
 
 And to the Woman thus his fentence turn'd. 
 
 Thy forrow I will greatly multiply 
 By thy conception 1 children thou (halt bring 
 In forrow forth ; and to thy husband’s will 195 
 
 Thine Ihall fubmit j lie over thee fhall rule. 
 
 On Adam laft thus judgment he pronounc’d. 
 
 Becaufe thou haft hearken’d to the’ voice of thy wife. 
 And eaten of the tree, concerning , which 
 I charg’d thee, fay’ing, Thou ftialt not eat thereof : 200 
 Curs’d is the ground for thy fake 1 thou in forrow 
 Shalt eat thereof all the days of thy life ; 
 
 Thorns alfo’ and thiftles it ftiall bring thee forth 
 Unbid ; and thou ftialt eat the herb of the held. 
 
 In the fweat of thy face ftialt thou eat bread, 205 
 Till thou return unto the ground ; for thou 
 Out of the ground waft taken, know thy birth. 
 
 For duft thou art, and ftialt to duft return. 
 
 So judg’d he Man, both judge and faviour fent, 
 And th’ inftant ftroke of death denounc’d that day 210 
 Remov’d far off ; then pitying how they ftood 
 Before him naked to the air, that now 
 Muft fufter change, difdain’d not to begia 
 
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272 Paradise Lost, BookX. 
 
 I Henceforth the form of fervant to aflume. 
 
 ^ tu ctiiume, 
 
 wnen he wafh’d his fervants feet, fo no-w 
 
 As faLaer of his family he clad 
 
 Their nakednefs with skins of beafts, or flain, 
 
 Or as the fnake with youthful coat repaid ; 
 
 And thought not much to clothe his enemies • 
 ^or he their outward only with the skins 
 Of Deads, but inward nakednefs, much more 
 Opprobrious, with his robe of righteoufnefs, 
 Arraying cover’d from his Father’s liaht 
 To him with fwift afcent he up return’d, 
 
 Into his blifsful bofom realTum’d 
 In glory as of old ; to him appeas’d 
 
 215 
 
 220 
 
 Ail, tho’ all-knowin?, 
 
 what had pafs’d with Man 
 
 230 
 
 i<ecounted, mixing intercelTion fweet. 
 
 Mean while ere thus was fmn’d and judg’d on Earth, 
 y/ithm the gates of Hell fat Sin and De^h, 
 
 In counterview within the gates, that now 
 Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame 
 Far into Chaos, flnce the Fiend pafs’d through, 
 
 Sm opening, who thus now to Death began. 
 
 O Son, why fit we here each other viewino^ 
 
 Idly, while Satan our great author thrives ^ 
 
 In other worlds, and happier feat provides 
 For IIS his efspring dear ? It cannot be 
 Bat that fuccefs attends him ; if mifliap, 
 
 Eie this ne had return’d, with fury driven 
 By his avengers, flnce no place like this 
 Can flt his puniihment, or their revenge. 
 
 Methinks I feel new ftrength within me rife. 
 
 Wings growing, and dominion giv’n me large 
 Beyond this deep ; whatever draws me on, 
 
 Or fympathy, or fome connatural force 
 Pow’iful at greateii diflance to unite 
 
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 240 
 
 245 
 
2/3 
 
 BookX. Paradise Lost. 
 
 With fecret amity things of like kind 
 By fecreteft conveyance. Thou my diade 
 Infeparable mud with me along : - 250 
 
 Fof Death from Sin no pow’r can feparate. 
 
 But left the difficulty of paffing back 
 
 Stay his return perhaps over this gulf 
 
 Impaffable, impervious, let us try 
 
 Adventrous work, yet to thy pow’r and mine 255 
 
 Not unagreeable, to found a path 
 
 Over this main from Hell to t’nat new world 
 
 Where Sa^an now prevails, a monument 
 
 Of merit high to all th’ infernal hoft, 
 
 Eafmg their paffiage hence, for intercourfe, 260 
 
 Or tranfmigration, as their lot ffiall lead. y 
 
 Nor can I mifs the way, fo drongly drawn 
 By this new felt attradion and inftind. 
 
 Whom thus the meager Shadow anfwer’d foon. 
 
 Go whither fate and inclination ftrong 265 
 
 Leads thee ; I ffiall not lag behind, nor err 
 The way, thou leading, fuch a fent I draw 
 Of carnage, prey. innumerable, and tafte 
 The favor of Death from all things there that live : 
 Nor ffiall I to the work thou enterprifeft 27O 
 
 Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid. 
 
 So faying, with delight he fnuff’d the fmell 
 Of mortal change on earth. As when a flock 
 Of ravenous fowl, though many a league remote, 
 Againft the day of battel, to a field, 275 
 
 Where armies lie incamp’d, come flying, lur’d 
 With fent of living carcaffes defign’d 
 For death, the following day, in bloody flght : 
 
 So fented the grim Feature, and upturn’d , 
 
 His noffril wide into the murky air, ^ 2,80 
 
274 Paradise Lost. BookX. 
 
 Sagacioas of his quarry from fo far. 
 
 Then both from out Hell gates into the wafte 
 Wide anarchy of Chaos damp and dark 
 Flew diverfe, and with pow’r (their pow’r was great) 
 Holering, upon the waters, what they met 2S5; 
 
 Solid or flimy, as in raging fea 
 Tod up and down, together crouded drove 
 From each fide fhoaling tovv’ards the mouth of Hell ; 
 As when two polar winds, blowing adverfe 
 Upon the Cronian fea, together drive 
 Mountains of ke, that hop th’ imagin’d way 
 Beyond Petfora eaftward, to the rkh 
 Cachaian coaft. The aggregated foil 
 Death with his mace petrihc, cold and dry. 
 
 As with a trident finote, and fix’d as £rm 
 As Delos floting once j the reft his look 
 Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move 5. 
 
 And with Afphaltic dime, broad as the gate. 
 
 Deep to the roots of Hell the gather’d beach- 
 They failen’d, and the mole immenfe wrought on 
 Over the foaming deep high arch’d, a bridge 
 Of length prodigious, joining to the wall 
 Immoveable of this now fencelefs world 
 Forfeit to Death 1 from hence a pafiage broads 
 Smooth, eafy, inolFeniive down to Hell. 
 
 So, if great things to fmall may be compar’d, 
 
 Xerxes, the liberty of Greece to yoke. 
 
 From Sufa his Memnonian palace high 
 Came to the fea, and over Hellefpont 
 Bridging his way, Europe with Alia join’d, 
 
 And fcourg’d with many a ftroke th’ indignant waves^- 
 Now had they brought the work by wondrous art 
 Pontifical, a ridge of pendent rock. 
 
 Over the vex’d abyfs, following the track 
 
 Of Satan to the felf fame place where he '31^ 
 
 
 29s 
 
 30® 
 
 
BookX; Paradise Lost. 
 
 Firft lighted from his witrg, and landed late 
 From out of Chaos, to the outfide bare 
 Of this round world : with pins of adamant 
 And chains they made all faft, too fall: t ey ma 
 And durable; and now in little fpace 
 The confines met of empyrean Heaven 
 And of this World, and on the left hand Hd 
 With long reach interpos’d ; three fevera way 
 In fight, «) each of thefe three places led. 
 And^ow their way to Earth they had defcry d 
 To Paradife firft tending, when behold 
 Satan in likenefs of an Angel bng t 
 Betwixt the Centaur and the Scorpion fleering 
 His zenith, while the fun m . 
 
 Difguis’d he came, but thofe his children dear 
 Thdr parent foon difcern’d, though in difguife. 
 
 He after Eve deduc’d, unminded flunk 
 Into the wood faft by, and changing fliape 
 To’ obferve the fequel, faw his guileful ad 
 Bv Eve, though all unweeting, feconded 
 L>n her husband,, faw their lhame that fought 
 Vain covertures ; but when he faw 
 The Son of God to judge them, tern y 
 He fled, not hoping to efcape, but mun^ 
 
 The prefent, fearing guilty what his wrath 
 Mio-ht faddenly inftia ; that paft, return d ^ 
 
 By “night, and lift’ning where the haplefs pan 
 Sat in their fad difcourfe, and various plaint. 
 Thence gather’d his own doom, which underftood 
 ■Not inftant, but of future time, with joy 
 ■ And tidings fraught, to Hell he now return d, 
 And at the brink of Chaos, near the foot 
 Of this new wondrous pontiiice, unhop d 
 Met who to meet him came, his ofspnng ear. 
 Great joy was at their meeting, and at fig. t 
 p£ that 'ftupendous bridge his joy increasd. 
 
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 343 
 
 35 ® 
 
2?^ Paradise Lost. BookX. 
 
 Long he admiring flood, till Sin, his fair 
 Jnchantmg daughter, thus the filence broke. 
 
 O Parent, thefe are thy magnific deeds, 
 by tropnies, which thou view’ft as not thine own ; 
 hoa art their author and prime architea; 
 i or 1 no fooner m my heart divin’d, 
 
 My heart, which by a fecret harmony 
 
 Still moves with thine, join’d in connexion fweet, 
 
 That thou on earth hadfl profper’d, which thy looks ,6o 
 Aow alio evidence, but ftrait I felt 
 Though diflant from thee worlds between, yet felt 
 That I muft after thee with this thy fon, 
 
 Suen fatal confequence unites us three : 
 
 Hell could no longer hold us in her bounds. 
 
 Nor this unyoyageable gulf obfeure 
 Detain from following thy illudrious track. 
 
 Thou hail achiev’d our liberty, confin’d 
 Within Hell gates till now, thou us impower’d 
 To fortify thus far, and overlay 
 With this portentous bridge the dark abyfs. 
 
 Tmne now is all this world ; thy virtue’ hath woa 
 What thy hands builded not, thy wifdom gain’d 
 With odds what war hath loh, and fully’ aveng’d 
 ar xoil m Heav’n • here thou fhalt monarch reign, 
 
 There didk not ; there let him Ml vidlor fway. 
 
 As battel hath adjudg’d, from this new v/orJd 
 Ketirmg, by his own doom alienated. 
 
 And henceforth monarchy with thee divide 
 'Or all things parted by th’ empyreal bounds. 
 
 His quadrature, from thy orbicular world. 
 
 Or try thee now more dange’rous to his throne. 
 
 Whom thus the Prince of darknefs anfwer’d glad. 
 
 Tair Daughter, and thou Son and Grandchild both. 
 
 High proof ye now have giv’n to be the race 385 
 
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277 
 
 BookX. Paradise Lost, 
 
 Of Satan, (for I glory in the name, 
 
 Antagonift of HeavVs almighty king) 
 
 Amply have merited of me, of all 
 Th’ infernal empire, that fo near HeavVs door 
 Triumphal with triumphal ad have met, 39© 
 
 Mine with this glorious work, and made one realm 
 Hell and this world, one realm, one continent 
 Of eafy thorough-fare. Therefore while I 
 Defcend through darknefs, on your road with eafe. 
 
 To my affociate Pow’rs, them to acquaint 395 
 
 With thefe fuccefles, and with them rejoice, 
 
 You two this way, among thefe numerous orbs 
 All yours, right down to Paradife defcend j 
 There dwell and reign in blifs, thence on the earth 
 Dominion exercife and in the air, 40© 
 
 Chiefly on Man, foie lord of all declar’d, 
 
 Him firft make fure your thrall, and laftly kill* 
 
 My fubftitutes I fend ye, and create 
 Plenipotent on earth, of matchlefs might 
 Iffuing from me : . on your joint vigor now 405 
 
 My hold of this new kingdom all depends. 
 
 Through Sin to Death expos’d by my exploit. 
 
 If your joint pow’r prevail, th’ affairs of Hell 
 Ho detriment need fear ; go and be ftrong. 
 
 : So faying he difmifs’d them ; they with fpeed 416 
 Their courfe through thickeft conftellations held. 
 Spreading their bane ; the blafted ftars look’d wan. 
 
 And planets, planet-ftruck, real eclipfe 
 Then fuffer’d. Th’ other way Satan went down 
 The caufey to Hell gate; on either fide 415 
 
 Difparted Chaos over built exclam’d, 
 
 And with rebounding furge the bars affail’d. 
 
 That fcorn’d his indignation : through the gate, 
 
 Wide open and unguarded, Satan pafs’d. 
 
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 And all about found defolate ; for thofe 
 Appointed to fit there, had left their charge 
 Flown to the upper world j the reft were all ’ 
 
 Far to th’ inland retir’d, about the walls 
 Of Pandemonium, city and proud feat: 
 
 Of Lucifer, fo by allufton call’d. 
 
 Of that bright ftar to Satan paragon’d. 
 
 There kept their watch the legions, while the Grand 
 In council fat, folicitous what chance 
 Might intercept their empe’ror fent ,• fo he 
 Departing gav« command, and they obferv’d. 
 
 As when the Tartar from his Rulfian foe 
 By Aftracan over the fnowy plains 
 Retires, or Ba£lrian Sophi from the horns 
 Of Turkifti crefcent, leaves all wafte beyond 
 The realm of Aladule, in his- retreat 
 To Tauris or Casbeen ; So thefe the late 
 Heav’n-banilh’d hoft, left defert utmoft Hell 
 Many a dark league, reduc’d in careful watch 
 Round their metropolis, and now expedling 
 Each hour their great adventurer from the fearch . 
 
 Of foreign worlds : he through the midft unmark’d. 
 
 In fhow plebeian Angel militant 
 Of loweft order, pafs’d ; and from the door 
 Of that Plutonian hall, invifible 
 
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 Afcended his high throne, which under ftate 44^ 
 Of richeft texture fpread, at th’ upper end 
 Was plac’d in regal luftre. Down a while 
 He fat, and round about him faw unfeen : 
 
 At laft as from a cloud his fulgent head 
 
 And ftiape ftar-bright appear’d, or brighter, clad 4 50 
 
 With what permiffive glory fince his fall 
 
 Was left him, or falfe glitter : All amaz’d 
 
 At that fo fudden blaze the Stygian throng 
 
 Bent their afped, and whom they wilh’d beheld,. 
 
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 Their mighty chief return’d : loud was th’acclame : 455. 
 Forth rufn’d in hade the great confulting peers. 
 
 Rais’d from their dark Divan, and with like joy 
 Gongratulant approach’d him, who with hand 
 Silence, and with thefe words attention won. 
 
 ' Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers,. 
 I For in poffeffion fuch, not only’ of right, 461 
 
 ' I call ye and declare ye now, return’d- 
 Succefsful beyond hope, to lead ye forth 
 Triumphant out of this infernal pit 
 Abominable, accurs’d, the houfe of woe, 465 
 
 And dungeon of our tyrant : now poffefs. 
 
 As Lords, a fpacious world, to’ our native Heaven 
 ' Little inferior, by my adventure hard 
 With peril great achiev’d. Long were to tell 
 What I have done, what fuffer’d, v/ith what pain 470 
 Voyag’d th’ unreal, vaft, unbounded deep 
 Of horrible confufion, over which 
 I By Sin and Death a broad way now is pav’d 
 ; To expedite your glorious march 5 but I 
 Toil’d out my uncouth paffage, forc’d to ride 475 
 I Th’ untraftable abyfs, plung’d in the womb 
 Of unoriginal Night and Chaos wild, 
 
 I That jealous of their fecrets fiercely’ oppos’d 
 My journey ftrange, with clamorous uproar 
 Protefting Fate fupreme j thence how I found 480 
 The new created world, which fame in Heaven 
 Long had foretold, a fabric wonderful 
 Of abfolute perfedion, therein Man 
 j Plac’d in a Paradife, by our exile 
 I Made happy : Him by fraud I have feduc’d 
 ! Trom his Creator, and the more to’ increafe 
 I Your wonder, with an apple ; he thereat 
 Offended, worth your laughter, hath giv’n up 
 
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 8o P A R A D I s E L 0 T S, 
 
 Both his beloved Man and all his world. 
 
 To Sin and Death a prey, and fo to us. 
 
 Without our hazard, labor, or alarm, 
 
 To range in, and to dwell, and over Man 
 To rule, as over all he fhould have rul’d. 
 
 True is, me alfo he hath judg’d, or rather 
 Me not, but the brute ferpent in whofe lhape 
 Man I deceiv’d : that which to me belongs. 
 
 Is enmity, which he will put between 
 Me and mankind ,* I am to bruife his heel ; 
 
 His feed, when is not fet, fhall bruife my head ; 
 A world who would not purchafe with a bruife 
 Or much more grievous pain ? Ye have th’ account 
 Of my performance ; What remains, ye Gods, 
 
 But up and enter now into full blifs ? 
 
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 So having faid, a while he flood, expeaing 
 Their univerfal fhout and high applaufe 
 To fill his ear, v/lien contrary he hears 
 On all fides, from innumerable tongues 
 A difmal univerfal hifs, the found 
 Of public fcorni he wonder’d, but not W 
 Had leifure, wond’ring at himfelf now more - 
 His vifage drawn he felt to fharp and fpare ’ 
 His arms clung to his ribs, his legs intwining 
 Each other, till fupplanted down he fell 
 A monftrous ferpent on his belly prone, 
 Reludant, but in vain, a greater power 
 Now rul’d him, punifh’d in the fhape he finn’d. 
 According to his doom ; he would have fpoke," 
 But hifs for hifs return’d with forked tongue 
 To forked tongue, for now were all transform’d 
 Alike, to ferpents all as acceffories 
 To his bold riot ; dreadful was the din 
 Of hifTmg through the hail, thick fwarming now 
 
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 With complicated monfters head and tail. 
 
 Scorpion, and Afp, and Amphisbaena dire, 
 
 Ceraftes horn’d, Hydros, and Elops drear, ^ 52-5 
 
 And Dipfas (not fo thick fwarm’d once the foil 
 Bedropt with blood of Gorgon, or the ile 
 Ophiufa) but dill greateft he the midd, 
 
 Now Dragon grown, larger jhan whom the fun 
 Ingender’d in the Pythian vale on dime, 53O 
 
 Huge Python, and his pow’r no lefs he feem’d 
 Above the reft dill to retain ; they all 
 Him follow’d iduing forth to th’ open field. 
 
 Where all yet left of that revolted rout 
 Heav’n-fall’n, in dation dood or jud array, 535 
 Sublime with expe 6 lation when to fee 
 In triumph iduing forth their glorious chief 1 
 They faw, but other fight indead, a croud 
 Of ugly ferpents ; horror on them fell. 
 
 And horrid fympathy ; for what they faw, 54 *^ 
 
 They felt themfelves now changing 1 down their arms, 
 Down fell both fpear and diield, down they as fad. 
 And the dire hifs renew’d, and the dire form 
 Catch ’d by contagion, like in punidiment, 
 
 As in their crime. Thus was th’ applaufe they meant. 
 
 Turn’d to exploding hifs, triumph to Ihame 546 
 
 Cad on themfelves from their own mouths. There dood 
 
 A grove hard by, fprung up with this their change. 
 
 His will who reigns above, to aggravate 
 
 Their penance, laden with fair fruit, like that 550 
 
 Which grew in Paradife, the bait of Eve 
 
 Us’d by the Tempter : on that profpedl drange 
 
 Their earned eyes they fix’d, imagining 
 
 For one forbidden tree a multitude 
 
 Now ris’n, to work them further woe or fname; 5.55 
 
 Yet parch’d with fcalding third and hunger fierce. 
 
 Though to delude them fent, could not abdain. 
 
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 ^ thicker than the fnaky locks 
 
 That curl’d Megaera: greedily they pluck’d 
 1 he iruitage fair to fight, like that which grew 
 Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flam’d; 
 
 This more delufive, not the touch, but tafle 
 Decen/ d ; they fondly thinking to allay 
 Tiieir appetite with guH, inflead of fruit 
 Chew’d bitter aflies, which th’ offended tafle 
 Witn fpattering noife rejeded : oft they’ aflay’d 
 unger and tkrfl conflraining, drug’d 'as oft, 
 Withhatefullefl difrelifh writh’d th dr jaws 
 •With foot and cinders fil’d ; fo oft they fell 
 ^nto the fame illufion, not as Man 
 
 hom they triumph’d once laps’d. Thus were they plagu’ 
 And worn with famin, long and ceafelefs hifs, 
 iiii ttieir lollfliape, permitted, they refum’d, 
 
 Yearly injoin’d, fome fay, to undergo 
 This annual humbling certain number’d days, 
 
 To dafli their pride, and joy for Man feduc’d. 
 However fome tradition they difpers’d 
 Among the Heathen of their purchafe got. 
 
 And fabled how the Serpent, whom they call’d 
 Ophioii with Eurynome, the wide 
 Encroaching Eve perhaps, had firft the rule 
 Of high Olympus, thence by Saturn driven 
 And Ops, ere yet Didsean Jove was born. 
 
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 Mean while in Paradife the hellifli pair 
 Too foon arriv’d, Sin there in pow’r before, 
 Once adual, now in body, and to dwell 
 Habitual habitant ; behind her Death 
 Olofe following pace for pace, not mounted yet 
 Oji-his pale, horfe; to whom. Sin thus began. 
 
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 Second of Satan fprung, all conquering Death, 
 What think’ll thou of our empire now, though earn’d; 
 With travel difficult, not better far 
 Than Hill at Hell’s dark threlhbld to’ have fat watch, 
 Hnnam’d, undreaded, and. thyfelf half llarv’d ? 595, 
 
 Whom thus the Sin^born monker anfvver’d foon. 
 
 To me, who with eternal famin pine, 
 
 Alike is Hell,, or Paradife, or Heaven, 
 
 There bell, where moll with ravin I may meet 1 
 Which here, though plenteous, all toO' little feems 6oa^ 
 To iluffi this maw, this vak unhide-bound corps. 
 
 ; To whom th’ incelluous mother thus reply ’d. 
 
 Thou therefore on thefe herbs, and fruits, and £ower» 
 Feed firk, on each beak next, and fslh, and fowl, 
 
 Mo homely morfels ; and whatever thing 605, 
 
 The lithe of Time mowes down, devour unfpar’d 1 
 rill I in Man reliding through the race, 
 
 Hlis thoughts, his looks, words, aftions all infe^l, 
 
 ^nd feafon him thy lak and fweetek prey, 
 
 ‘ This faid, they both betook them feveral ways„ 610- 
 5 oth to dekroy, or unimmortal make 
 Ml kinds, and for dekruftion to mature 
 Sooner or later i which th’ Almighty feeing, 
 
 ^rom his tranfeendent feat the Saints among. 
 
 To thofe bright Orders utter’d thus his voice. 6 1 5; 
 
 See with what heat thefe dogs of Hell advance 
 [^o wake and havoc yonder wwld, which I 
 o fair and good created, and had kill 
 vept in that kate, had not the folly’ of Man 
 iOt in thefe wakeful furies, who impute 620 
 
 oily to me, fo doth the prince of Heli. 
 
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 And his adherents, that with fo much eafe 
 I fuffer them to enter and polTefs 
 A place fo heav’niy, and conniving feem 
 To gratify my fcornful enemies, 625 
 
 That laugh, as if tranlported with fome fit 
 Of paffion, I to them had quitted all. 
 
 At random yielded up to their mifrule ; 
 
 And know not that I call’d and drew them thither 
 My Hell-hounds, to lick up the dralF and filth 63d 
 Which Mans polluting fm with taint hath fhed 
 On what was pure, till cramm’d and gorg’d, nigh burft 
 With fuck’d and glutted offal, at one fling 
 Of thy vidorious arm, well-pleafing Son, 
 
 Both Sin, and Death, and yawning Grave at lafl: 635 
 
 Through Chaos hurl’d, obflrud the mouth of Hell 
 For ever, and feal up his ravenous jaws. 
 
 Then Heav’n and Earth renew’d fhall be made pure 
 To fandity that fhali receive no llain : 
 
 Till then the curfe pronounc’d on both precedes. 640 
 
 He ended, and the heav’niy audience loud 
 Sung Helleluiah, as the found of feas. 
 
 Through multitude that fung : Juft are thy ways. 
 Righteous are thy decrees on all thy works ; 
 
 Who can extenuate thee ? Next, to the Son, 645 
 Deftin’d reftorer of mankind, by whom 
 New Heav’n and Earth fhall to the ages rife. 
 
 Or down from Heav’n defcend. Such was their fong. 
 While the Creator calling forth by name 
 His mighty Angels gave them feveral charge, 650 
 As for ted beft with prefent things. The fun 
 Had firft his precept fo to move, fo fhine. 
 
 As might affed the earth with cold and heat 
 Scarce tolerable, and from the north to call 
 Decrepit winter, from the foiith to bring 655 
 
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 Solftitial fummer’s heat. To the blanc moon 
 
 Her office they prefcrib’d, to th’ other five 
 
 Their planetary motions and afpefts 
 
 In Textile, fquare, and trine, and oppofit 
 
 Of noxious efficacy, and when to join 660 
 
 In fynod unbenign ; and taught the fix’d 
 
 Their influence malignant when to fhower. 
 
 Which of them rifmg with the fun, or falling. 
 
 Should prove tempeftuous : To the winds they fet 
 Their corners, when with blufter to confound 665 
 Sea, air, and fliore, the thunder when to roll 
 With terror through the dark aereal hall. 
 
 Some fay he bid his Angels turn afcanfe 
 
 The poles of earth twice ten degrees and more 
 
 From the funis axle ; they with labor pulh’d 670 
 
 Oblique the centric globe : Some fay the fun 
 
 Was bid turn reins from th’ equinodial road 
 
 Like diftant breadth to Taurus with the feven 
 
 Atlantic Sifters, and the Spartan Twins 
 
 Up to the Tropic Crab ; thence down amain 675 
 
 By Leo and the Virgin and the Scales, 
 
 As deep as Capricorn, to bring in change 
 Of feafons to each clime j elfe had the fpring 
 Perpetual fmil’d on earth with vernant flowers, 
 
 Equal in days and nights, except to thofe 68# 
 
 Beyond the polar circles ; to them day 
 
 Had unbenighted flione, while the low fun 
 
 To recompenfe his diftance, in their fight 
 
 Had rounded ftill th’ horizon, and not known 
 
 Or eaft or weft, which had forbid the fnow 6 85 
 
 From cold Eftotiland, and fouth as far 
 
 Beneath Magellan. At that tafted fruit 
 
 The fun, as from Thyeftean banquet, turn’d 
 
 His courfe intended ; elfe how had the world 
 
 Inhabited, though finlefs, more than now, 690 
 
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 Avoided pinching cold and fcorching heat ? 
 
 Tliefe changes in the Heav’ns, though flow, produc’d 
 Like change on fea and land, flderal blaft. 
 
 Vapor, and mift, and exhalation hot. 
 
 Corrupt and peftilent : Now from the north 
 Of Norumbega, and the Samoed fliore, 
 
 Burfting their brazen dungeon, arm’d with ice 
 And fnow and hail and fcormy gufl and flaw, 
 
 Boreas and Caecias and Argeftes loud 
 And Thrafcias rend the woods and feas upturn ; 
 
 With adverfe blaft upturns them from the foutli 
 Notus and Afer black with thundrous clouds 
 From Serraliona ; thwart of thefe as fierce 
 Forth rufii the Levant and the Ponent winds 
 Kurus and Zephyr with their lateral noife. 
 
 Sirocco, and Libecchio. Thus began 
 Outrage from lifelefs things ; but Difcord flrft 
 Daughter of Sin, among th’ irrational. 
 
 Death introduc’d through fierce antipathy ; 
 
 Beaft now with beaft ’gan war, and fowl with fowl 
 And fifti with flfh ; to graze the herb all leavino-, 
 Devour’d each other 5 nor flood much in awe 
 Of Man, but fled him, or with count’nance grim 
 Glar’d on him pafling. Thefe were from without 
 
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 The growing miferies, which Adam favv 
 Already’ in part, though hid in gloomieft fhade. 
 To foiT ow abandon’d, but worfe felt within. 
 And in a troubled fea of paflion toft. 
 
 Thus to disburden fought with fad complaint. 
 
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 O miferable of happy’ 1 is this the end 
 Of this new glorious world, and me fo late 
 The glory of that glory, who now become 
 Accurs’d of blefled, hide me from the face 
 Of God, whom to behold was then my highth 
 
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BooTcX. Paradise Lost, 
 
 Of happinefs ! yet well, if here would end 
 The mifery ; I deferv’d it, and would bear 
 My owH-defervings ; but this will not fervei 
 All that I eat or drink, or fnail beget, 
 
 Is propagated curfe. O voice once heard 
 Delightfully, Increafe and tnultiply. 
 
 Now death to hear! for what can I increafe 
 Or multiply, but curfes on my head ? 
 
 Who of all ages to fucceed, but feeling 
 The evil on him brought by me, wil^ curfe 
 My head ? Ill fare our anceftor impure, 
 for this we may thank Adam j but his thanks 
 biiall be the execration i fo befides 
 Mine own that bide upon me, all from me 
 Shall with a fierce refiux on me redound. 
 
 On me as on their natural center light 
 
 their place. O fleeting joys 
 Ot Earadife, dear bought with lafling woes ! 
 
 Did I requefl thee. Maker, from my clay 
 To mold me Man, did I folicit thee 
 From darknefs to promote me, or here place 
 In this delicious garden? as my will 
 Concurr’d not to my be’ing, it were but right 
 And equal to reduce me to my dufl, 
 
 Defirous to refign and render back 
 
 All I receiv’d, unable to perform 
 
 Thy terms too hard, by which I was to hold 
 
 The good I fought not. To the lofs of that, 
 
 Sufficient penalty, why hafl thou added 
 
 The fenlh of endiefs woes ? inexplicable 
 
 Thy juftice feems ; yet to fay truth, too late 
 
 I thus conteft? then fliould have been refus’d 
 
 Thole terms whatever, when they were propos’d : 
 
 1 hou didfl accept them ; wilt thou’ enjoy the good 
 Then cavil the conditions ? and though God 
 
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 Made thee without thy leave, what if thy Son 760 
 Prove difobedient, and reprov’d, retort. 
 
 Wherefore didft thou beget me’ ? I fought it not : 
 Wouidft thou admit for his contempt of thee 
 That proud excufe ? yet him not thy eledlion. 
 
 But natural neceffity begot. 765 
 
 God made thee’ of choice his own, and of his own 
 To ferve him ; thy reward was of his grace. 
 
 Thy punifhment then juftly’ is at his will. 
 
 Be’ it fo, for I fubmit ; his doom is fair. 
 
 That daft I am, and ftiall to daft return : 770 
 
 O welcome hour w'henever ! why delays 
 His hand to execute what his decree 
 Fix’d on this day ? why do I overlive. 
 
 Why am I mock’d with death, and lengthen’d out 
 To deathlefs pain ? how gladly would I meet 775 
 Mortality my fentence, and be earth 
 Infenfible, how glad would lay me down 
 As in my mother’s lap ? there I ftiould reft 
 And fleep fecure ; his dreadful voice no more 
 Would thunder in my ears, no fear' of worfe 780 
 To me and to my ofspring would torment me 
 With cruel expeftation. Yet one doubt 
 Purfues me ftill, left all I cannot die. 
 
 Left that pure breath of life, the fpi hit of ?vfan 
 Which God infpir’d, cannot together perifti 78^ 
 
 With this corporeal clod ; then in the grave. 
 
 Or in fome other difmal place, who knows 
 
 But I ftiall die a living death ? O thought 
 
 Horrid, if true 1 yet why .? it was but breath 
 
 Of life that finn’d ; what dies but what had life 790 
 
 And fm the body properly hath neither. 
 
 All of me then ftiall die : let this appeafe 
 The doubt, fmce human reach no further knows. 
 
 For though the Lord of all be infinite, 
 
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 Is his wrath alfo ? be it, Man is not fo. 
 
 But mortal doom’d. How can he exercife 
 Wrath without end on Man whom death mufl: end ? 
 Can he make deathlefs death ? that were to make 
 Strange contradidion, which to God himfelf 
 Impoffible is held, as argument Boo 
 
 Of weaknefs, not ©f pow’r. Will he draw au.t. 
 
 For anger's fake, finite to infinite 
 In punifh’d Man, to fatisfy his rigor 
 Satisfy’d never ? that were to extend 
 His fentence beyond dull: and nature’s law. 
 
 By which all caufes elfe according ftlli 
 To the reception of their matter ad, 
 
 Not to th’ extent of their own fphere. But fay 
 That death be not one ftroke, as I fuppos’d, 
 Bereaving fenfe, but endlefs mifery 
 F rom this day onward, which I feel begun 
 Both in me, and without me, and fo laft 
 To perpetuity ; Ay me, that fear 
 Comes thund’ring back with dreadful revolution 
 On my defenfelefs head i both Death and I 
 Am found eternal, and incorporate both. 
 
 Nor I on my part iingle, in me all 
 Pofterity ftands curs’d : Fair patrimony 
 That I muft leave ye, Sons ; O were I able 
 To wafteit all myfelf, and leave ye none ! 
 
 So difinherited how would ye blefs 
 Me now your curfe ! Ah, why fhould all mankind 
 For one man’s fault thus guiklefs be condemn’d. 
 
 If guiltlefs ? But from me what can proceed. 
 
 But all corrupt, both mind and will deprav’d. 
 
 Not to do only, but to will the fame 
 With me ? how can they then acquitted ftand 
 In fight of God ? Him after all difputcs ' 
 
 Forc’d I abfdlve : all my evafioas vaia. 
 
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 And reafonings, though through mazes, lead me ftill 
 But to my own conviftion : firft and laft 831 
 
 On me, me only, as the fource and fpring 
 Of all corruption, ail the blame lights due ; 
 
 So might the wrath. Fond wilh ! couldft thou fupport 
 That burden heavier than the earth to bear, 835 
 Than all the world much heavier, though divided 
 With that bad Woman? Thus what thou dcfir’R 
 And what thou fear’ft, alike deftroys all hope 
 Of refuge, and concludes thee miferable 
 Beyond all paft example and future, 
 
 To Satan only like both crime and doom. 
 
 0 Confcience, into what abyfs of fears 
 
 And horrors haft thou driv’n me, out of which 
 
 1 find no way, from deep to deeper plung’d ! 
 
 Thus Adam to himfelf lamented loud 
 Through the ftill night, not now, as ere Man fell, 
 Wholefome and cool, and mild, but with black air 
 Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. 
 
 Which to his evil confcience reprefented 
 
 Ail things with double terror : on the ground 850 
 
 Outftretch’d he lay, on the cold ground, and oft 
 
 Curs’d his creation, death as oft accus’d 
 
 Of tardy execution, fince denounc’d 
 
 The day of his offence. Why comes not death. 
 
 Said he, with one thrice acceptable ftroke 855 
 
 To end me? fhall truth fail to keep her word, 
 
 Juftice divine not haften to be juft? 
 
 But death comes not at call, juftice divine 
 Mends not her floweft pace for pray’rs or cries. 
 
 O woods, O fountains, hillocs, dales and bowers, 860 
 With other echo late I taught your fhades 
 To anfwer, and refound far other fong. 
 
 Whom thus afflidted when fad Eve beheld. 
 
BookX, Pa R A Di s E Lost. 
 
 Defolate where ftie fat, approaching nigh, 
 5oft words to his fierce paffion Ihe afiay’d : 
 But her with Hern regard he thus repell’d. 
 
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 Out of my fight, thou Serpent ; that name beft 
 Befits thee with him leagu’d, thyfelf as falfe 
 And hateful ; nothing wants, bat that thy ihape. 
 Like his, and color ferpentine may fiiovv 
 Thy inward fraud, to warn all creatures from thee 
 Henceforth ; left that too heav’niy form, pretended 
 To hellilh fallhood, fnare them. But for thee 
 I had perfifted happy’, had not thy pride 
 And wand’ring vanity, when leaft was fafe* 
 
 Kejefled my forewarning, and difdain’d 
 Not to be trufted, longing to be feea 
 Though by the Dev’il himfelf, him overweening 
 To over-reach, but with the Serpent meeting 
 Fool’d and beguil’d, by him thou, I by thee. 
 
 To truft thee from my fide, imagin’d wife, 
 
 Conftant, mature, proof againft all afiaults. 
 
 And underftood not all was but a ihow 
 Rather than folid virtue’, all but a rib 
 Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, 
 
 More to the part finifter, from me drawri. 
 
 Well if thrown out, as fupernumerary 
 To my juft number found. O why did God, 
 Creator wife, that peopled higheft Heaven 
 With Spirits mafculine, create at laft 
 This novelty on earth, this fair defed 
 Of nature, and not fill the world at once 
 With Men as Angels without feminine. 
 
 Or find fome other way to generate 
 Mankind ? this mifchief had not then befall’n. 
 
 And more that lhall befall, innumerable 
 Difturbances on earth through female fnares, 
 
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 And Hrait conjundion with this fex : For either 
 He never fhall find out fit mate, but fuch 
 As fome misfortune brings him, or mifiake ; 900 
 
 Or whom he wilhes mofl: fhall feldom gain 
 Through her perverfenefs, but fhall fee her gain’d 
 By a far worfe, or if fhe love, withheld 
 By parents ; or his happieft choice too late 
 Shall meet, already link’d and wedlock. bound 905 
 
 To a fell adverfary’, his hate or fhame : 
 
 Which infinite calamity fhall caufe 
 To human life, and houfhold peace confound. 
 
 He added not, and from her turn’d ; but Eve 
 Not fo repuls’d, with tears that ceas’d not flowing, 910 
 And treffes all diforder’d, at his feet 
 Fell humble, and embracing them, befought 
 His peace, and thus proceeded in her plaint. 
 
 Forfake me not thus, Adam, witnefs Heaven 
 What love fincere, and reverence in my heart 915 
 1 bear thee, and unweeting have offended, 
 
 Unhappily deceiv’d ; thy fuppliant 
 I beg, and clafp thy knees ; bereave me not. 
 
 Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid. 
 
 Thy counfel in this uttermoft diftrefs, 920 
 
 My only ftrength and flay : forlorn of thee. 
 
 Whither fhall I betake me, where fubfifl: ? 
 
 While yet we live, fcarce one fhort hour pethaps. 
 Between us two let there be peace, both joining, 
 
 As join’d in injuries, one enmity 925 
 
 Again il a foe by doom exprefs aflign’d us. 
 
 That cruel Serpent : On me exercife not 
 Thy hatred for this mifery befall’n. 
 
 On me already loft, me than thyfelf 
 
 More miferable ; both have finn’d, but thou 930 
 
BookX. Par AD iSE Lost. 293 
 
 Againft God only’, I againft God and thee, 
 
 And to the place of j udgment will return, 
 
 There with my cries importune Heav’n, that all 
 The fentence from thy head remov’d may light 
 On me, foie caufe to thee of all this woe, 93^ 
 
 Me, me only, juft obje<ft of his ire. 
 
 She ended weeping, and her lowly plight, 
 Immoveable till peace obtain’d from fault 
 Acknowledg’d and deplor’d, in Adam wrought 
 Commiferation ; foon his heart relented 940 
 
 Tow’ards her, his life fo late and foie delight. 
 
 Now at his feet fubmiffive in diftrefs, 
 
 Creature fo fair his reconcilement feeking. 
 
 His counfel, whom Ihe had difpleas’d, his aid i- 
 As one difarm’d, his anger all he loft, 945 
 
 And thus with peaceful words uprais’d her foon. 
 
 Unwary’, and too delirous, as before, 
 
 So now of what thou know’ft not, who deftr’ft 
 The punilhment all on thyfelf ; alas. 
 
 Bear thine own firft, ill able to fuftain 950 
 
 HisTuli wTath, whofe thou feel’ft as yet leaft pArt, 
 
 And my difpleafure bear’ft fa ill. If prayers 
 Could alter high decrees, I to that place 
 Would fpeed before thee, and be louder heard. 
 
 That on my head all might be vifited, 95 1 
 
 Thy frailty and infirmer fex forgiven, 
 
 To me committed and by me expos’d. 
 
 But rife, let us no more contend, nor blame 
 Each other, blam’d enough elfewhere, but ftrive 
 In offices of love, how we may lighten 960 
 
 Each other’s burden, in our lhare of woe ; 
 
 Since this day’s death denounc’d, if ought I fee. 
 
 Will prove no fudden, but a flow pac’d evil, 
 
 O 3 
 
^94 Paradise Lost. 
 
 A long day’s dying to augment our pain. 
 And to our feed (O haplefs feed ! ) deriv’d. 
 
 Book X. 
 
 965 
 
 To whom thus Eve, recovering heart, reply’d. 
 Adam, by fad experiment I know 
 How little weight my words with thee can find, 
 tound fo erroneous, thence by juA event 
 -Found fo unfortunate ; neverthelefs, 
 
 Feftor’d by thee, vile as I am, to place 
 Of new acceptance, hopeful to regain 
 Thy love, the foie contentment of my heart 
 Hiving or.dying, from thee I will not hide 
 What thoughts in my unquiet breaA are rifen. 
 Tending to fome relief of our extremes. 
 
 Or end, though fharp and fad, yet tolerable. 
 
 As in our evils, and of eafier choice. 
 
 Jf care of our defcent perplex us mo A, 
 
 Which muA be born to certain woe, devour’d 
 By Death at laA ; and miferable it is 
 ‘i’o be to others caufe of mifery, 
 
 Our own begott’en, and of our loins to bring 
 Into this eurfed world a woful race, 
 
 That after wretched life muA be at laA 
 F ood for fo foul a monfter ; in thy power 
 It lies, yet ere conception to prevent 
 , The race unblefs’d, to bei’ng yet unbegot. 
 Chiidlefs thou art, childlefs remain : fo Death 
 Shall be deceiv’d his glut, and with us two 
 Be forc’d to fatisfy his ravenous maw. 
 
 But if thou judge it hard and difiicult, 
 
 Converfing, looking, loving, to abAain 
 From love’s due rites, nuptial embraces fweet. 
 
 And with defire to languiAi without hope. 
 
 Before the prefent objed languiAiing 
 With like defire, which would be mifery 
 
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295 
 
 BookX. Paradise Lost. 
 
 And torment lefs than none of what we dread ; 
 
 Then both ourfelves and feed at once to free 
 From what we fear for both, let make fhort, looo 
 Let us feek Death, or he not found, fupply 
 With our own hands his office on ourfelves : 
 
 Why Hand we longer fhivering under fears. 
 
 That ffiow no end but death, and have the power. 
 
 Of many ways to die the fhorteft choofmg, 1005 
 
 Dekruaion with deftruaion to deftroy ? 
 
 She ended here, or vehement defpair 
 Broke off the reft ; fo much of death her thoughts 
 Had entertain’d, as dy’d her cheeks with pale. 
 
 But Adam with fuch counfel nothing fway’d, 1010 
 To better hopes his more attentive mind 
 Laboring had rais’d, and thus to Eve reply’d. 
 
 Eve, thy contempt of life and pleafure feems 
 To argue in thee fomething more fublime 
 And excellent than what thy mind contemns 5 1015 
 
 But felf-deftruaion therefore fought, refutes 
 That excellence thought in thee, and implies. 
 
 Not thy contempt, but anguifti and regret 
 For lofs of life and pleafure overlov’d. 
 
 Or if thou covet death, as utmoft end 10x0 
 
 Of mifery, fo thinking to evade 
 The penalty pronounc’d, doubt not but God 
 Hath wifelier arm’d his vengeful ire than fo 
 To be foreftall’d ; much more I fear left death 
 So fnatch’d will not exempt us from the pain 1025 
 We are by doom to pay 5 rather fuch a^s 
 Of contumacy will provoke the Higheft 
 To make death in us live : Then let us feek 
 Some fafer refolution, which methinks 
 I have in view, calling to mind with heed 
 O 4 
 
 JO 3® 
 
‘^ 9 ^ Paradise Lost. EookX. 
 
 Part of our fentence, that thy feed fhall bruife 
 The Serpent’s head / piteous amends, unlefs 
 he mean:t, whom I conjeaure, our grand foe 
 Satan, who in the Serpent hath contriv’d 
 Againft us this deceit : to cruih his head 
 Would be revenge indeed ; which will be loll 
 By death brought on ourfelves, or childlefs days 
 Befolv’d as thou propofeftj fo our foe 
 Shall ’fcape his punilhment ordain’d, and we 
 Jnftead fhall double ours upon our heads. 
 
 No more be mention’d then of violence * 
 
 Againfl ourfelves, and wilful barrennefs, 
 
 That cuts us off from hope, and favors only 
 ^iRaneor and pride, impatience and defpite, 
 
 Reludance againft God and his juft yoke 
 Laid on ©ur necks. Remember with what mild 
 And gracious temper he both heard and judg’d 
 Without wrath or reviling ; we expeded 
 Immediate diftblution, which we thought 
 Was mearn by death that day, when lo, to thee 
 Pains only in child-bearing were foretold. 
 
 And bringing forth, foon recompens’d with joy. 
 
 Fruit of thy womb : on me the curfe aflope 
 Glanc’d on the ground ; with labor I muft earn 
 My bread ; what harm ? Idlenefs had been worfe ; 
 
 My labor will fuftain me ; and left cold 
 
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 1055 
 
 Or heat fltould injure us, his timely care 
 Hath unbefought provided, and his hands 
 Cloth’d us unworthy, pitying while he judg’d ; 
 
 How much more, if we pray him, will his ear 1060 
 Be open, and bis heart to pity’ incline. 
 
 And teach us further by what means to ftiun 
 rh inclement feafons, rain, ice, hail and fnow ? 
 Which now, the sky with various face begins 
 To fhow us in this mountain, while the winds 106^ 
 
BookX.- Paradise Lost. 297. 
 
 Blow moift and keen, fliattering the graceful locks 
 Of thefe fair fprea.ling trees ; which bids us feek 
 Some better (hroud, fome better warmth to cheridi 
 Our limbs benumm'd, ere this diurnal liar 
 Leave cold the night, how we his gather’d beams 1070 
 Refleded, may with matter fere foment, 
 
 Or by collifion of two bodies grind 
 The air attrite to fire, as late the clouds 
 Juflling or pulh’d with winds rude in their fhock 
 Tine the flant lightning, whofe thwart flame driv n down 
 Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine, 1076 
 
 And fends a comfortable heat from far. 
 
 Which might fupply the fun : fuch fire to ufe. 
 
 And what may elfe be remedy or cure 
 To evils which our own mifdeeds have wrought, loSo 
 He will inftruft us praying, and of grace 
 Befeeching him, fo as we need not fear 
 To pafs commodioufly this life, fuftain’d 
 By him with many comforts, till we end 
 In duft, our final reft and native home. 1085 
 
 What better can we do, than to the place 
 Repairing where he judg’d us, proftrate fall 
 Before him reverent, and there confefs 
 Humbly our faults, and pardon beg, with tears^ 
 Watering the ground, and with our'fighs the air IC90 
 Frequenting, fent from hearts contrite, in fign 
 Of forr’ow unfeign’d, and humiliation meek ? 
 Undoubtedly he will relent and turn 
 From his difpleafure ; in whofe look ferene. 
 
 When angry moft he feem’d and moft fevere,. IC95 
 What elfe but favor, grace, and mercy fhone ? 
 
 So fpake our father penitent, nor Eve 
 Felt lefs remorfe : they forthwith to the place 
 Repairing where he judg’d them, proftrate fell 
 O 5 
 
298 Paradise Lost, BookX. 
 
 Before him reverent, and both confefs’d nco. 
 
 Humbly their faults, and pardon begg’d, with tears 
 Watering the ground, and with their fighs the air- 
 Frequenting, lent from hearts contrite, in fign 
 Of forr’ow. unfeign’d, and humiliation meek. 
 
T H E - 
 
 ELEVENTH BOOK 
 O F 
 
 PARADISE LOST. 
 
The A R G u E N 
 
 ^he Son of God fre/ents. to his Father the ^rai^ers of 
 our fir ft parents now repenting,, and intercedes for them z- 
 God accepts them, but declares that! they mufi no longer- 
 abide in Paradife ; femh Michael with a band oft Cheru- 
 bim to difpojfefs them ; but Jirfi to repeal to Adam fu^ 
 ture things : Michael’s coming down. Adam Jhows ttr 
 eertain omimus figns i, he difierns: at- 
 
 poach, goa out to meet him; the Jngel denounce, thein 
 
 t^ii M- 
 
 mits..^ J he Angel leads him up to a high hill, fits befortt 
 km tn vifion what Jhalt hapten till the food 
 

PARADISE LOST, 
 
 HUS they in lowlieit pfight repentant 
 flood 
 
 Praying, for from the mercy- feat above 
 Prevenient grace defcending had remov’d 
 The flony from their hearts, and made 
 new flefli 
 
 Regenerate grow inftead, that fighs now Breath’d 5 
 
 Unutterable, which the Spi’rit of prayer 
 
 Infpir’d, and wkg’d for Heav’n with fpeedier flight 
 
 Than loudeft oratory : yet their port 
 
 Not of mean fuiters, nor important lefs 
 
 Seem’d their petition, than when th’ ancient pair rd 
 
 In fables old, lefs ancient yet than thefe, 
 
 peucalion and chafte Pyrrha, to reflore 
 
 The race of mankind drown’d, before the flirine 
 
 Of Themis flood' devout. To Heavk their prayers 
 
 Flew up, nor mifs’d the way, by envious winds 15 
 

 302 Paradise Lost. Book XL 
 
 Blown vagabond or fruftrate : in they pafs’d 
 Cimeniionlers through heav’niy doors ; then clad 
 With incenfe, where the golden altar fum’d, 
 
 ;«y their great interceflbr, came in fight 
 
 ; them the glad Son 2?. 
 Jrrefenting, thus to intercede began. 
 
 From thy implanted grace in Man, thefe f,<rh, 
 
 And pray rs, which in this golden cenfer, mk’d 
 With incenfe, I thy pried before thee brinp-, 2- 
 
 Fruits of more pleafing favor from thy feed 
 ^wn With contrition in his heart, than thofe 
 Which his own hand manuring all the trees 
 Of I aradife could have produc’d, ere fall’n 
 Pipm innocence. Now therefore bend thine ear 
 
 'hough mute; 
 
 , Unskihul with what words to pray, let me 
 
 Interpret for him, me his adJ^ocMe 
 And propitiation i all his works on me 
 Good or not good ingraft, my merit thofe 
 ^hall perfea, and for thefe my death (hall pay. 
 
 _ccept me, and m me from thefe receive ^ 
 
 The fmell of peace tow’ard mankind ; let him live 
 Before tnee reconcil’d, at lead his days 
 NumberM, though fad, tiU death, his doom, (which I 
 To mitigate thus plead, not to reverfe) ^ 
 
 To better life (hall yield him, where with me 
 my redeem’d may dwell in Joy and biifs. 
 
 Made one with me as I with thee am one. 
 
 To whom the Father, without cloud, fereng 
 All thy requeft for Man, accepted Son, 
 
 Obtain ; all thy requeft was my decree : 
 fiilt longer in that Faradife to dwdl. 
 
 45 
 
Book XL Fa R A D I s E L o ST. gof 
 
 The law I gave to nature him forbids *. 
 
 Thofe pure immortal elements that know , 5<^ 
 
 No grofs, no unharmonious mixture foul, 
 
 Ejea him tainted now, and purge him off 
 As a diffemper, grofs to air as grofs. 
 
 And mortal food, as may difpofe him beff 
 
 For diffoludon wrought by fin, that firft 55 
 
 JDiftemper’d all things, and of incorrupt 
 
 Corrupted. I at firft with two fair gifts 
 
 Created him endow’d, with happinefs 
 
 And immortality : that fondly loft. 
 
 This other ferv’d but to eternize woe ; 
 
 Till I provided death j fo death becomes 
 His final remedy, and after life 
 Try’d in fharp tribulation, and refin’d 
 By faith and faithful works, to fecond life* 
 
 Wak’d in the renovation of the juft, 
 
 Kengns him. up with Heav’h and Earth renew’d. 
 
 But let us call to fynod all the Bkftr [hfde 
 
 Through Heav’n’s wide bounds ^ from them I will not 
 My judgments, how with mankind I proceed. 
 
 As how with peccant Angels late they faw, 7 ^' 
 
 And in. their ftate, though firm, ftood more confirm 
 
 He ended, and the Son gave fignal high 
 To the bright minifter that watch’d j he blew 
 His trumpet, heard in Oreb fince perhaps 
 When God defcended, and perhaps once more 7 f 
 To found at general doom. Th’ ang,elic blaft 
 ‘ Fill’d all the regions : from their blifsful bowers 
 Of amarantin fhade, fountain or fpring, 
 
 By the waters of life, where’er they fat 
 In fellowftiips of joy, the fons of light 
 Hafted, reforting to the fummons high. 
 
 And took their feats 5 till from his throne fupreme 
 Th’ Ahnighty thvjs pronQtmc’d hb fovran wfth 
 
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 90 
 
 95 
 
 304 Paradise Lost. BookXF. 
 
 O Sons, like one of us Man is become 
 To know both good and evil, fmce his tade 
 Of that defended fruit ^ but let him boaft 
 His knowledge of good lod, and evil got 
 Happier, had it fuffic’d him to have known 
 Good by itfelf, and evil not at all. 
 
 He forrows now, repents, and prays contrite. 
 
 My motions in him ; longer than they move^ 
 
 His heart I know, how variable and vain 
 Self-left. Left therefore his now bolder hand 
 Reach alfo of the tree of life, and eat. 
 
 And live for ever, dream at leaft to live 
 For ever, to remove him I decree. 
 
 And fend him from the garden forth to till 
 The ground whence he was taken, fitter foil. 
 
 Michael, this my beheft have thou in charge, 
 
 Take to thee from among the Cherubim 
 Thy choice of flaming warriors, left the Fiend 
 Or in behalf of Man, or to invade 
 Vacant pofleflion, fome new trouble raife : 
 
 Hafte thee, and from the Paradife of God 
 Without remorfe drive out the finful pair. 
 
 From hallow’d ground th’ unholy, and denounce 
 To them and to their progeny from thence 
 Perpetual banifliment. Yet left they faint 
 At the fad fentence rigoroufly urg’d. 
 
 For I behold them foften’d and with tears 
 Bewailing their excefs, all terror hide. 
 
 If patiently thy* bidding they obey, 
 
 Difmifs them not difconfolate ; reveal 
 To Adam what fhall come in future days. 
 
 As I ftiall thee inlighten ; intermix 
 My covenant in the Woman’s feed renew’d ; 
 
 So fend them forth, though forrowing, yet in peace 
 And on the eaft fide of the garden place. 
 
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j Book XI. Paradise Lost? 305 
 
 1 Where entrance up from Eden eafieft climbs, 
 
 I Cherubic watchj and of a fword the flame 120 
 
 Wide- waving, all approach far off to fright. 
 
 And guard all palTage to the tree of life : 
 
 I Left Paradife a receptacle prove 
 
 To Spirits foul, and all my trees their prey, 
 
 With whofe ftoPn fruit Man once more to delude. 125 
 
 He ceas’d ; and th’ archangelic Pow’r prepar’d 
 For fwift defcent, withliim the cohort bright 
 ^ Of watchful Cherubim ; four faces each 
 I Had, like a double Janus, all their Ihape 
 
 Spangled with eyes, more numerous than thofe 13^ 
 Of Argus, and more wakeful than to droufe. 
 Charm’d with Arcadian pipe, the paft’ral reed 
 Of Hermes, or his opiate rod. Mean while 
 To refalute the world with facred light 
 Leucothea wak’d, and with frefli dews imbalm’d 135 
 The earth, when Adam and firft matron Eve 
 Had ended now their orifons, and found 
 ! Strength added from above, new hope to fpring 
 I Out of defpair, joy, but with fear yet link’d ; 
 i Which thus to Eve his welcome words renew’d. 140 
 
 ! Eve, eafily may faith admit, that all 
 
 The good which we enjoy, from Heav’n defcends ^ 
 
 But that from us ought fliould afcend to Heaven 
 i So prevalent as to concern the mind 
 
 Of God high-bleft, or to incline his will, 14S 
 
 ! Hard to belief may feem ; yet this will prayer, 
 j Or one fliort figh of human breath, upborne 
 I Ev’n to the feat of God. For fmce I fought 
 By pray’r th’ offended Deity to’ appeafe, 
 
 I Kneel’d and before him humbled all my heart, i 
 i Methought I faw him placable and mild. 
 
3o6 Paradise Lost. Book XL 
 
 Bending his ear ; perfuafion in me grew 
 That I was heard with favor ; peace return’d 
 Mome to my breaft, a»d to my memory 
 His promife, that thy feed fhall bruife our foe ; i r c 
 
 ^ich then not minded in difmay, yet now ^ 
 
 Aifures me that the bitternefs of death 
 
 pah, and we fhalhfrvs. Whence hail to thee, 
 rightly call’d, mother of all mankind. 
 
 Mother of all things living, fmce by thee i 6^ 
 
 Man is to live, and all things live for Man. 
 
 To whom thus Eve with fad demeanour meekv 
 LI worthy I fach title ihould belong 
 To me tranfgreffor, who for thee ordain’d 
 A help, became thy fnare; to me reproach 
 father belongs, dihruft and all difpraife : 
 
 But infnite in pardon was my Judge, 
 
 That I who Bril brought death on all, am grac’d 
 ihe fource of life; next favorable thou. 
 
 Who highly thus to’intitle me vouchfaf’h. 
 
 Far other name deferving. But the held 
 To labor calls us now with fweat impos’d, 
 ough after heeplefs night ; for fee the morn> 
 
 Ail unconcern’d with our unreh, begins 
 Her rofy progrefs fmiling ; let us forth, 
 
 I never from thy hde henceforth to hray. 
 
 Where’er our day’s work lies, though now injoin’d 
 ^boriOLis, till day droop ; while here we dwell, 
 hat can be toiiiome in thefe pieafant walks ? 
 
 Here let us live, though in fall’n hate, content, 
 
 So fpake, fo wihi’d much-humbled Eve, but fate 
 Subscrib’d not ; Nature hrh gave figns, imprefs"d 
 On bird, beaft, air, air fuddenly eclips’d 
 After ihort blulh of morn ; nigh in her hght 
 
 165 
 
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BookXI. Paradise Lost. 3,07 
 
 The bird of Jove, (loop’d from his aery tour, 185 
 Two birds of gayefi plume before him drove : 
 
 Pown from a hill the beaft that reigns in woods, 
 
 Firft hunter then, purfu’d a gentle brace, 
 
 Goodliefl: of all the foreft, hart and hind 1 
 Direct to th’ eaftern gate was bent their flight. 1 90 
 Adam obferv’d, and with his eye the chafe 
 Purfuing, not unmov’d to Eve thus fpake, 
 
 O Eve, fome further change awaits us nigh. 
 
 Which Heav’n by thefe mute figns in nature (hows. 
 Forerunners of his purpofe, or to warn I 9 S 
 
 Us haply too fecure of our difcharge 
 From penalty, becaufe from death releas’d 
 Some days ; how long, and what till then our life. 
 Who knows, or more than this, that we are duft. 
 
 And thither mull return and be no more ? 200 
 
 Why elfe this double objed in our fight 
 Of flight purfu’d in th’ air, and o’er the ground. 
 
 One way the felf-fame hour ? why in the eafe 
 Parknefs ere day’s mid-courfe, and morning light 
 More orient in yon weftern cloud, that draws 20f 
 O’er the blue firmament a radiant white. 
 
 And flow defcends, with fomething heav’nly fraught I 
 
 He err’d not, for by this the heav’nly bands 
 Pown from a sky of jafper lighted now 
 In Paradife, and on a hill made halt, 21^ 
 
 A glorious apparition, had not doubt 
 And carnal fear that day dimm’d Adam’s eye. 
 
 Not that more glorious, when the Angels met 
 
 Jacob in Mahanaim, where he faw 
 
 The field pavilion’d with his guardians bright ; 
 
 Nor that which on the flaming mount appear’d 
 In Dothan, cover’d with a camp of fire,. 
 
Paradise Lost, BookXI 
 
 ^gainft the Syrian king, who to furprife 
 
 One man, affaflin like, had levied war 
 
 War unprodam’d. The princely Hierlrch 2,a 
 
 ?offer ‘’"f ‘ "“‘If hi* Pow’rs to reife ' 
 Pofleffion of the garden , he alone. 
 
 To find where Adam Ihelter’d, took his wav 
 Not unperceiv’d of Adam, who to Eve. 
 
 While the great vifitant approach’d, thus fpake. zaj 
 
 Eye, now exped great tidings, which perhaps 
 Of US will foon determin, or impofe 
 New laws to be obferv’d ; for I defcry 
 From yonder blazing cloud that veils the hill 
 One of the heav’niy hoft, and by his gate 
 None_of the meaneft, fome great Potentate 
 Or of the Thrones above, fuch maiefty 
 j^vefts him coming; yet not^errible. 
 
 That I fliould fear, nor fociably mild, 
 
 As Raphael, that I Ihould much confide, z,. 
 
 ut folemn and fublime, whom not to’ oftend, ^ 
 With reverence I mult meet, and thou retire. 
 
 f ’ Arch-Angel foon drew nigh. 
 
 Not in his lhape celeftial, but as man ^ 
 
 Olad to meet man ; over his lucid arms 
 A military veil of purple flow’d. 
 
 Livelier than Meliboean, or the grain 
 Gf Sarra, worn by kings and heroes old 
 ^ time of truce ; Iris had dipt the woof; 
 
 His ftarry helm unbuckled Ihow’d him prime 
 In manhood where youth ended ; by his fide 
 As in a glift’ring zodiac hung the fword, 
 
 Satan’s dire dread, and in his hand the fpear. 
 
 Adam bow’d low ; he kingly from his flate 
 Inclin’d not, but his coming thus declar’d, 250 
 
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 245 
 
BookXI. Paradise Lost. 309 
 
 Adam, HeavVs high beheft no preface needs : 
 Sufficient that thy prayVs are heard, and Death, 
 
 Then due by fentence when thou didft tranfgrefs. 
 
 Defeated of his feifure many days 
 
 Giv’n thee of grace, wherein thou mayft repent, 255 
 
 And one bad ad with many deeds well done 
 
 Mayft cover : well may then thy Lord appeas’d 
 
 Kedeem thee quite from Death’s rapacious dame 1 
 
 ^ut longer in this Paradife to dwell 
 
 Permits not ; to remove thee I am come, 260 
 
 And fend thee from the garden forth to till 
 
 The ground whence thou waft taken, litter foil. 
 
 „ r He added not, for Adam at the news 
 Heart-ftruck with chilling gripe of forrow ftood. 
 
 That all his fenfes bound ; Eve, who unfeen 265 
 Yet all had heard, with audible lament 
 Difcover’d foon the place of her retire. 
 
 O unexpefled ftroke, worfe than of Death I 
 Muft I thus leave thee, Paradife ? thus leave 
 Thee, native foil, thefe happy walks and fhades 270 
 Fit haunt of Gods ? where I had hope to fpend, 
 
 Quiet though fad, the refpit of that day 
 That muft be mortal to us both. O flowers, 
 
 That never will in other climate grow, 
 
 My early vlfltatlon, and my laft 27^ 
 
 At ev’n, which I bred up with tender hand 
 From the firft opening bud, and gave ye names. 
 
 Who now (hall rear ye to the fun, or rank 
 Your tribes, and water from th’ ambrofial fount ? 
 Thee laftly, nuptial bow’r, by me adorn d 2 So 
 
 With what to fight or fmell was fweet, from thee 
 How ftiall I part, and whither wander down 
 Into a lower w'orld, to this obfcurc 
 
gio Par Ai>rs£ Lost, BookXL 
 
 And wim how fhall we breathe in other air 
 
 Lefs pure, accuftom’d to immortal fruits ? 28c 
 
 Whom thus the Angel interrupted mild 
 Lament not, Eve, but patiently refign 
 What juilly thou hall loft; nor fet thy heart 
 Thus over.fond, on that which is not thine’* 
 Thy going is not lonely ^ with thee goes ’ 
 Thy husband ; him to follow thou art bound* 
 Where he abides, think there thy native foil 
 
 29^ 
 
 Adam by this from the cold fudden damp 
 Recovering, and his fcatter’d fpiVits return’d. 
 To Michael thus his humble words addrefs’d. 
 
 Celeftial, whether among the Thrones, or nam’d 
 Of them the high’eft, for fuch of foape may feem 
 Prince above princes, gently haft thou told 
 Thy meffage, which might elfe in telling wound. 
 And in performing end us 5 what befides 3c 
 
 Of forrow and dejedion and defpair 
 Our frailty can fuftain, thy tidings bring. 
 
 Departure from this happy place, our fweet 
 
 Recefs, and only confolation left 
 
 Familiar to our eyes, all places elfe 3c 
 
 Inhofpitable’ appear and defolate, ^ 
 
 Nor knowing us nor known : and if by prayer 
 
 Inceffant I could hope to change the will 
 
 Of him who ail things can, I would not ceafe 
 
 To weary him with my affiduoas cries: 31 
 
 But pray r againft his abfolute decree 
 
 No more avails than breath againft the wind. 
 
 Blown ftifiing back on him that breathes it forth : 
 Therefore to his great bidding I fubmit. 
 
 This moft aftlidls me, that departing hence, 3 1 , 
 
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 As from his face I fhall be hid, depriv’d 
 His bleiTed count’nance ; here I could frequent 
 With worlhip place by place where he vouchfaf *d 
 Prefcnce divine, and to my fons relate. 
 
 On this mount he appear’d, under this tree 326 
 
 Stood vifible, among- thefe pines his voice 
 I heard, here with him at this fountain talk’d': 
 
 So many grateful altars I would rear 
 
 Of gralTy turf, and pile up every Hone 
 
 Of luftre from the brook, in memory, ’^2^ 
 
 Or monument to ages, and thereon 
 
 Offer fweet fmelling gums and fruits and flowers : 
 
 In yonder nether world where fliall I feek 
 His bright appearances, or foot-ftep trace ? 
 
 For though 1 fled him angry, yet recall’d 33^ 
 
 To life prolong’d and promis’d race, I now 
 Gladly behold though but his utmoft skirts 
 Of glory, and far off' his fteps adore. 
 
 To whom thus Michael with regard benign. 
 
 Adam, thou know’ll Heav’n his, and all the Earth, 335 
 Not this rock only’ 5 his omniprefence fills 
 Land, fea, and air, and every kind that lives. 
 Fomented by his virtual pow’r and warm’d : 
 
 All th’ earth he gave thee to poffefs and rule. 
 
 No defpicable gift ; furmife not then 346 
 
 His prefence to thefe narrow bounds confin’d 
 
 Of Paradife or Eden : this had been r 
 
 Perhaps thy capital feat, from whence had fpread 
 
 All generations, and had hither come 
 
 From all the ends of th’ earth, to celebrate 345 
 
 And reverence thee their great progenitor. 
 
 But this prseeminence thou’ hail loft, brought down 
 To dv/ell on even ground now with thy fons ; 
 
 Yet doubt not but in valley and in plain 
 
Book XI, 
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 God is as here, and will be found alike 
 Prefent, and of his prefence many a lign 
 Still following thee, hill compaffing thee round 
 With goodnefs and paternal love, his face 
 Ejcprefs, and of his fteps the track divine. 
 
 Which that thou mayft believe, and be confirm’d 355 
 Ere thou from hence depart, know I am fent 
 To fliow thee what fhall come in future days 
 To thee and to thy ofspring ; good with bad 
 Expert to hear, fupernal grace contending 
 With fmfulnefs of men ; thereby to learn 360 
 
 True patience, and to temper joy with fear 
 And pious forrow, equally inur’d 
 By moderation either date to bear, 
 
 Profperous or adverfe : fo lhalt thou lead 
 
 Safeft thy life, and bed: prepar’d indure, 36^ 
 
 Thy mortal pafiage when it comes. Afcend 
 
 This hill ; let Eve (for I have drench’d her eyes) 
 
 Here deep below, while thou to forefight wak’ft^ 
 
 As once thou fleptft, while fhe to life was form’d. 
 
 To whom thus Adam gratefully reply’d. 370 
 
 Afcend, i follow thee, fafe Guide, the path 
 Thou lead’ft me’, and to the hand of Heav’n fubmit. 
 However chaft’ning, to the evil turn 
 My obvious breaft, arming to overcome 
 By fufFering, and earn reft from labor won, 373 
 
 If fo I may attain. So both afcend 
 In the vifions of God : It was a hill 
 Of Paradife the high eft, from whofe top 
 The hemifphere of earth in cleared: ken 
 Stretch’d out to th* ampleft reach of profpedl lay. 380 
 Not high’er that hill nor wider looking round, 
 
 Whereon for different caufe the Tempter fet 
 Our fecond Adam in the wildernefs. 
 
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 To (how him all earth’s kingdoms and their glory. 
 His .eye might there command wherever flood 
 City of old or modern fame, the feat 
 Of mightiefl empire, from the deflin’d walls 
 Of Cambalu, feat of Cathaian Can, 
 
 And Samarchand by Oxus, Temir’s throne. 
 
 To Paquin of Sinaean kings, and thence 
 To Agra and Labor of great Mogul 
 Down to the golden Cherfonefe, or where 
 The Perfian in Ecbatan fat, or flnce 
 In Hifpahan, or where the Ruffian Kfar 
 In Mofco, or the Sultan in Bizance, 
 Turcheftan-born ; nor could his eye not ken 
 Th’>empire of Negus to his utmoft port 
 Ercoco, and the lefs maritim kings 
 Mombaza, and Quiloa, and Melind, 
 
 And Sofala thought Ophir, to the realm 
 Of Congo, and Angola fartheft fouth ; 
 
 Or thence from Niger flood to Atlas mount 
 The kingdoms of Almanfor, Fez and Sus, 
 Marocco and Algiers, and Tremifen ; 
 
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 On Europe thence, and where Rome was to fway 405 
 I The world 5 in fpi’rit perhaps he alfo faw 
 I Rich Mexico the feat of Montezume, 
 lAndCufco in Peru, the richer feat 
 Of Atabalipa, and yet unfpoil’d 
 Guiana, whofe great city Geryon’s fons 41® 
 
 Call El Dorado : but to nobler lights 
 Michael from Adam’s eyes the film remov’d. 
 
 Which that falfe fruit that promis’d clearer light 
 Had bred ; then purg’d with euphrafy and rue 
 The vifual nerve, for he had much to fee ; 41- 
 
 And from the well of life three drops inflill’d. 
 
 So deep the pow’r of thefe ingredients pierc'd. 
 
 E’en to the inmoft feat of mental fight, 
 
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 That Adam now enforc’d to clofe his eyes. 
 
 Sunk down, and all his fpi’rits became intranc’d ; 42a 
 
 But him the gentle Angel by the hand 
 Soon rais’d, and his attention thus recall’d. 
 
 Adam, now ope thine eyes, and hrft behold 
 Tb’ efFedls which thy original crime hath wrought 
 In Ibme to fpring from thee, who never touch’d 425 
 Th’ excepted tree, nor with the Snake confpir’d. 
 
 Nor finn’d thy fm, yet from that fin derive 
 Corruption to bring forth more violent deeds. 
 
 His eyes he open’d, and beheld a held. 
 
 Part arable and tilth, whereon were iheaves 4^0 
 New reap’d, the other part fheep-walks and folds ; 
 r th’ midft an altar as the land- mark flood, 
 
 Ruftic, of gralfy ford; thither anon 
 
 A fweaty reaper from his tillage brought 
 
 Firil fruits, the green ear, and yellow iheaf, 43^ 
 
 Urxuli’d, as came to hand ; a Ihepherd next 
 
 More meek came with the firfllings of his flock 
 
 Choicell and bell j then facrificing, laid 
 
 The inwards and their fat, with incenfe ftrow’d. 
 
 On the cleft wood, and all due rites perform’d. 440 
 His offering foon propitious fire from Heaven 
 Confum’d with nimble glance, and grateful fleam ; 
 The other’s not, for his was not fincere : 
 
 Whereat he inly rag’d, and as they talk’d. 
 
 Smote him into the midriff with a flone 445 
 
 That beat out life ; he fell, and deadly pale 
 Groan’d out his foul with gufliing blood effus’d. 
 
 Much at that fight was Adam in his heart 
 Difmay’d, and thus in hafle to th’ Angel cry’d. 
 
 © Teacher, fome great mifehief hath befall’ji 45a 
 
BookXL Paradise Lost.’ 
 
 To that meek man, who^well had facrific’d; 
 Is piety thus and pure devotion paid? 
 
 315 
 
 T’ whom Michael thus, he alfo mov’d, reply’d. 
 Thefe two are brethren, Adam, and to come 
 Out of thy loins j th’ unjuft the juft hath flain, 455 
 For envy that his brother’s offering found 
 From Heav'n acceptance 5 but the bloody faft 
 Will be aveng’d, and th’ other’s faith approv’d 
 Lofe no reward, though here thou fee him die, 
 Rolling in dull and gore. ' To which our fire. 46© 
 
 Alas, both for the deed and for the caufe ? 
 
 But have I now feen Death ? Is this the way 
 jl muft return to native daft ? O fight 
 Of terror, foul and ugly to beliold. 
 
 Horrid to think, how horrible to feel! 46^ 
 
 To whom thus Michael Death thou haft feei^ 
 
 In his nrft fhape On man ; but many ftiapes 
 
 bf Death, and many are the ways that lead 
 
 To his grim cave, all difmal 1 yet to fenfe 
 
 \dore terrible at th’ entrance than within. 470 
 
 ^ome, as thou faw’ft, by violent ftroke fiiall die, 
 
 py fire, flood, famin, by intemp’rance more 
 
 In meats and drinks, which on the earth fliall bring 
 
 Difeafes dire, of which a monflrous crew 
 
 before thee (hall appear ; that thou mayft know 475 
 
 What mifery th’ inabftinence of Eve 
 
 Shall bring on men. Immediately a place 
 
 before his eyes appear’d, fad, noifomc, dark, 
 
 \ lazar-houfe it feem’d, wherein were laid 
 lumbers of all difeas’d, all maladies 48© 
 
 )f ghaftly fpafm, or racking torture, qualms 
 X heart-fick agony, all feverous kinds, 
 
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 Convulfions, epilepfies, fierce catarrhs, 
 
 Inteftin flone and ulcer, colic pangs. 
 
 Demoniac phrenzy, moaping melancholy, 485 
 
 And moon-ftruck madnefs, pining atrophy, 
 
 Marafmus, and wide- wafting peftilence, 
 
 Dropfies, and afthma’s, and joint-racking rheums. 
 
 Dire was the tofting, deep the groans ; Defpair 
 Tended the fick bafieft from couch to couch j 490 
 And over them triumphant Death his dart 
 Shook, but delay’d to ftrike, though oft invok'd 
 With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. 
 
 Sight fo deform what heart of rock could long 
 Dry-ey’d behold ? Adam could not, but wept, 495 
 Though not of woman born ; compaflion quell’d 
 His beft of man, and gave him up to tears 
 A fpace, till firmer thoughts reftrain’d excefs ; 
 
 And fcarce recovering words his plaint renew’d. 
 
 O miferable mankind, to what fall 500 
 
 Degraded, to what wretched ftate referv’d ! 
 
 Better end here unborn. Why is life given 
 
 To be thus wrefted from us ? rather why 
 
 Obtruded on us thus ? who if we knew 
 
 What we receive, would either not accept 505 
 
 Life offer’d, or foon beg to lay it down. 
 
 Glad to be fo difmifs’d in peace. Can thus 
 Th’ image of God in man created once 
 So goodly and ered, though faulty fince, 
 
 To fuch unfightly fufFerings be debas’d 510 
 
 Under inhuman pains ? Why fhould not man, 
 Retaining ftill divine fimilitude 
 In part, from fuch deformities be free. 
 
 And for his Maker’s image fake exempt ? 
 
 Their Maker’s image, anfwer’ Michael, then 51:5 
 Foifook thtm> when themfelves they vilify’d 
 
BookXI. Paradise Lost. jr; 
 
 . To ferve ungovern’d appetite, and took 
 His image whom they ferv’d, a brutiih vice, 
 
 Indu6live mainly to the fin of Eve. 
 
 Therefore fo abje6l is their punifiiment, ^20 
 
 Disfiguring not God’s likenefs, but their own. 
 
 Or if his likenefs, by themfelves defac’d. 
 
 While they pervert pure nature’s healthful rules 
 
 To loathfome ficknefs, worthily, fince they 
 
 God’s image did not reverence in themfelves. 52^ 
 
 I yield it juft, faid Adam, and fubmit. 
 
 But is there yet no other way, befides 
 Thefe painful paflages, how we may come 
 To death, and mix with our connatural duft 
 
 There is, faid Michael, if thou well obferve 530 
 The rule of not too much, by temp’rance taught. 
 
 In what thou eat’ft and drink’ft, feeking from thence 
 Due nourifhment, not gluttonous delight. 
 
 Till many years over thy head return : 
 
 So mayft thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop 535 
 
 Into thy mother’s lap, or be with eafe 
 
 Gather’d, not harlhly pluck’d, for death mature t 
 
 This is old age ; but then thou muft outlive 
 
 Thy youth, thy ftrength, thy beauty, which will change 
 
 To wither’d, weak, and gray 1 thy fenfes then 540 
 
 Obtufe, all tafte of pleafure muft forgo, 
 
 To what thou haft ; and for the air of youth. 
 Hopeful and chearful, in thy blood will reign 
 A melancholy damp of cold and dry 
 To weigh thy fpirits down, and laft confume 545- 
 The balm of life. To whom our anceftor. 
 
 Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong 
 Life much, bent rather how I may be quit 
 faireft and eafieft of this cumbrous charge, 
 
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 Which T muft keep till my appointed day 
 Of rendring up, and patiently attend 
 My difiblution. Michael reply’d. 
 
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 Nor love thy life, nor hate ; but what thou liv’ifc 
 Live well, how long or Ihort permit to Heaven ; 
 
 And now prepare thee for another fight. 55^ 
 
 He look’d, and faw a Ipacious plain, whereoa 
 Were tents of various hue ; by fome were herds 
 Of cattel grazing; others, whence the found 
 Of inllruments that made melodious chime 
 Was heard, of harp and organ ; and who mov’d 
 Their Hops and chords was feen ; his volant touch 
 Inftinft through all proportions low and high 
 Fled and purfu d tranfverfe the refonant fugue.. 
 
 In other part Hood one who at the forge 
 Lab’ring, two maffy clods of ir’on and brafs 
 Had melted, (whether found where cafual fire 
 Had waHed woods on mountain or in vale,. 
 
 Down to the veins of earth, thence gliding hot 
 To fome cavers mouth, or whether walk’d by Hreaitt 
 From underground) the liquid ore he drain’d 570^ 
 Into fit molds prepar'd : from which he form’d 
 Firfl his own tools ; then, what might elfe be wroughf 
 Fufil or grav’n in metal. After thefe. 
 
 But on the hither fide, a different fort 
 From the high neighb’ring hills, which was their feat, 
 Down to the plain defcended : by their guife ^7^1 
 Juft men they feem’d, and all their ftudy bent 
 To worffiip God aright, and know his works 
 Not hid, nor thofe things laft which might preferve 
 Freedom and peace to men : they on the plain ^80 
 Long had not walk’d, when from the tents behold 
 A bevy of fair women, richly gay 
 
BookXI. Paradise Lost. 319 
 
 in gems and wanton drefs j to th’ harp they fang 
 Soft amorous ditties, and in dance came on ; 
 
 The men though grave, eyMthem, and let their eyes 585 
 
 Rove without rein, till in the amorous net 
 
 Tirft caught, they lik’d, and each his liking chofe; 
 
 And now of love they treat, till th’ evening liar. 
 
 Love’s harbinger, appear’d ; then all in heat 
 
 They light the nuptial torch, and bid invoke 59© 
 
 Hymen, then firft to marriage rites invok’d : 
 
 With feaft and mufic all the tents refound. 
 
 Such happy interview and fair event 
 Of love and youth not loll, fongs, garlands, fiowers. 
 And charming fymphonies attach’d the heart 595 
 Of Adam, foon inclin’d t’ admit delight. 
 
 The bent of nature ; which he thus exprefs’d. 
 
 True opener of mine eyes, prime Angel bleil. 
 Much better feems this vifion, and more hope 
 Of peaceful days portends, than thofe two paft ; 6 co 
 Thofe were of hate and death, or pain much worfe. 
 Here nature feems fulfill'd in all her ends. 
 
 To whom thus Michael. Judge not what is bell 
 By pleafure, though to nature feeming meet. 
 
 Created, as thou art, to nobler end 605 
 
 Holy and pure, conformity divine. 
 
 Thofe tents thou faw’ft fo pleafant, were the tents 
 Of wickednefs, wherein fhall dwell his race 
 Who flew his brother ; ftudious they appear 
 Of arts that polifli life, inventors rare, 6ia 
 
 : Unmindful of their Maker, though his Spirit 
 Taught them, but they his gifts acknowledg’d none, 
 f , Yet they a beauteous ofspring fliall beget ; 
 
 For that fair female troop thou faw’ft, that feem’d 
 ' Of Goddeflbs, fo blithe, fo fmooth, fo gay, 6 1 ; 
 
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 Yet empty of all good wherein confifts 
 Woman’s domeftic honor and chief praife ; 
 
 Bred only -and completed to the tafte 
 Of luftful appetence, to fing, to dance. 
 
 To drefs, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. 62© 
 To thefe that fober race of men, whofe lives 
 Beligious titled them the fons of God, 
 
 Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame 
 Ignobly, to the trains and to the fmiles 
 Of thefe fair atheiHs, and now fwim in joy, 62 5 
 Erelong to fwim at large ; and laugh, for which 
 The world erelong a world of tears muft weep. 
 
 To whom thus Adam of Ihort joy bereft. 
 
 O pity’ and fliame, that they who to live well 
 Enter’d fo fair, Ihould turn afide to tread 
 Paths indire^l, or in the mid way faint 1 
 But ftill I fee the terror of Man’s woe 
 Holds on the fame, from Woman jto begin. 
 
 
 From Man’s effeminate flacknefs it begins,. 
 
 Said th’ Angel, who Ihould better hold his place 655 
 By wifdom, and faperior gifts receiv’d. 
 
 But now prepare thee for another feene. 
 
 He look’d, and faw wide territory fpread 
 Before him, towns, and rural works between. 
 
 Cities of men with lofty gates and towers, 64© 
 
 Concourfe in arms, fierce faces threatning war. 
 
 Giants of mighty bone, and bold emprife ; 
 
 Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming Heed, 
 
 Single or in array of battel rang’d 
 
 Both horfe and foot, nor idly muft’ring Hood ; 645 
 
 One way a band feled from forage drives 
 
 A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine 
 
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 BookXI. Paradise Lost. 
 
 From a fat meadow ground ! or fleecy flock. 
 
 Ewes and their bleating lambs over the plain, 
 
 ; Their booty ; fcarce with life the fhepherds ny 
 But call in aid, which makes a bloody fray 1 
 With cruel torneament the fquadrons join ; 
 
 Where cattel paftur’d late, now fcatter d lies 
 With carcaffes and arms th’ infanguin’d field 
 Deferted : Others to a city ftrong 
 Lay fiege, incampH; by battery fcak, and mine, 
 Affaulting ; others from the wall defend 
 With dart and javelin, ftones and fulphurous fire. 
 On each hand daughter and gigantic deeds. 
 
 In other part the fcepter’d heralds call 
 To council in the city gates : anon ^ . . j 
 
 Gray-headed men and grave, with warriors mixd, 
 Affemble, and harangues are heard, but loon 
 In fadious op^ofidon, till at lait. 
 
 Of middle age' one rifing, eminent 
 In wife deport, fpake much of right and wron^^, 
 
 Of juftice, of religion, truth and peace. 
 
 And judgment from above : him old and young 
 Exploded and had feis’d with.violcnt hands. 
 
 Had not a cloud defcending fnatch’d him thence 6 
 Unfeen amid the throng ; fo violence 
 
 Proceeded, and opprelTion, and fword-law. 
 
 Through all the plain, and refuge none was found, 
 i Adam was all in tears, and to , his guide 
 
 : Lamenting turn’d full fad ; 0 what are there, 6 
 
 Death’s minifters, not men, who thus deal deatn 
 Inhumanly to men, and multiply 
 Ten thoufandfold the. hn of him who Hew 
 ! His brother : for of whom fuch maffacre 
 Make they but of their brethren, men. of 
 But who was that juft man, whom had not Heaven 
 Refcued, had in his righteoufnefs been loH i' 
 
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 68a 
 
324 Paradisk Lost. BookXL 
 
 To whom thus Michael., Thefe are the prodiu^ 
 
 Of thofe ill mated marriages thou faw’ft ; 
 
 Where good with bad were matchM, who of themfelves. 
 Abhor to join j and imprudence mix’d, 686 
 
 produce prodigious births of body’ or mind. 
 
 Such were thefe giants, men of high renown 
 For in thofe days might only (hall be’ admir’d. 
 
 And valor and heroic virtue call’d ; 
 
 To overcome in batteh and fubdue 
 
 Nations,, and bring home fpoils with infinite 
 
 Man-llaughter, lhail be held the higheft pitch 
 
 Of human glory, and for glory done 
 
 Of triumph, to be ftil’d great conquerors, 6g^ 
 
 Patrons of mankind, Gods, and fons of Gods, 
 
 Dedroyers rightlier call’d and plagues of men. 
 
 Thus fame Ihalf he achiev’d^ renown, on earth,. 
 
 And what mod merits fame in dlence hid. 
 
 But he the fev’nth from thee^ whom thou beheldd. yoo^ 
 The only righteous in a worfd perverfe,. 
 
 And therefore hated, therefore fo befet 
 With foes for daring fingle to be jud, 
 
 And utter odious truth, that God would come- 
 T o j udge them, with his Saints : him the mod High 70^ 
 Rapt in a balmy cloud with winged deeds 
 Dii as thou faw’d, receive, to walk with God; 
 
 High in falvation and the dimes of blifs. 
 
 Exempt from death ; to (how thee what reward 
 Awaits the good, the red what punidrment ; 
 
 Which now dired thine eyes and foon behold. 
 
 He look’d, and faw the face of things quite chang’d j 
 The brazen throat of war had ceas’d to roar ; 
 
 AH now was turn’d to jollity and game. 
 
 To luxury and riot, fead and dance, jie 
 
 Marrying or prodituting, as befel. 
 
 Rape or adultery, where pading fair 
 
BookXI. Paradise Lost. 325 
 
 Allur’d them ; thence from cups to civil broils. 
 
 At length a reverend fire among them came. 
 
 And of their doings great diflike declar d, 7^® 
 
 And teftify’d againft their ways ; he oft 
 Frequented their aflemblies, wherefo 
 Triumphs or feftivals, and to them preach d 
 Converfion and repentance, as to fouls 
 In prifon under judgments imminent: 
 
 But all in vain ; which when he faw, he ceas d 
 Contending, and remov’d his tents far off t 
 Then from the mountain hewing timber talU 
 Began to build a veHel of huge bulk, . , ^ 
 Meafur’d by cubit, length, and breadth, and highth, 
 Smear’d round with pitch, and in the fide a door 
 Contriv’d, and of provifions laid in large 
 For man and beafi : when lo a wonder ftrange I 
 Of every beaft, and bird, and infeft fmall 
 Came fev’ns, and pairs, and enter d in, as taught 
 Their order ; lafi the fire, and his three fons 
 With their four wives ; and God made faft the door* 
 Mean while the fouthwind rofe, and with black wing^ 
 Wide hovering, all the clouds together drove 
 From under Heav’n 5 the hills to their fupply 74® 
 Vapor, and exhalation dusk and moifi. 
 
 Sent up amain ; and now the thicken’d sky 
 Like a dark cieling ftood ; down rufii’d the rain 
 Impetuous, and continued till the earth 
 No more was feen ; the flotii^ vefiel fwum. 745 
 Uplifted, and fecure with beaked prow 
 Rode tilting o’er the waves ; all dwellings elfe 
 Flood over^vhelm’d, and them with ^1 their pomp 
 Deep under water roll’d ; fea cover’d fea. 
 
 Sea without fiiore ; and in their palaces 75« 
 
 Where luxury late reign’d, fea-monfiers whelp d 
 
 And ftabled ; of mankind, fo aumerous late* 
 
32.4 Paradise Lost. Book XL 
 
 A 1 left, in one fmall bottom fwum imbark’d. 
 
 How didft thou grieve then, Adam, to behold 
 The end of all thy ofspring, end fo fad, 755 
 
 Depopulation ? thee another flood. 
 
 Of tears and forrow’ a flood thee alfo drown’d. 
 
 And funk thee as thy fons ; till gently rear’d 
 By th’ Angel, on thy feet thou flood’ft at lafl. 
 
 Though comfortlefs, as when a father mourns 760 
 His children, all in view deflroy’d at once ; 
 
 And fcarce to th’ Angel utter’dft thus thy plaint* 
 
 O vifions ill forefeen ! better had I 
 Liv’d ignorant of future, fo had borne 
 My part of evil only, each day’s lot 
 Enough to bear 1 thofe now, that were difpens’d 
 The burd’n of many ages, on me light 
 At once, by my foreknowledge gaining birth 
 Abortive, to torment me ere their being. 
 
 With thought that they mufl; be. Let no man feek 
 Henceforth to be foretold what lhall befall 
 Him or his children j evil he may be fuje. 
 
 Which neither his foreknowing can prevent. 
 
 And he the future evil fliall no lefs 
 In apprehenfion than in fubftance feel 
 Gnevous to bear but that care now is pafl, 
 
 Man is not whom to warn : thofe few efcap’d 
 F amin and anguifli will at laft confume 
 Wand’ring.that watry defert: I had hope 
 When violence was ceas’d, and war on earth, ^ 
 All would have then gone well, peace would have crown’d 
 With length of happy days the race of man ; 
 
 But I was far deceiv’d ; for now I fee 
 Peace to corrupt no lefs than war to wafle. 
 
 How comes it thus ? unfold, celeftial Guide, 
 
 And whether here the race of man will end;. 
 
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BookXI. Paradise Lost. 325 
 
 To whom, thus Michael. Thofe whom lail thou faw’li 
 In triumph and luxurious wealth, are they 
 Firft feen in afts of prowefs eminent 
 And great exploits, but of true virtue void ; 796 
 
 Who having fpik blood, and done much walie 
 
 Subduing nations, and achiev’d thereby 
 Fame in the world, high titles, and rich prey. 
 
 Shall change their courfe to pleafure, eafe, and lloth. 
 Surfeit, and luft, till wantonnefs and pride 795 
 
 Raife out of friendfliip hoftile deeds in peace. 
 
 The conquer’d alfo, and inflav’d by war 
 Shall with their freedom loft all virtue lofe 
 And fear of God, from whom their piety feign’d 
 In ftiarp conteft of battel found no aid So© 
 
 Againft invaders ; therefore cool’d in zeal 
 Thenceforth ftiall praftiee how to live fecure.. 
 
 Worldly or diflblute, on what their lords 
 Shall leave them to enjoy ; for th’ earth fliali bear . . 
 More than enough, that temp’rance may be try’d : 8o| 
 
 So all ftiall turn degenerate, all deprav’d, 
 
 Juftice and temp’rance, truth and faith forgot; 
 
 One man except, the only fon of light 
 In a dark age, againft example good, 
 
 Againft allurement, cuftom, and a world Sro 
 
 Offended ; fearlefs of reproach and fcorn. 
 
 Or violence, he of their wicked ways 
 Shall them admonifti, and before them fet 
 The paths of righteoufnefs, how much more fafe, 
 
 And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come 8 1 5 
 On their impenitence ; and ftiall return 
 Of them derided, but of God obferv’d 
 The one juft man alive; by his command 
 Shall build a wondrous ark, as thou beheldft. 
 
 To fave himfelf and houfhold from amidft 82® 
 
 A world devote to univerfal wrack,. 
 
326 Paradise Lost. Book XL 
 
 JKo foonfep lie with them of man and beaft 
 Seleft for life lhall in the ark be lodg’d^ 
 
 And jfhelter’d round, but all the catara^s 
 Of Heav’n fet open on the earth lhall pour g2 1 
 Rain day and night j all fountains of the deep 
 Broke up, fliall heave the ocean to uforp 
 Beyond all bounds, till inundation rife 
 Above the higheft hills : then ftiall this mount 
 Of Paradife by might of waves be mov’d 83:0 
 
 Out of his place, pulh’d by the horned flood. 
 
 With all his verdure fpoiPd, and trees adrift, 
 
 Down the great river to the opening gul^ 
 
 And there take root an iland fait and bare, 
 
 3rhe haunt of feals, and ores, and fea-mews clang; 835 
 To teach thee that God attributes to place 
 No fandlity, if none be thither brought 
 By men who there frequent, or therein dwell. 
 
 And now what further lhall enfue, behold. 
 
 He look’d, and faw the ark hull cm the flood, 843 
 Which now abated ; for the clouds were fled, 
 
 Driv’n by a keen north' wind, that blowing dry 
 Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decay’d j 
 And the clear fun on his wide watry glafs 
 Gaz’d hot, and of the frefli wave largely drew, 845 
 As after thirft, which made their flowing Ihrink 
 From Handing lake to tripping ebb, that Hole 
 With foft foot tow’ards the deep, who now had llopt 
 His lluces, as the Heav’n his windows Ihut. 
 
 The ark no more now flotes, but feems on ground 850 
 Fall on the top of fome high mountain flx’d. 
 
 And now the tops of hills as rocks appear ; 
 
 With clamor thence the rapid currents drive 
 Towards the retreating fea their furious tide. 
 
 Forthwith from out the ark a raven flies. 
 
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 And after kirn, the furer meffeager, 
 
 .A dove feiit fordi once again to fpy 
 Green tree or ground whereon his foot may light ; 
 The fecond time returning, in his bill 
 An olive leaf he b-ings, pacific fign : ^ 86® 
 
 Anon dry ground appears, and from his ark 
 The ancient fire defcends with all his tram ; 
 
 Then with uplifted handa^. and eyes devout. 
 
 Grateful to Heav’ir, over his head beholds 
 A dewy clo«d» and in the cloud a bow 
 Confpicuous with three lifted colors gay. 
 
 Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. 
 Whereat the heart of Adam erft fo fad 
 Greatly rejoic’d, and thus his joy broke forth,. 
 
 O thou who foture things canft reprefent 870 
 As prefent, heav’nly Inftruftor, I revive 
 At this laft fight, affur’d that man ftiall live 
 With all the creatures, and their feed preferve. 
 
 Far lefs I now lament for one whole world 
 Of wicked fons deftroy’d, than I rejoice 87$ 
 
 For one man found fo perfedl and fo juft. 
 
 That God vouchfafes to raife another world; 
 
 From him, and all his anger to forget. 
 
 But fay, what mean thofe color’d ftreaks in Heaven', 
 Diftended as the brow of God appeas’d, 880* 
 
 Or ferve they as a flow’ry verge to bind 
 The fluid skirts of that fame watry cloud. 
 
 Left it again diflblve and Ihow’r the earth? 
 
 To whom th*^ Arch- Angel. Dextroufly thou aim’ft i; 
 So willingly doth God remit his ire, 885 
 
 Though late repenting him of man deprav’d. 
 
 Griev’d at his heart, when looking down he faw 
 The whole earth fill’d with violence, and all flefh 
 
528 Paradise Lost. BookXI. 
 
 Corrupting each their way ; yet thofe remov’d. 
 
 Such grace lhall one juft man find in his fight, 890 
 That he relents, not to blot out mankind. 
 
 And makes a covenant never to deftroy 
 The earth, again by flood, nor let the fea 
 Surpafs his bounds, nor rain to drown the world 
 With man therein or beaft ; but when he brings 895 
 Over the earth a cloud, will therein fet 
 His triple-color’d bow, whereon to look, 
 
 And call to mind his covenant : day and night. 
 Seed-time and harveft, heat and hoary froft 
 Shall hold their courfe, till fire purge all things new, geo 
 Both Keav’n and Earth, wherein the juft lhall dwell. 
 
 The End of the eleventh Book^ 
 
THE. 
 
 TWELFTH BO O K 
 OF 
 
 PARADISE LOST. 
 
 
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 The Argument. 
 
 Angel Michael continues from the food to relate tuhaf 
 Jhall fucceedi then, in the mention of Abraham, comes 
 hy degrees to explain, nvho that Seed of the Woman Jhall 
 he, nvhkh nvas promifed Adam and Eve in the falh, his 
 incarnation, death, rejurre^ion, and afcenfon', the fate 
 ef the church till his fecond coming. Adam greatly 
 fatisfied and recomforted hy thefe relations and promifes 
 defcends the hill with Michael j wakens Eve, who all 
 this while hadfept, hut with gentle dreams compos'd to 
 quietnefs of mind and fulmijfon. Michael in either 
 hand leads them out of Paradife, the fery /word wanting 
 ^ behind them, and the Cherubim taking their fat ions t§ 
 guard the plact^ 
 

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PARADISE LOST 
 
 S oiic who in his journey bates at noon# 
 Though bent on fpeed j fo here the Arch- 
 Angel paus’d 
 
 Betwixt the world dedr^’d and world 
 reftor’d, , 
 
 If Adam ought perhaps might inlerpofe i 
 
 Then with tranfidon fweet new fpeech refumes. S 
 
 Thus thou haft feen one world begin and end i 
 And man as from a fecond ftoch proceed. 
 
 Much thou haft yet to fee, but I perceive 
 Thy mortal fight to fail ; objeas divine 
 Muft needs impair and weary human fenle : 
 Henceforth what is to come I will relate. 
 
 Thou therefore give due audience, and attend. 
 
 This fecond fource of men, while yet but feW# 
 And whde the dread of judgment paft remaiia 
 
332 Paradise Lost. BookXIL 
 
 Frelh in their minds, fearing the Deity, j.r 
 
 With feme regard to what is juft and right ^ 
 
 Shall lead their lives, and multiply apace, 
 
 Lab’ring the foil, and reaping plenteous crop. 
 
 Corn wine and oil ; and from the herd or flock, 
 Gft.facrificing bullock, lamb, or kid, 20 
 
 With large wine . offerings pour’d, and facred feafl. 
 Shall fpend their days in joy unblam’d, and dwell 
 -Long time, in peace by families and tribes 
 Under paternal rule : till one lhall rife 
 Of proud ambitious heart, who not content 25: 
 
 With fair equality, fraternal flate, 
 
 Will arrogate dominion undeferv’d 
 Over his brethren, and quite difpoffefs 
 Concord and law of nature from the earth. 
 
 Hunting (and men not beafts lhall be his game) 3# 
 With war and hoftile fnare fuch as refufe 
 Subjeclion to his empire tyrannous : 
 
 A mighty hunter thence he lhall be ftiTd 
 
 Before the Lord, as in defpite of Heaten, 
 
 Or from Heav’n claming fecond fovranty 5 
 And from rebellion fhall derive his name. 
 
 Though of rebellion others he accufe. 
 
 He with a crew, whom like ambition joins 
 With him or under him to tyrannize. 
 
 Marching from Eden tow’ards the weft, lhall fitid 4© 
 The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge 
 Boils out from under ground, the mouth of Heft ; 
 
 Of brick, and of that ftuff they call to build 
 A city’ and tow’r, whofe top may reach to Heaven r 
 And get themfelves a name, left far difpers’d 45 
 In foreign lands their memory be loft, 
 
 Regardlefs whether good or evil fame. 
 
 But God who oft defeends to vifit men 
 Unfeenj and through their habitations walks 
 
EookXIL Paradise Lost. 333 
 
 To mark their doings, them beholding foon, 50 
 
 Comes down to fee their city, ere the tower 
 
 Obllrua Heav’n-tow’rs, and in derifion fets 
 
 Upon their tongues a various fpi’rit 
 
 Qiiite out their native language, and inllead 
 
 To fow a jangling noife of words unknown : 55 
 
 Forthwith a hideous gabble rifes loud 
 
 Among the builders; each to other calls 
 
 Not underftood, till hoarfe, and all in rage. 
 
 As mock’d they ftorm ; great laughter was m Heaven 
 And looking down, to fee the hubbub ftrange 60 
 And hear the din ; thus was the building left 
 Kidiculous, and the work Confufion nam d» 
 
 Whereto thus Adam fatherly difpleas’d. 
 
 O execrable fon fo to afpire 
 
 Above his brethren, to himfelf alTuming 65 
 
 Authority ufurp’d, from God not given : 
 
 He gave us only over beaft, filh, fowl 
 
 Dominion abfolute ; that right we hold 
 
 By his donation ; but man over men 
 
 He made not lord ; fuch title to himfelf 7 ^ 
 
 Referving, human left from human free. 
 
 But this ufurper his encroachment proud 
 Stays not on man ; to God his tow’r intends 
 Siege and dcfance : Wretched man! what food 
 Will he convey up thither to fuftain ^ ^ 75 
 
 Himfelf and his rafli army, where thin air 
 Above the clouds will pine his entrails grofs. 
 
 And familh him of breath, if not of bread ? 
 
 To whom thus Michael. Juftly thou abhorr’A 
 Tliat fon, who on the quiet ftate of men ® 
 
 Such trouble brought, affefting to fubdue 
 Rauonal liberty ; yet know withal. 
 
334 Paradise Lost. BookXII. 
 
 Since thy original lapfe, true liberty 
 
 Is loft, which always with right reafon dwells 
 
 Twinn’d, and from her hath no dividual being ; 
 
 Reafon in man obfcur’d, or not obey’d, 
 
 Immediately inordinate deiires 
 
 And upftart paeons catch the government 
 
 From reafon, and to fervitude reduce 
 
 Man till then free. Therefore ftnee he permits 
 
 Within himfeif unworthy pow’rs to reign 
 
 Over free reafon, God in judgment juft 
 
 Subjedis him from without to violent lords ; 
 
 Who oft as undefervedly inthrall 
 His outward freedom ; tyranny muft be. 
 
 Though to the tyrant thereby no excufe. 
 
 Yet fometimes nations will decline fo low 
 From virtue, which is reafon, that no wrong, 
 But juftice, and fome fatal curfe annex’d 
 Deprives them of their outward liberty. 
 
 Their inward loft : Witnefs th’ irreverent fon 
 Of him who built the ark, who for the ftiame 
 Done to his father, heard this heavy curfe, 
 Ser^vant ef fern) ants, on his vicious race. 
 
 Thus will this latter, as the former world. 
 
 Still tend from bad to worfe, till God at laft 
 Wearied with their iniquities, withdraw 
 His prcfence from among them, and avert 
 His holy eyes ; refolving from thenceforth 
 To leave them to their own polluted ways ; 
 
 And one peculiar nation to feled 
 From all the reft, of whom to be invok’d, 
 
 A nation from one faithful man to. fpring : 
 
 Him on this lide Euphrates yet refiding. 
 
 Bred up in idol-worfhip ; O that men 
 
 (Canft thou believe ? ) ftiould be fo ftupld grown, 
 
 While yet the patriarch liv’d, who fcap’d the flood. 
 
 
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 As to forfake the living God, and fall 
 To worlhip their own work in wood and Hone 
 For Gods ! yet him God the moftHigh vouchfafes 
 To call by vifion from his father’s houfe. 
 
 His kindred and falfe Gods, into a land 
 Which he will Ihow him, and from him will raife 
 A mighty nation, and upon him Ihower 
 His benediaion fo, that in his feed 
 All nations lhall be bleft ; he ftrait obeys, 
 
 Not knowing to what land, yet firm believes ; 
 
 I fee him, but thou canft not, with what faith 
 He leaves his Gods, his friends, and native foil 
 Ur of Chaldaea, palTmg now the ford 
 To Haran, after him a cumbrous train 
 Of herds and flocks, and numerous fervitude i 
 Not wand’ring poor, but trailing all his wealth 
 With God, who call’d him, in a land unknown. 
 Canaan he now attains ; I fee his tents 
 Pitch’d about Sechem, and the neighb’ring plain 
 Of Moreh ; there by promife he receives 
 Gift to his progeny of all that land. 
 
 From Hamath northward to the defert fouth, 
 (Things by their names I call, though yet unnam’d} 
 From Hermon eaft to the great weftern fea ; 
 Mount Hermon, yonder fea, each place behold 
 In profped, as I point them ; on the ftiore 
 Mount Carmel ; here the double-founted ftream 
 Jordan, true limit eaftward ; but his fons 
 Shall dwell to Senir, that long ridge of hills. 
 This ponder, that all nations of the earth 
 Shall in his feed be blefled : by that feed 
 Is meant thy great deliverer, who fliali bruife 
 The Serpent’s head f whereof to thee anon 
 Plainlicr lhall be reveal’d. This patriarch bleft. 
 Whom faithful Abr«haia dne time ftudi call* 
 
33^ Paradise Lost, Book XII. 
 
 A fon, and of his fon a grand-child leaves, 
 
 Like him in faith, in wifdom, and renown ; 
 
 The grand -child with twelve fons increas’d departs 
 From Canaan, tp a land hereafter call’d 
 Egypt, divided by the river Nile : 
 
 See where it flows, difgorging at fev’n mouths 
 Into the fea : to fojourn in that land 
 He comes invited by a younger fon 
 In time of dearth, a fon whofe worthy deeds 
 Kaiie him to be the fecond in that realm 
 Of Pharaoh ; there he dies, and leaves his race 
 Growing into a nation, and now grown 
 Snfpeded to a fequent king, who feeks 
 To flop their overgrowth, as inmate guefts 
 Too numerous; whence of guells he makes them flavcs 
 Inhofpitably’, and kills their infant males : 
 
 Till by two brethren (thofe two brethren call 
 Mofes and Aaron] fent from God to dame i^o 
 
 His people from inthralment, they return 
 With glory’ and fpoil back to their promis’d land. 
 
 But lirfl: the lawlefs tyrant, who denies 
 To know their God, or meflage to regard, 
 
 Mufl be compeli’d by figns and judgments dire; 175 
 To blood unfhed the rivers mufl; be turn’d; 
 
 Frogs, lice, and flies mufl all his palace fill 
 With loath’d intrufion, and fill all the land ; 
 
 His cattel mufl of rot and murren die ; 
 
 Botches and blains mufl all his flefli irnbofs, 1 80 
 And all his people ; thunder mix’d with hail. 
 
 Flail mix’d with fire mufl rend th’ Egyptian sky. 
 
 And wheel on th’ earth, devouring where it rolls ; 
 
 What it devours not, herb, or fruit, or grain, 
 
 A darkfome cloud of locufts fwarming down 185 
 Mufl eat, and on the ground leave nothing green ; 
 Barknefs mufl overfliadow all his bounds. 
 
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 Palpable darknefs, and blot out three days ; 
 
 Laft with one midnight ftroke all the firft-born 
 Of Egypt muft lie dead. Thus with ten wounds tgQ 
 The river-dragon tam’d at length fubmits 
 To let his fojourners depart, and oft 
 Humbles his flubborn heart, but ftili as ice 
 More harden’d after thaw, till in his rage 
 Purfuing whom he late difmifs’d, the fea 19 J 
 
 Swallows him with his hoft, but them lets pafs 
 As on dry land between two cryftal walls, 
 
 Aw’d by the rod of Mofes fo to ftand 
 Divided, till his refcued gain their fhore : 
 
 Such wondrous pow’r God to his faint will lend, 200 
 Though prefent in his Angel, who fhall go 
 Before them in a cloud, and pill’ar of fire. 
 
 By day a cloud, by night a pill’ar of fire. 
 
 To guide ’them in their journey, and remove 
 Behind them, while th’ obdurate king purfues *. 20| 
 
 All night he will purfue, but his approach 
 Darknefs defends between till morning watch ; 
 
 Then through the fiery pillar and the cloud 
 God looking forth will trouble all his hoft, 
 
 And craze their chariot wheels : when by command 
 Mofes once more his potent rod extends 2 1 1 
 
 Over the’ fea ; the fea his rod obeys $ 
 
 On their imbattel’d ranks the waves return, 
 
 And overwhelm their war : the race ele£l 
 
 Safe towards Canaan from the Ihore advance 215 
 
 Through the wild defert, not the readieft way. 
 
 Left entring on the Canaanite alarm’d 
 
 War terrify them inexpert, and fear 
 
 Return them back to Egypt, choofing rather 
 
 Inglorious life with fervitude ; for life 220 
 
 To noble and ignoble is more fweet 
 
 Untrain’d in arms, where raftmefs leads not on. 
 
53^ Paradise Lost. BookXIL 
 
 This alfo fhall they gain by their delay 
 In the wide wildernefs, there they fliall found 
 Their government, and their great fenate choofe 225 
 Through the twelve tribes, to rule by laws ordain’d : 
 God from the mount of Sinai, whofe gray top 
 Shall tremble, he defcending, will himfelf 
 In thunder, lightning, and loud trumpets found, 
 Prdain them laws ; part fuch as appertain 230 
 
 To civil juhice, part religious rites 
 Of facrifice, informing them, by types 
 And Ihadows, of that deftin’d Seed to bruife 
 The Serpent, by what means he fhall achieve 
 Mankind’s deliverance. But the voice of God 235 
 T o mortal ear is dreadful ; they befeech 
 That Mofes might report to them his will. 
 
 And terror ceafe ; he grants what they befought 
 
 Iiiftrufled that to God is no accefs 
 
 Without mediator, whofe high office now 246 
 
 Mofes in figure bears, to introduce 
 
 One greater, of whofe day he ffiall foretel. 
 
 And ail the prophets in their age the times 
 Of great Meffi’ah ffiall fing. Thus laws and rites 
 Efcabliffi’d, fuch delight hath God in men 245 
 
 Obedient to his will, that he vouchfafes 
 Among them to fet up his tabernacle. 
 
 The holy One with mortal men to dwell : 
 
 By his prefcript a fanftuary is fram’d 
 
 Of cedar, overlaid with gold, therein 256 
 
 An ark, and in the ark his teftimony. 
 
 The records of his covenant, over thefe 
 
 A mercy-feat of gold between the wings 
 
 Of two bright Cherubim ; before him burn 
 
 Sev’n lamps as in a zodiac reprefenting 255 
 
 The heav’nly fires ; over the tent a cloud 
 
 Shall -reft by day, a fiery gleam by nighty 
 
BookXII. P A R A D I s E Lost. 339 
 
 Save when they journey, and at length they come, 
 Conduded by his Angel to the land 
 Promis’d to Abraham and his feed : the reft 260 
 
 Were long to tell, how many battels fought. 
 
 How many Icings deftroy’d, and kingdoms ^00, 
 
 Or how the fun fliall in mid Heav’n Hand ftill 
 A day entire, and night’s due courfe adjourn, 
 
 Man’s voice commanding, Sun in Gibeon ftand, 263 
 And thou moon in the vale of Aialon, 
 
 Till Ifrael overcome ; fo call the third 
 From Abraham, fon of Ifaac, and from him 
 His whole defcent, who thus fhall Canaan win. 
 
 Here Adam interpos’d. O fent from Heaven, 270 
 Inlightner of my darknefs, gracious things 
 Thou haft reveal’d, thofe chiefly which concern 
 Juft Abraham and his feed : now firft I find 
 Mine eyes true opening, and my heart much eas’d, 
 Erewhile perplex’d with thoughts what would become 
 Of me and all mankind ; but now I fee 276 
 
 His day, in whom all nations fliall be bleft. 
 
 Favor unmerited by me, who fought 
 Forbidden knowledge by forbidden means. 
 
 This yet I apprehend not, why to thofe 2 So 
 
 Among whom God will deign to dwell on earth 
 So many and fo various laws are given ; 
 
 So many laws argue fo many fins 
 
 Among them ; how can God with fuch reflde ? 
 
 To whom thus Michael. Doubt not but that fin 2 S3 
 Will reign among them, as of thee begot ; 
 
 And therefore was law giv’n them to evince 
 Their natural pravity, by ftirring up 
 Sin againft law to fight : that when they fee 
 Law can difcover fin, but not remove, • - 290 
 
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340 Paradise Lost. BookXII. 
 
 Save by tliofe fhadowy expiations weak, 
 
 "^^he blood of bulls and goats, they may conclude 
 Some blood more precious mull be paid for man. 
 
 Juft for unjuft, that in fuck righteoufnefs 
 
 To them by faith imputed, they may find 2^5 
 
 Juftification towards God, and peace 
 
 Of confcience, which the law by ceremonies 
 
 Cannot appeafe, nor man the moral part 
 
 Perform, and not performing cannot live. 
 
 So law appears imperfed, and but given jeo 
 
 With purpofe to relign them in full time 
 
 Op to a better covenant, difciplin’d 
 
 From fhadowy types to truth, from flelh to fpirit. 
 
 From impoftdon of ftrid laws to free 
 
 Acceptance of large grace, from fervile fear 305 
 
 To filial, works of law to works of faith. 
 
 And therefore fhall not Mofes, though of God 
 Highly beloved, being but the minifter 
 Of law, his people into Canaan lead ; 
 
 But Jofhua whom the Gentiles Jefus call, 310 
 
 His name and office bearing, who fhall quell 
 The adverfary Serpent, and bring back 
 Through the world’s wildernefs long wander’d man 
 Safe to eternal Paradife of reft. 
 
 Mean while they in their earthly Canaan plac’d 315 
 Long time lhall dwell and profper, but when fins 
 National interrupt their public peace. 
 
 Provoking God to raife them enemies ; 
 
 From whom as oft he faves them penitent 
 
 By judges firft, then under kings; of whom 320 
 
 The fecond, both for piety renown’d 
 
 And puiffant deeds, a promife lhall receive 
 
 Irrevocable, that his regal throne 
 
 For ever lhall indure ; the like lhall ling 
 
 All prophecy, that of the royal flock 325 
 
341 
 
 :pookXIL Paradise Lost. 
 
 Of David (fo I name this king) fhall rife 
 A Son, the Woman’s feed to thee foretold. 
 
 Foretold to Abraham, as in whom fhali truft 
 All nations, and to kings foretold, of kings 
 The laft, for of his reign fhall be no end, 
 
 But firfl; a long fucceffion muft enfue. 
 
 And his next fon, for wealth and wifdom fam’d. 
 
 The clouded ark of God, till then in tents ^ 
 
 Wand’ ring, fhall in a glorious temple’ infhrine. 
 
 Such follow him, as fhall be regifter’d 
 Part good, part bad, of bad the longer fcroll. 
 
 Whole foul idolatries, and other faults 
 Heap’d to the popular fum, will fo incenfe 
 God, as to leave them, and expofe their land. 
 
 Their city’, his temple, and his holy ark 
 With all his facred things, a fcorn and prey 
 To that proud city, whofe high walls thou faw’ft 
 Left in confufion, Babylon thence call’d. 
 
 There in captivity he lets them dwell 
 The fpace of fev’nty years, then brings them back, 
 Remembring mercy, and his covenant fworn 346 
 To David, flablifh’d as the days of Heaven. 
 
 Return’d from Babylon by leave of kings 
 Their lords, whom God difpos’d, the houfe of God 
 They firfl re-edify, and for a while 
 In mean eftate live moderate, till grown 
 In wealth and multitude, faftious they grow ; 
 
 But firfl among the priefls difienfion fprings. 
 
 Men who attend the altar, and fhould mofl 
 Endevor peace : their flrife pollution brings 355 
 
 Upon the temple’ itfelf ; at laft they feife 
 The fcepter, and regard not David’s fons. 
 
 Then lofe it to a ftranger, that the true 
 
 Anointed king Meffiah might be born 
 
 Barr’d of his right 5 yet at his birth a ftar 
 
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 Unfeen before in Heav’u proclames him come. 
 
 And guides the eaftern fagcs, who inquire 
 His place, to offer incenfe, myrrh, and gold ; 
 
 His place of birth a folemn Angel tells 
 To ffmple ffiepherds, keeping watch by night ; 365 
 
 They gladly thither haffe, and by a quire 
 Of fquadron’d Angels hear his carol fung. 
 
 A virgin is his mother, but his fire 
 The pow’r of the moft High 5 he fliall afcend 
 The throne hereditary, and bound his reign 370 
 
 With earth’s wide bounds, his glory with the Heavens. 
 
 He ceas’d, difcerning Adam with fuch joy 
 Surcharg’d, as had like grief been dew’d in tears, 
 .Without the vent of words, which thefe he breath’d. 
 
 O prophet of glad tidings, finiffier 275 
 
 Of utmoft hope ! now clear I underffand 
 What oft my fteddieff thoughts have fearch’d in vain 1 
 Why our great expedation Ihould be call’d 
 The feed of Woman : Virgin Mother, hail. 
 
 High in the love of Heav’n, yet from my loins 3S0 
 Thou ffialt proceed, and from thy womb the Son 
 Of God moft High ; fo God with Man unites. 
 
 Needs muft the Serpent now his capital bruife 
 Exped with mortal pain : fay where and when 
 Their fight, what ftroke fliall bruife the vidor’s heel. 385 
 
 To whom thus Michael. Dream not of their fight. 
 
 As of a duel, or the local wounds 
 Of head or heel : not therefore joins the Son 
 Manhood to God-head, with more ftrength to foil 
 Thy enemy ; nor fo is overcome 290 
 
 Satan, whofe fall from Heav’n, a deadlier bruife, 
 Difabled not to give thee thy death’s wound : 
 
BookXII. Paradise Lost. 343 
 
 Which he, who comes thy Saviour, lhall recure. 
 
 Not by deftroying Satan, but his works 
 
 In thee and in thy feed : nor can this be, 39 S 
 
 But by fulfilling that which thou didft want. 
 
 Obedience to the law of God, impos’d 
 On penalty of death, and fuffering death, 
 
 The penalty to thy tranfgreffion due, 
 
 And due to theirs which out of thine will grow : 4®^ 
 
 So only can high juftice reft appaid. 
 
 The law of God exad he {hall fulfil 
 Both by obedience and by love, though love 
 Alone fulfil the law ; thy punifhment 
 He lhall indure by coming in the flefh 
 To a reproachful life and curfed death, 
 
 Proclaming life to all who fhall believe 
 
 In his redemption, and that his obedience 
 
 Imputed becomes theirs by faith, his merits 
 
 To fave them, not their own, though legal works. 410 
 
 For this he lhall live hated, be blafphem’d, 
 
 Seis’d on by force, judg’d, and to death condemn d 
 
 A ftiameful and accurs’d, nail’d to the crofs 
 
 By his own nation, llain for bringing life 1 
 
 But to the crofs he nails thy enemies, 4 ^S 
 
 The law that is againft thee, and the fins 
 
 Of all mankind, with him there crucify d. 
 
 Never to hurt them more who rightly trull 
 In this his fatisfaftion ; fo he dies. 
 
 But foon revives; death over him no power 42O 
 * Shall long ufurp ; ere the third dawning light 
 Return, the ftars of morn lhall fee 
 Out of his grave, frelh as the dawning light. 
 
 Thy ranfome paid, which man from death redeems, 
 His death for man, as many as offer d life 425 
 
 Neeled not, and the benefit embrace 
 By faith not void of works : this Goddike ad 
 
344 Paradise Lost. BookXII. 
 
 Annuls thy doom, the death thou Ihouldll have dy’d 
 Jn fin for ever loft from life } this aft 
 Sh^l bruife the head of Satan, crulh his ftrength, 4,e 
 Defeating fm and death, his two main arms, 
 
 And hx far deeper in his head their ftings 
 Than tempVal death ihall bruife the vigor’s heel. 
 
 Or theirs whom he redeems, a death like lleep, " 
 
 ^ gentle wafting to immortal life. 
 
 Kor after refurredion ihall he flay 
 Tonger on earth than certain times to’ appear 
 To his difciples, men who in his life 
 Still follow’d him ; to them ihall leave in charge 
 To teach all nations what of him they learn’d 
 And his falvation, them who ihall believe 
 Baptizing in the profluent ftream, the iign 
 Of waihing them from guilt of fin to life 
 Pure, and in^mind prepar’d, if fo befall, 
 
 IF or death, like that which the Redeemer dy’d. 
 
 All nations they ihall teach ; for from that day* 
 
 Kot only to the fons of Abraham’s loins 
 Salvation ihall be preach’d, but to the fons 
 Of Abraham’s faith wherever through the world 5 
 So in his feed all nations ihall be bleft. 
 
 Then the Heav’n of Heav’ns he ihall afcend 
 With vidory, triumphing through the air 
 Over his foes and thine ; there ihall furprife 
 The Serpent, prince of air, and drag in chains 
 Through all his realm, and there confounded leave ; 
 
 Then enter into glory, and refume 
 His feat at God’s right hand, exalted high 
 Above all names in Heav’n ; and thence ihall come. 
 When this world’s diifolution ihall be ripe, 
 
 When glory’ and pow’r to judge both quick and dead, 460 
 To judge th’ unfaithful dead, but to reward 
 His faithful, and receive them into blifs. 
 
 435 
 
 440 
 
 445 
 
 450 
 
 455 
 
47 * 
 
 Book XIL P A R A D I s E L o ST. 345 
 
 Whether in Heav’n or Earth, for then the Earth 
 Shall all be Paradife, far happier place 
 Than this of Eden, and far happier days. A°S 
 
 So fpake th’Arch-Angel Michael, then paus’d, 
 
 As at the world’s great period ; and our fire 
 
 Replete with joy and wonder thus reply d. 
 
 O Goodnefs infinite, Goodnefs immenfe I 
 That all this good of evil fhall produce. 
 
 And evil turn to good i more wonderful 
 Than that which by creation firfi brought forth 
 Light out of darknefs ! full of doubt I ftand, 
 
 Whether I fhould repent me now^ of fin 
 
 By me done and occafion’d, or rejoice ^ S 
 
 Much' more, that much more good thereof fhali fpring. 
 
 To God more glory, more good will to men 
 From God, and over wrath grace ftiall abound. 
 
 fav if our Deliverer up to Heaven 
 Mull reafeend. what will betide Ae few 48* 
 
 His faithful, left among th unfaithful herd. 
 
 The enemies of truth? who then Ihall guide 
 His people, who defend? will they not deal ^ 
 Worfe with his followers than with him they dealt. 
 
 Be fure they wm,faidth’ Angel; butfrom Heaven 485 
 
 He to his own a Comforter wdl fend. 
 
 The promife of his Father, who fliall dweU 
 His Spi’rit within them, and the law of feith 
 Workbg through love, upon their hearts fhall wiite. 
 To guide them in all truth, and a^o arm 49 
 
 With fpiritual armour, able to reidt 
 Satan’s^ affaults, and quench his fiery darts. 
 
 What man can do againft them, no a rai , 
 
 Though to the death, ag Jfi fech cruelues 
 
346 
 
 Paradise Lost. BookXIL 
 
 With inrward confolations recompens’d. 
 
 And oft fupported fo as ftiall amaze 
 Their proudell perfecutors : for the Spirit 
 Pour’d iirft on his Apoftles, whom he fends 
 To evangelize the nations, then on all 
 Baptiz’d, fhall them with wondrous gifts indue 
 To fpeak all tongues, and do all miracles. 
 
 As did their Lord before them. Thus they win 
 Great numbers of each natiori to receive 
 
 495 
 
 500 
 
 Them minillry perform’d, and race well run. 
 Them doarm and their ftory written left, 
 
 their room, as they forewarn, 
 
 Wi^ h for teachers, grievous waives. 
 
 Who all the facred myileries of Heaven 
 To their own vile advantages fhall turn 
 Of lucre and ambition, and the truth 
 With fuperflitions and traditions taint. 
 
 Left only in thofe written records pure. 
 
 Though not hut by the Spirit underftool 
 Then fhall they feek to’ avail themfelves of names, 
 Places, and titles, and with thefe to join 
 Secular pow’r, though feigning fliJl to adl 
 By fpiritual, to themfelves appropriating 
 ^le Spi’rit of God, promis’d alike and given 
 To all believers ; and from that pretence. 
 Spiritual laws by carnal pow’r fhall force 
 On every eonfcience ; laws which none fhall £nd 
 Left them inroll’d, or what the Spi’rit within 
 Shall on the heart ingrave. What will they then 
 -But force the Spi’rit of grace itfelf, and bind 
 His confort liberty? what, but unbuild 
 His living temples, built by faith to fland. 
 
 Them own faith not another’s ? for on earth 
 Who agaMTaith and eonfcience can be heard 
 
 5 ^ 5 , 
 
 51© 
 
 s;i’5 
 
 520 
 
 525 
 
BookXII. Paradise Lost. 
 
 Infallible ? yet many will 
 Whence heavy perfecnt.on 
 
 On all who in far greater part 
 
 Of fpi’rit and truth ; the relt, 
 
 S?Et“r.r;c-£|;-. 
 
 To good malignant, to bad men 
 Under her own weight groaning, 
 
 Appear of refpiration to Ae J-ift,^ 
 
 And vengeance to the WICK , 
 
 Of him fo lately jy then foretold. 
 
 The Woman’s Seed, "e J Lord, 
 
 Jf^vv footi hath ' rid, ’the race of time, 
 
 ^^''''“’''t:rrx^"o"alsallabyfs. 
 
 Till time ftand tix a - y reacli. 
 
 Eternity, whofc end j^part, 
 
 Greatly mftruaed have my Ml 
 
 Gteatly m pea f S contain 5 
 
 Of knowledge, wna ^fpire. 
 
 Beyond which was tny r \ heft. 
 
 Henceforth I learn, A ^ ^^^ 5 ^ 
 
 And love with fear t J 
 As in his prefence, evea w 
 
 347 ' 
 
 SP- 
 
 SS! 
 
 S 40 
 
 ,S45 
 
 555 
 
 560 
 
348 Paradise Lost; Book XII 
 
 His providence and on him foie depend. 
 
 Merciful over all his works, with good 
 Still overcoming evil, and by fmaU ^ ^ 
 
 ccomp I mg great things^ b/ things deemed weak 
 Subverting worldly (bong, and worldly wife 
 By fimply meek 1 that fuffering for trwh’s Hike 
 H fortitude to higheft viftory. 
 
 And to the faithful death the gate of life • 
 
 Taught this by his example wVm itm; 
 
 -ftcknowl^ge my Redeemer ever bleft. 
 
 To whom thus alfo th’ Angel laft reply’d. 
 
 Of wi«””^ learn’d. thou haft attain’d the Aim rye 
 
 ThoTknT ’ot°^® all the ftars^^^ 
 
 Thou knew ft by name, and aU th’ ethereal powers 
 
 tyZT works," ' 
 
 Or wmks of God in Heav’n, air, earth, or fea, 
 
 nd all th^e riches of this world enjoy ’dft. 
 
 And all the rule, one empire; only add 
 eeds to thy knowledge anfwerable, add faith, 
 ad virtue^, patience, temperance, add love 
 By name to come calPd charity, the foul 
 W all the reft : then wHt thou not be loath 
 To leave this Paradife, but flialt poflefs 
 A Paradife within thee, happier far. 
 
 us defcend now therefore from this top 
 W gieculation • for the hour precife 
 Exafls our partog hence , and fee the guards 
 By me mcamp’d on yonder hill, expefo ^ " 
 
 Their nmtion, at whofe front a flaming fword. 
 
 M fignai of remove, waves fiercely round 
 We may no longer ftay: go, waken Eve, ’ 
 
 Her alfo I with gentle dreams have calm’d 
 Portendmg po^ and all her fpi’rits compos’d 
 To fttbiiiiftion: thou at feafon lit 
 
 SKo 
 
 5 % 
 
 59.0 
 
 
EookXIL Paradise Lost, 549 
 
 Let her with thee partake what thou haft heard> 
 Chiefly what may concern her faith to know. 
 
 The great deliverance by her feed to come 6o® 
 
 (For by the Woman’s feed) on all mankind t 
 That ye may live, which will be m.any days. 
 
 Both in one faith unanimous though fad. 
 
 With caufe for evils paft, yet much more chear’d 
 With meditation on the happy end. 605 
 
 He ended, and they both defcend the hill 1 
 Defcended, Adam to the bow’r where Eve 
 Lay fleeping ran before, but found herwak’d i; 
 
 And thus with words not fad llie him receiv’d. 
 
 Whence thou return’ll:, and whither went’ft, I know j 
 For God is alfo’ in fleep, and dreams advife, 61 1 
 Which he hath fent propitious, fome great good 
 Prefaging, fince with forrow’ and heart’s diftrefs 
 Wearied I fell afteep : but now lead on 1, 
 
 In me is no delay ; without thee to go, 61 ^ 
 
 Is to ftay here ; without thee 'here to ftay. 
 
 Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me 
 
 Art all things under Heav’n, all places thou, 
 
 Who for my wilful crime art banifti’d hence> 
 
 This further confolation yet fecure 6zo< 
 
 1 carry hence ; though all by me is loft. 
 
 Such favor I unworthy am vouchfaf ’d. 
 
 By me the promis’d Seed ftiall all reftore. 
 
 So fpake our mother Eve, and Adam heard 
 Well pleas’d, but anfwer’d not ; for now too nigh 62^5 
 Th’ Arch-Angel flood, and from the other hill 
 To their fix’d ftation, all in bright array 
 The Cherubim defcended 1 on the ground 
 Gliding meteorous, as evening miil 
 
1 
 
 350 Paradise Lost. BbokXIL 
 
 Ris’n from a river o’er the marifli glides, 630 
 
 And gathers ground faft at the laborer’s heel 
 Homeward returning. High in front advanc’d 
 The brandifh’d fword of God before them blazd 
 Fierce as a comet ; which with torrid heat, 
 
 And vapor as the Libyan air aduft. 
 
 Began to parch that temp’rate clime ; whereat 
 In either hand the haft’ning Angel caught 
 Our ling’ring parents, and to th’ eaftern gate 
 Led them dired, and down the cliff as fall 
 To the fubjefted plain ; then difappear d. 
 
 They looking back, all th’ eaftern fide beheld 
 Of Paradife, fo late their happy feat, 
 
 Wav’d over by that flaming brand, the gate 
 With dreadful faces throng’d and fiery arms : 
 
 Some natural tears they dropt, but wip’d , 
 
 The world was all before them, where to choofe 646 
 Their place of reft, and Providence their guide . 
 tL hand in hand, with wand’ring fteps and flow, 
 Tlirough Eden took their folitary way. 
 
 63s 
 
 646 
 
 END. 
 
/ 
 
 X. 
 
 I N D E 
 
 A 
 
 Book 
 
 Jron and Mojes, their miffion to 
 Egypt 
 
 Ahdiel (a Seraph) oppofes Satan 
 promoting the Angels revolt, V 
 ^c, 5 
 
 Reply to his anfwer 
 His fidelity, ^c. celebrated 
 Retreat from Satan's party 
 Soliloquy on view of him at their head 
 Speech to him thereon 
 Reply to his anfwer 
 Encounters him in the battel 
 Vanquilhes ArieliArkc HixARamlel^ (fallen \ 
 Angels) 5 
 
 Alel and Cain^ their dory related 
 Abrahams and the patriarchs 
 
 All nations his fons by faith 
 Acheron, a river of hell 
 Adam and defcribed generally 
 
 particularly 
 
 Their date of innocence 
 
 12 
 
 Line 
 
 170 
 
 S 80J 
 
 NigKt 
 
1 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Night orifon 
 
 4 
 
 720 
 
 Morning orifon 
 
 5 
 
 *53 
 
 Preparations to entertain the Angel Raphael 
 
 5 
 
 3*3 
 
 The table and entertainment defcrib’d 
 
 5 
 
 39 * 
 
 Their nuptial bed 
 
 4 
 
 , 708 
 
 Nuptials celebrated 
 
 8 
 
 5 *^ 
 
 Parting preceding the temptation 
 
 9 
 
 385 
 
 Behaviour after their fall 
 
 9 
 
 1 004 
 
 Find themfelves naked 
 
 9 
 
 105 1 
 
 Make themfelves breeches of fig-leaves 
 
 9 
 
 *099 
 
 Recriminate on, and reproach each other 
 
 9 
 
 1187 
 
 Hide themfelves from God (the Son) 
 
 19 
 
 97 
 
 Appearance before him 
 
 10 
 
 109 
 
 Repentance 
 
 10 
 
 IC98 
 
 Expulfion from Paradife 
 
 1 2 
 
 625 
 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 
 'Adam^ his difcourfe with i’w on the pro- } 
 
 
 
 hibidon of the Tree of knowledge 3 
 
 4 
 
 41* 
 
 To her at night 
 
 4 
 
 610 
 
 Anfwer to her quefiion about the nightly \ 
 
 A 
 
 
 luminaries J 
 
 4 
 
 
 Viewing her fleeping 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 Anfwer to her relating her dream, (the 0 
 
 
 
 fubjed of Satan’s firft illulive tempta- > 
 
 5 
 
 94 
 
 tion) 3 
 
 
 
 To her weeping 
 
 5 
 
 129 
 
 Invites the Angel Raphael to his bower, Cff c. 
 
 5 
 
 361 
 
 Difcourfe with him 
 
 5 
 
 460 
 
 Continued on various fubieds 
 
 8 
 
 651 
 
 Vide Raphael, 
 
 
 His crearion and dominion, over the ] 
 
 
 
 creatures 3 
 
 9 
 
 524 
 
 Prohibited the Tree of Knowledge 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 542 
 
 332 
 
 Account of himfelf, and the objeds about 7 
 
 Q 
 
 J J 
 
 him, on his creation i 
 
 0 
 
 
 
 
 qi 
 
index. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Of his firft view of the Divine Prefence, I g 
 inflation in Paradife, &c. S 
 
 Speech to God thereon, and on his folitude | g 
 there J 
 
 Reply to God’s anfwer 
 Sleep on the formation of E^ve defcrib d 
 His firfl view of her 
 Paflion for her 
 Valediction to Raphael 
 Difcourfe with Eve preceding the temp- 
 tation (on Satan\ fubtilty, and the 
 means to refift it, &c.) 
 
 Care, and fears for her in abfen^ _ ^ 
 
 Meets her returning with the forbidden fruit 9 
 
 I 
 
 Soliloquy lamenting her tranfgreffion 
 Refolves to die with her 
 Speech to her thereon 
 Eats the forbidden fruit 
 Incites her to carnal fruition (the firft effed ) 
 
 of it) S 
 
 The place, Csfr. defcribed 
 After fpeech to her on their fall and 1 
 
 nakednefs S 
 
 Another, charging her as the aggreffor 
 Reply to her anfwer (recriminates her 1 
 affefted felf-fufficiency, ^ 5 
 
 Anfwer to God (the Son) calling him 1 
 
 to judgment 1 
 
 Reply to him (accufes Eve) 
 
 The fentence pronounced on him 
 Soliloquy thereon 
 continued 
 
 Wifhes for his diftblution 
 
 3ii 
 
 357 
 
 379 
 45 ^ 
 481 
 521 
 644 
 from 203 
 
 9 
 
 to 384 
 838 
 847 
 896 
 907 
 9 ?* 
 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 9- 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Reflections on the immortalityof the foul;Cs^c. i o 
 Repulfory fpeech to Ev? attempting to ? jq 
 
 confolate him S 
 
 lOI I 
 1016 
 1037 
 
 1067 
 
 113Z 
 
 1162 
 
 115 
 
 124 
 
 197 
 
 720 
 
 854 
 
 746 
 
 77 * 
 
 78a 
 
 86$ 
 
 Relents 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 lO 
 
 Relents towards her 
 Reply to her (accufmg herfelf as the firft 1 
 in tranfgrelTion) y 
 
 Anfwer {to her reply advifing to die by ? 
 
 their own hands) ^ 
 
 Refolves the contrary, (fubmilTion to God’s ^ 
 will, and repentance) y 
 
 Speech to£'w(on the efficacy of prayer^^f.) 1 1 
 Hails her the mother of mankind 1 1 
 
 Speech to her on the Omens preceding 7 
 their expulfion from Paradife y ^ * 
 
 On the view of Michael approaching 1 1 
 
 Behaviour on receiving the meffiage 1 1 
 
 Speech to Michael thereon 1 1 
 
 Refignation 1 1 
 
 Difcourfe withMiV>^^f/, difcovering fohim J 
 in vifion what fhould happen in the C i 
 world till the flood y 
 
 Difcourfe with him, relating what fhould ? 
 happen to the general refurredion C 
 
 General reply to him, (refolutions of fa- t 
 tore obedience, dependence on God’s > 
 providence, i^c.) ^ -3 
 
 . Vide E<ve. Vide Michael. Vide Raphael. 
 
 Vide Similes.. 
 
 Adonis a River in 5 ^ria 
 Adramalec and Afmadaiy fall’n Angels 
 wounded, and put to flight 
 Air firft clouded on Adafns fall 1 1 
 
 Alluflons, Vide Similes. 
 
 Amarant, a flower tranfplanted from Para- 7 
 dife to Heaven y 
 
 Ambition cenfured 
 A caufe of Satan’s fall 
 Angels (Cceleftial) obey God of choice, not 7 
 neceffity y 
 
 Book Line 
 
 937 
 
 947 
 
 lo 1013 
 1028 
 
 140 
 
 158 
 
 193 
 
 [ I 226 
 [ I 263 
 ii 295 
 [ I 370 
 from 450 
 1 
 
 to 867 
 from 6 
 
 12 
 
 to 551 
 552 
 
 1 
 
 450 
 
 365 
 
 182 
 
 3 352 
 
 2 482 
 
 4. 86 
 
 535 
 
 Imbattel’d 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 ImbattePd againft Satan, and the falFn 1 
 Angels S 
 
 , Their fignal, and march - 
 Signal to engage, and engagement 
 Prevail 
 
 Difpofition to re-ingage 
 Retreat 
 
 R.ally again, and renew the fight 
 
 Their fong on the creation 
 
 On its difTolution and renovation 
 
 Guardians of Paradife, their parade 
 watches, 
 
 Re-afcent to Heaven on Adam^% fall 
 Appointed to ^x^QlAdami & c. from Paradife 1 1 
 Defcent there 7 
 
 Poft affigned i • ^ 
 
 March poffeffing it, and expelling him, tsfc. 12 
 Vide God the Father 1 
 ana bon. ^ 
 
 Guardians of mankind 
 Angels (fallen) their after-date 
 
 Numbers 
 Names 
 
 Various purfuits, & c, 
 
 Lofs fupply’d by man’s creation 
 Imbattel’d againft the Angels cceleftiai 
 Engagement 
 Defeat 
 
 Difpofition to re-engage 
 
 152 
 
 SO 
 
 S39 
 
 331 
 
 743 
 
 374 
 
 528 
 
 677 
 
 79 
 
 2C2 
 
 386 
 
 5©7 
 
 Their 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Their artillery,- 
 Prevail 
 
 -canon, 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Entire defeat, and expulhon from Hea- ' 
 ven 1 
 
 Transformed to ferpents 
 F urther punifh’d with an illufion of the 1 
 forbidden fruit j 
 
 Both annually continued 
 ^ Vide Satan. Vide Similes. 
 
 "JpoJileSi their miffion, 
 
 Gift of the Holy Ghoft 
 SuccelTors (wolves, falfe teachers, ^c.) 
 defcrib’d ^ 
 
 'Argument of the Poem | 
 
 Ariel) Arioc and Ramiel (fall’n Angels) > 
 vanquifh’d j 
 
 Ark, its building by Noah, defaub’d 
 
 Vide Nmh. 
 
 Ark of the covenant defcrib’d 
 AJhtaroth and Baalim (fall’n Angels) 
 
 AJisreth, or Afiarte (a fall’n Angel) 
 
 Author’s hymn on conjugal love 
 To light 
 
 Invocations ^ 
 
 B-ehedion, in profped of Adam\) &c. 1 
 
 fail y 
 
 On Satan s premeditated attempt 
 On Fw’s parting with Adam preceding it 
 On their nakednefs after the fall 
 On his own blindnefs, iAc. 
 
 Azazel (a faii’n Angel) Satan's ftandard- 7 
 
 bearer. \ 
 
 6 
 
 S 7 Z 
 
 6 
 
 597 
 
 r from 831 
 
 6 
 
 
 L to 877 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 519 
 
 ► .0 
 
 547 
 
 10 
 
 575 
 
 12 
 
 439 
 
 12 
 
 497 
 
 • 12 
 
 508 
 
 
 I 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 369 
 
 1 1 
 
 728 
 
 12 
 
 249 
 
 I 
 
 422 
 
 I 
 
 438 
 
 4 
 
 750 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 61 
 
 7 
 
 I 
 
 li 
 
 
 2 
 
 380 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 404 
 
 9 
 
 1 1 14 
 
 3 
 
 22 
 
 I 
 
 534 
 
 Baalim 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 B 
 
 Book Line 
 42Z 
 
 al) 
 
 ,0 
 
 ’Baalim and A/tarcth (fallen Angels) i 
 
 Babeh the city and tower, built by Nlm- ) ^ ^ 
 rodi iffr. ^ j 
 
 The confulion of languages there defcrib’d 1 2 
 Baptifm, what the fign of 1 2 
 
 Baptiz’d, the Holy Ghofl given primitively 1 ^ 
 to all fuch j 
 
 Battel, ^c. between the cceleftial, and fal 
 len Angels, (God the Son concluding 
 defcrib’d 
 
 Fide Angels ccelejllal andfalPn, 
 Beads, part of the fixth day’s creation deicrib’d 
 Belzebub, (a fali’n Angel) 
 
 Defcrib’d 
 
 His anfwer to Satati% firffc fpeech after ) 
 their fall 1 
 
 To his fecond 
 
 Speech in council, call’d by Satan thereon 
 Promotes an attempt on the world 
 Belial (a fall’n Angel) 
 
 Defcrib’d 
 
 His fpeech in council 
 
 To Satan on their advantage gain’d in the I ^ 
 
 re*ingagement with the coeleftial Angels j 
 
 Birds, part of the fifth day’s creation, de- \ 
 fcrib’d ^ 
 
 Blafts, an eife£l of Adam’s fall 10 
 
 Bridge from hell-gates to the world over ) 
 Chaos, the work, ^ c, defcrib’d f 
 
 48 
 442 
 
 497 
 from 202 
 6 
 
 to 877 
 
 453 
 
 79 
 
 299 
 
 128 
 
 272 
 
 310 
 
 345 
 
 290 
 
 108 
 
 119 
 
 620 
 
 417 
 
 692 
 
 293 
 
 Cain and Abel, their ftory related 
 Cham's ftory 
 
 Chance, the common notion 9^ exploded 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 429 
 
 807 
 
 909 
 
 Chaos 
 
X, 
 
 I N D E 
 
 Chaos defcrib’d j 
 
 Its court 
 
 Anfwer to Safan\ fpeecli there 
 Bounds iince theAngels fall, the creatlon,^V. 
 State before it 
 A bridge made 
 to the world, 
 
 Charitj, its pralfes, (ffc. 
 
 Chemos, or Peor (a fall’n Angel) 
 Cherubim 
 
 at Jda?n\ fall. J 
 
 Vide Similes. 
 
 { 
 
 Vide Angels CceleJliaU &C. 
 
 Vide Similes. 
 Church, hirelings in it, compar’d to the Devil > 
 in Paradife ^ 
 
 Cocytus, a river of hell 
 Coniparifons Vide Similes. 
 
 Conjugal love, the praifes, &€. of it 
 Diftinguifh’d from an amour 
 Coniifts in reafon, not pallion 
 Deiin’d 
 
 Expreft (on the woman’s part) in praflice 
 In words 
 
 A reciprocal duty of it 
 Conjugal obedience, woman’s happinefs, dffr. 
 
 Conjugal union, the reafon and obligations J 
 
 Book Line 
 
 2 
 
 890 
 
 7 
 
 210 
 
 2 
 
 959 
 
 2 
 
 989 
 
 2 
 
 998 
 
 5 
 
 577 
 
 10 
 
 282 
 
 from 576 
 
 12 
 
 
 to 
 
 587 
 
 I 
 
 406 
 
 
 412 
 
 4 
 
 192 
 
 2 
 
 579 
 
 of it 
 
 Confcience, God’s umpire in man 
 The terrors of it 
 
 Laws to force it^ cenfur’d 
 No infallibility againfl; it 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 lO 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 750 
 
 765 
 
 586 
 
 589 
 
 50 
 
 615 
 
 357 
 
 635 
 
 494 
 
 961 
 
 194 
 
 23 
 
 842 
 
 515 
 
 529 
 
 Conftellations, 
 
index. 
 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Conftellations, their appearances, motion, c. 
 
 3 
 
 577 
 
 Creation, the univerfah defcrib’d ^ 
 
 3 
 
 708 
 
 221 
 
 Creatures animal in paradife, defcrib’d 
 
 4 
 
 340 
 
 Have degrees of knowledge., and reafon 
 
 8 
 
 369 
 
 Their difcord, an effe£l of Adatn^ fall 
 
 lO 
 
 707 
 
 Entry of NoaU's ark 
 
 T\ 
 
 II 
 
 733 
 
 D 
 
 Dagon (a fall’n Angel) 
 
 I 
 
 457 
 
 Damn’d, the viciffitudes of their torments | 
 
 \ 2 
 
 59 ^ 
 
 defcrib’d !. 
 
 s 
 
 Da^id, his throne why eternal 
 
 12 
 
 320 
 
 Day and night in heav’n, defcrib’d 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 Death and Sin, their ftation at hell- gates ) 
 
 1 2 
 
 648 
 
 before AdarA^ fall ' 
 
 s 
 
 Their union 
 
 lO 
 
 249 
 
 Make a bridge from thence over Chass to ‘ 
 
 l.o 
 
 282 
 
 the world, after it J . 
 
 Meet Satan in his return to hell from thence i o 
 
 326 
 
 Their journey thither, and influences de- 
 
 
 410 
 
 fcrib’d 
 
 5 
 
 Arrival at paradife 
 
 10 
 
 
 After-condud in the world 
 
 lO 
 
 610 
 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 Death defcribed 
 
 2 
 
 666 
 
 Anfwer to Satan at hell-gates 
 
 2 
 
 688 
 
 The fon of Satan and Sin 
 
 2 
 
 727 
 
 Its birth 
 
 2 
 
 in 
 
 Anfwer to Sin on Adams fall 
 
 lO 
 
 264 
 
 To Sin’s fpeech in paradife 
 
 lO 
 
 596 
 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 Death natural, the caufes, and variety of it, 
 
 r from 466 
 J 1 1 
 
 defcribed 
 
 
 to 493 
 
 More terrible in view than reality 
 
 II 
 
 Vf 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Of the faithful, a fleep to immortalit/ 
 
 The gate of life 
 Death eternal confidered 
 Deluge uniyerfal Vide Noah. 
 
 Defpair, the degrees and colours of it 
 Devils, why eternally excluded from grace 
 Difcord cenfured 
 
 Daughter of Sin, &c. 
 
 Dominion abfolute in man, over men, an 
 ufurpation 
 
 Dreams iilufive, their fource 
 Natural 
 Divine 
 
 E 
 
 Book Line 
 r from 425 
 ^12 
 
 L to 434 
 
 57 * 
 808 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 12 
 
 Eagle, a bird of prey, an effed of Adam\ 1 
 fall 
 
 Earth and Heaven Vide Heanfn and Earth, 
 
 3 
 7 
 5 
 
 Earth, its general creation defcrib’d 
 
 The Hiadow of Heaven 
 Separated from the waters, part of the ) 
 third day’s creation, delcrib’d 
 The fruits of it, iA c. 
 
 Its motion, or of the Heavens, fpecuIa-7 
 tions thereon cenfur’d 3 
 
 its praifes ^ 
 
 The centre of the creation g 
 
 Deftrudlion by Noahh flood defcrib’d 1 1 
 
 Reftitution after it 12 
 
 An univerfai paradife at the Mefliah’s \ 
 coming to judgment - 3 
 
 Vide World, 
 
 Eden, the country bounded 
 
 12 
 
 108 
 
 129 
 
 496 
 
 707 
 
 64 
 
 799 
 
 1 iO 
 
 61I 
 
 185 
 
 7*5 
 
 231 
 
 574 
 
 276 
 
 3*3 
 
 70 
 
 99 
 
 107 
 
 743 
 
 852 
 
 463 
 
 210 
 
 Edtn^ 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Eden, the garden of it Vide Paradife, 
 
 Egypt, the plagues of it deferib’d iz 
 
 Eledion alferted 3 
 
 Elements, r. fubfift on each other 1 1 
 
 Enoch, his ftory and tranllation 
 and Adam 
 
 rVide Adam and Eve* 
 Vide Innocence* 
 iVide Simiks* 
 
 Eve particularly deferib’d, charadleriz’d, ^ 
 
 Anfv/er to Adam\ difeourfe on the prohi- 1 
 bition of the tree of knowledge J 
 Recounts her firft view of the creation, 1 
 Adam, See. ^ 
 
 Anfwer to him at night 
 To him wakingher (relates her dream, the? 
 
 fubjedt of Satan's firft illulive temptation) 5 
 Weeping deferib’d 
 
 Attending the entertainment of P^aphael 
 Her formation from Adam 
 Behaviour on view of him, SAc. 
 
 Difeourfe with him preceding the temp-T 
 tation (ftie prevailing on her own fuf- > 
 ficiency, and his fondnefs) J 
 
 Anfwer t® Satan (in the ferpent) 
 
 R 
 
 II 
 
 17s 
 
 183 
 
 415 
 
 664 
 
 700 
 
 712 
 
 3:9 
 
 470 
 
 482 
 
 5 46 
 
 59 ^ 
 
 386 
 
 435 
 
 457 
 
 489 
 
 538 
 
 603 
 
 896 
 
 440 
 
 4 449 
 
 4 635 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 5 
 8 
 8 
 
 from 20^ 
 9 
 
 to 384 
 
 Q 
 
 Th^ 
 
 27 
 I 29 
 
 443 
 
 460 
 
 500 
 
INDEX. 
 
 } 
 
 Book Lin® 
 
 
 The difcourfe [Satan tempting her to eat 
 the forbidden fruit) continued 
 Soliloquy before her eating it 
 Plucks and eats 
 Soliloquy after it 
 Refolution to tempt Mam 
 Speech to him thereon 
 Reply to his anfwer, refolvingto die with > 
 her 
 
 Behaviour thereon 
 Gives him the fruit 
 Repeats the tranfgreffion with him 
 Is incited by him to carnal fruition (the 
 firft eifedt of it) 
 
 The place, defcribed 
 Anfwer to him (accufmg her as the ag 
 grelfor) imputes it to his indulgence 
 Anfwer to God (the Son) calling her to 
 judgment (accufes the ferpent) 
 
 The fentence pronounc’d on her 
 Behaviour, and fpeech to Adarn^ repulfe ^ 
 of her, ,and her offers of confolation S lo 
 (accufes herfelf) ' 
 
 After-behaviour thereon ^ lo 
 
 Reply to his anfwer (advifes to die hy 7 ^ 
 their own hands) ^ 3 
 
 To him, hailing her the mother of mankind 1 1 
 Soliloquy, lamenting the threatned ex- 7 ^ 
 
 pulfion from Paradife ^ ^ 3 
 
 Speech to him on quitting it (affedlion, ^ 
 
 lO 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 conjugal refolunions, and confolation ^ 
 
 OR the promife of the Meffiah) 3 
 
 Vide Adam* 
 Vide Similes. 
 
 Evening defcrib’d 4 
 
 Evil — in thought unapproved, — blamelefs 5 
 Experi§iicej«i— -a guide to wifdom 9 
 
 732 
 
 745 
 
 780 
 
 795 
 
 830 
 
 856 
 
 960 
 
 990 
 
 995 
 
 1005 
 
 1014 
 
 1035 
 
 1037 
 
 1 142 
 
 159 
 
 192 
 
 909 
 
 937 
 
 966 
 
 162 
 
 268 
 
 610 
 
 598 
 
 117 
 
 8^7 
 
 Faith, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 F 
 
 Faith, unnecefTary endeavours to approve 1 
 
 . O 
 
 I 1 2 Q 
 
 it, fufpicious 5 
 
 Faith in Chrift, with works, eternal life 
 
 12 
 
 4ZO 
 
 Laws to force it cenfur’d 
 
 i2 
 
 515 
 
 No infallibility againft it 
 
 12 
 
 529 
 
 Fancy (a faculty of the foul) its office 
 
 5 
 
 100 
 
 The eye of the foul 
 
 8 
 
 460 
 
 Fame (or glory) the common notion of it } 
 
 
 688 
 
 cenfur’d 3 
 
 Fate, the will of God 
 
 7 
 
 170 
 
 Fig-tree, of which Jdamy Csf c. made \ 
 
 ^ Q 
 
 I lor 
 
 Aprons, deferib’d ^ J 
 
 
 Firmament, the fecond day’s creation, de- \ 
 
 ' 7 
 
 z 6 l 
 
 ferib’d ^ j 
 
 
 Fiffi, part of the fifth day’s creation, de- \ 
 ferib’d ^ ^ ^ 
 
 [ 7 
 
 39 ^ 
 
 Flaming fword in Paradife on Adam^t lAc:] 
 
 U 
 
 632 
 
 expulfion thence, deferib’d 1 
 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 Flood univerfal Vide AW/&. 
 
 Freedom, with the lofs of it, virtue, 
 
 r 
 
 797 
 
 degenerates * 
 
 r* 
 
 Free grece afferted 
 
 3 
 
 ^73 
 
 Defin’d 
 
 3 
 
 227 
 
 
 - 3 
 
 9 > 
 
 
 . 5 
 
 235 
 
 Free-will affierted 
 
 ) 5 
 
 520 
 63 c 
 
 
 ^ 9 
 
 J J 
 
 35 » 
 
 
 ^ lO 
 
 43 
 
 Reafon, the fame - 
 
 1 3 
 
 108 
 
 i 
 
 The image of God 
 
 1 9 
 8 
 
 350 
 
 440 
 
 Fruition cajpal, the paffion of it cenfur'd 
 
 8 
 
 579 
 
 R 2 
 
 
 Gahriid 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Lin^ 
 
 Gahrieh (tke Arch- Angel) chief of the 'I 
 
 guardian Angels of Paradife, his fta- ^4 44^ 
 
 tion, ^c. defcrib’^d J 
 
 Inform’d by Uriel of Satan’s defcent there 4 561 
 
 Undertakes to deleft him 4 576 
 
 His charge to Uxziely Ithuriel, and 
 
 phon (three other of the guardian f 
 Angels) thereon 3 
 
 Speech to them, &c. on their taking,} 
 and return with him 5 
 
 To Satan thereon 
 Reply to his anfwer 
 To another 
 To another 
 
 Appointed one of the chiefs of the ccelef- 
 tial army againft the revolted Angels 
 His prowefs, Uf c. in the Battel 
 Glory (or fame) the common notion of it ^ 
 cenfured S 
 
 GOD the FATHER contemplating his ? 
 
 4 782 
 
 4 866 
 
 4 877 
 
 4 902 
 
 4 94<5 
 
 4 I cod 
 
 6 45 
 
 6 354 
 
 1 1 688 
 
 works, &t 
 
 s 
 
 '1 
 
 Speech to God the Son, on Satan’s de-? 
 
 fign on the creation, man, 3 
 
 Reply to his anfwer 
 Propofes. the manner, ^c. of faH'nman 
 redemption 
 
 Anfwer to the Son undertaking it 
 Decrees his bodily refurreftion as God 7 
 and man 3 
 
 His the Father’s attributes, 
 
 Vifibly feen in the Son 
 
 Charge to Raphael to warn ddam againft 7 
 
 his fall 3 
 
 8q 
 168 
 203 
 3 274 
 
 3 303 
 
 372 
 
 383 
 
 68a 
 
 224 
 
 Speech 
 
index. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Speech to the whole coeleftial hierar^y, 1 
 conven’d at the inauguration of God ^ 
 the Son . . , ^ 
 
 600 
 
 revolt 1 
 
 the Son 
 
 To the Son on Satan s, 
 
 thereon ' , 
 
 Army aeainft the revolters defcrib d 
 Speech fo AMiel on his quitting their party 
 Appoints Michael and Gabriel chiefs or j 
 the cceleftial army ^ 
 
 Battel, between them and the re- j 
 volters, defcrib’ d 
 
 Appoints God the Son to end it 
 Chariot (the Fathers) defcrib d 
 Speech to the Son, refolving the creation 
 of the world 
 
 Commits the work to him 
 His (the Father’s) omniprefence 
 Goodnefs, free 
 
 Smdon of the fabbath (^V 
 
 Father and Son) the feventh after the 
 fix days of the creation 
 The folemnity of it defcrib d 
 Speech (the Father’s) ori the guardian 
 ^Angels return from Paradife upon 
 Adami, fS’r- M , , . 
 
 Appoints the 
 
 rromiie or men — , 
 
 tion of heaven and earth 
 Charge to the Angels, touching 
 changes in the creation on the tall 
 Anfwer to the Son’s interceflion 
 Adamh repentance ^ 
 
 5 
 
 719 
 
 6 
 
 
 6 
 
 29 
 
 6 
 
 44 
 
 from 202 
 • 6 
 
 \ to 670 
 
 6 
 
 680 
 
 6 
 
 % 
 
 749 
 
 
 139 
 
 1 
 
 163 
 
 168 
 
 
 588 
 
 7 
 
 170 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 573 
 
 
 00 
 
 J 
 
 7 
 
 59 + 
 
 v ° 
 
 34 
 
 10 
 
 5 ! 
 
 :..o 
 
 614 
 
 
 633 
 
 •}lO 
 
 649 
 
 ‘i” 
 
 45 
 
 Speech 
 
 
index. 
 
 ^ To Michael thereon 
 j O D the SON, at the right hand of 
 the father 
 
 His- (the Father’s) effence, 
 
 His word, 
 
 Anfvver to him on Satan’s defign on the 
 ereation, man, Iffc. 
 
 On his propofing the manner, ^c, of 
 man’s redemption 
 Undertakes it 
 
 Love to man, and filial obedience 
 The fecond 
 
 His merits alone imputative to man 
 
 Flis refurredlion, as Ood and man, decree< 
 
 Equal to the Father 
 
 His (the Son’s) attributes 
 
 Anfwer to the Father on Satan’s, ^c. revolt 
 
 The image of the Father 
 The Mefiiah 
 
 and revolted Angels 
 Undertakes it 
 
 His armour, equipage, (fc. defcrib’d 
 Speech to the cceleftial army 
 Solely attacks the revolters 
 Intirely defeats them 
 
 The adion and defeat defcxib’d 
 
 I 
 
 Book Line 
 
 
 84 
 
 I 1 
 
 99 
 
 i ^ 
 
 62 
 
 3 
 
 138 
 
 S s 
 
 169 
 
 t ^ 
 
 163 
 
 } 3 
 
 144 
 
 1 ^ 
 
 227 
 
 3 
 
 236 
 
 3 
 
 266 
 
 3 
 
 285 
 
 
 29a 
 
 [ I? 
 
 406 
 
 i 3 
 
 305 
 
 3 
 
 303 
 
 3 
 
 383 
 
 6 
 
 733 
 
 [ 3 
 
 3^3 
 
 6 
 
 680 
 
 ^ 6 
 
 736 
 
 ' 6 
 
 71S 
 
 L 6 
 
 i 
 
 881 
 
 6 
 
 723 
 
 6 
 
 750 
 
 6 
 
 760 
 
 6 
 
 800 
 
 6 
 
 824 
 
 6 
 
 838 
 
 from 6qi 
 
 6 ^ 
 
 to 
 
 877 
 
 Returns 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 Returns in triumpK 
 
 His perfon, equipage, &c. in the Work ) 
 of the creation defcrib’d | 
 
 Re-afcent to heaven after it 
 Inftitution of the fabbath (by God the t 
 F ather and Son) the feventh after t 
 the fix days creation j 
 
 The folemnity of it defcrib’d 
 Anfwer (the Son’s) to Mam, on his 1 
 folitude in Paradife ^ 
 
 To his reply 
 
 To another (promifes him a confort) 
 Appointed by the Father judge of J4am\ \ 
 tranfgreffion (fall) | 
 
 All judgment committed to him 
 The mercy of it 
 Anfwer to the Father thereon 
 Defcent to Eden 
 Call to Adam there 
 Reply to his anfwer (accufing E^e] 
 
 To his reply 
 
 To Eoje (accufing the ferpent) 
 
 Sentence pronounc’d by him on the } 
 ferpent 
 Explained 
 On E^e 
 On Adam 
 
 Cloaths them with skins, Cffr. 
 
 Re-afeent to the Father, and mterceffion ? 
 
 for them ^ 
 
 The juftice of his fentence 
 ,His inteijceffion on their repentance 
 
 p OD, Purity of adoration more accepta- \ 
 )' ble to him, than ritual j 
 
 All good proceeds froa^, and ret«m to? 
 him £ 
 
 Book 
 
 Lino' 
 
 6 
 
 878 
 
 ’ 7 
 
 192 
 
 7 
 
 55 ® 
 
 •^7 
 
 00 
 
 7 
 
 5^94 
 
 8 
 
 369 
 
 8 
 
 39 ^” 
 
 8 
 
 437 
 
 - lO 
 
 5S 
 
 10 
 
 5 ^ 
 
 lO 
 
 5^ 
 
 10 
 
 68 
 
 10 
 
 8 s 
 
 lO 
 
 I ©3 
 
 lO 
 
 119 
 
 10 
 
 144 
 
 10 
 
 ^57 
 
 lO 
 
 163 
 
 175 
 
 10 
 
 182 
 
 lo 
 
 192 
 
 lO 
 
 197 
 
 ro 
 
 211 
 
 10 
 
 224 
 
 10 
 
 754 
 
 11 
 
 2.2 
 
 4 
 
 736 
 
 5 
 
 469 
 
 To 
 
INDEX. 
 
 ! 
 
 Book Line 
 
 1 1 
 
 1 1 
 
 12 
 
 To be contemplated in the works of the 
 Creation 
 
 Afts immediate 7 
 
 The centre of heaven 9 
 
 His abfolute decrees ^ i 
 
 Omniprefence, goodnefs, £ff<r. 
 
 The fear of him, with lofs of free- 7 
 dom, degenerates S 
 
 Particular prefence ^ 
 
 To obey, love, depend on his provi- 7 
 dence, ^c. the fum of knowledge 5 
 
 And wifdom * ^ 
 
 Gofpel how to be underftood . 
 
 Grace of God, man its objea, and Devils 7 
 eternally excluded from it, why J ^ 
 Man s long refiftance of it alone exclufive 3 
 Repentance a fruit of it 
 The fpirits of it, and liberty, conforts 
 Gratitude exerted, a difcharge of its debt 
 Gunpowder, guns, &c. the original inven 
 tion afcrib’d to the devil 
 Difcharge defcrib’d 
 
 1 
 
 H 
 
 Heaven and earth, their final renovation 
 by fire 
 
 After-happmefs therein 
 Heaven, the joys, tffr. of it defcrib’d 
 Its Gate 
 
 PafTage from thence to the world 
 Its general creation 
 Vifible, the ftudy of it how neceflary^ 
 Speculations of its motions, or the earth’s 
 cenfured 
 
 {II 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 508 
 
 176 
 
 107 
 
 311 
 
 335 
 
 797 
 
 48 
 
 557' 
 
 575 ■ 
 5” 
 
 129 
 
 198 
 
 22 
 
 525 
 
 55 
 
 478 
 
 484 
 
 584 ^ 
 
 S98I 
 
 547^' 
 
 463 
 
 549 
 
 344 
 
 501 
 
 253 
 
 526 
 
 716 
 
 66 
 
 70 
 
 How 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Lisie 
 
 How fituated, refpeaing the worU, and \ 
 Hell J 
 
 10 
 
 li 
 
 Hell defcribed | 2 
 
 2 
 
 Its Gates ^ 
 
 Firft open’d by fin ^ j -h ^ 
 
 How fituated, refpe^ling beaven, and ? 
 
 the world • ^ S 
 
 Vide Stntiles. 
 
 Hierarchies of heav’n, before the revolt of 
 the fall’n Angels, defcrib’d 
 Hinnom, the valley of, whence call’d fo- 
 phet, and Gehenna 
 HOLY-GHOST, its effufion, 
 the creation 
 
 Defcent, ^c. on the Apoftles, and all 
 baptiz’d . 
 
 Promis’d and given alike to all believers 12 
 Hofpitality, an incitation to it 5 
 
 Hymn to light 3 
 
 To God the Father and Son 3 
 
 On cofli^ugal love 4 
 
 } 
 
 } 
 
 ! 
 
 12 
 
 On the creation 
 
 i 
 
 Hypocvify vifible to God alone 
 Hypocrites, Satan the firft 
 
 Pretenders to fupernatural purity, ^c, 
 
 I 
 
 Idolatry, the original rife of it allign’d 
 Of the poft-diluvian world 
 Jealoufy, the lover’s Hell 
 
 320 
 
 60 
 
 22S 
 
 587 
 
 61S 
 
 64s 
 
 871 
 
 32 a 
 
 S 7 ^ 
 
 39 ^ 
 
 m 
 
 48 s 
 
 518* 
 
 316 
 
 I 
 
 372 
 
 750 
 
 180 
 
 252 
 
 III 
 
 682 
 
 121 
 
 744 
 
 I 3^4 
 
 12 115 
 
 5 449 
 
 Immortality 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 fmmortality of the foul difcufs’d 
 
 fiwiocence, the ftate of it defcrib’d 
 
 Intelleflual beings, a faculty of them 
 Invocations, the author’s 
 yo<ve (a fall’n angel) 
 
 Jfraelitesy the ftory of their bondage, an 
 deliverance from JEgypt, related 
 Of the fettlement of their civil and fa 
 cred oeconomy in the wilderncfs 
 Eftablifhment in Canaan 
 RealWi, ufe, ^c. of their ritual laws 
 Government by Judges and Kings 
 Captivity in Babylon 
 
 Return from thence, after- dilTenhons, 
 ^ c. to the birth of the MelTiah, ^c. 
 
 fa fall’n Angel) 
 
 Ithuriel (a guardian Angel of Paradife) 
 Detects Satan’s firft attempt on Eaje there 
 
 *K 
 
 Knowledge of good and evil, the tree of it, 
 how fituated 
 Defcribed 
 
 Forbidden to Mam 
 
 Book Line 
 
 lO 
 
 782 
 
 r 4 
 
 312 
 
 
 492 
 
 1 4 
 
 738 
 
 ^ 5 
 
 _ 211 
 
 1 5 
 
 303 
 
 5 
 
 443 
 
 1 8 
 
 40 
 
 il 8 
 
 510 
 
 2 
 
 146 
 
 r ^ 
 
 6 
 
 < ^ 
 
 
 / ^ 
 
 I 
 
 (.11 
 
 20 
 
 I 
 
 512 
 
 
 *63 
 
 ■|.z 
 
 223 
 
 I 2 
 
 260 
 
 12 
 
 280 
 
 12 
 
 
 12 
 
 335 
 
 T from 
 
 ‘ 345 
 
 ^12 
 
 
 J to 
 
 359 
 
 I 
 
 478 
 
 4 
 
 78S 
 
 ' 4 
 
 810 
 
 1 ^ 
 
 220 
 
 3 9 
 
 626 
 
 . 9 
 
 575 
 
 J 7 
 
 542 
 
 1 s 
 
 323 
 
 Satan’s 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Satan’s Encomium of it 
 
 Book 
 9 
 
 Knowledge (or opinion) tke refult of rea- I 
 fon and fancy S 
 
 Without reftraint, folly 
 
 8 
 
 Of things neceffary, wifdom 
 Knowledge of future events, the deiire t. j j 
 it reprehended J 
 
 Its fum, the love, fear, ^ c. of God 1 2 
 
 In animal creatures afferted . , ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Vide Similes* 
 
 Lethe, a river of hell, defcrib’d 2 
 
 Medufa the guard of it 2 
 
 Lenjiathan defcrib d ^ ^ * 
 
 Liberty, with the lofs of it, virtue, &c. 1 ^ 
 degenerates S 
 
 Adam\ fall, the firft caufe of it 
 Liberty, the fame with reafon 
 Life, the tree of it defcrib’d 
 Where fituated 
 Life, long, by temperance 
 
 The great rule of it refpectmg itielt 
 Light, hymn to it ^ 
 
 The firft day’s creation, defcrib d 
 Lightning how produced 
 Limho, or fools paradife, where , - 
 Lion, a beaft of prey, an effect Adam s fall 1 1 
 Love conjugal, its praifes ^ 
 
 Oiftinguifti’d from that of an amour ^ 
 
 Love confifts in reafon, not paftion ^ 
 
 Defin’d ^ 
 
 12 
 
 iz 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 1 1 
 
 II 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 Line 
 679 ' 
 
 795 
 
 863 
 
 100 
 
 126 
 
 188 
 
 560 
 
 192 
 
 770 
 
 557 
 
 369 
 
 552 
 610 
 201 
 
 797 
 
 82 
 
 83 
 
 218 
 
 69 
 
 553 
 
 I 
 
 243 
 
 1073 
 
 495 
 
 187 
 
 75 ® 
 
 763 
 
 586 
 
 589 
 
 la 
 
 I 
 
 j 
 
INDEX, 
 
 The Hate of the antediluvian world (in 
 common) 
 
 The flate of k (civil, or in propriety) 
 
 The ftory of Enoch 
 Of Noah 
 The flood 
 
 'God’s covenant to deflroy the world no \ 
 more by water f ^ * 
 
 ’Difcovers to him (relatively) what fliould 1 
 happen from the flood to the general > 1 2 
 refurredlion \ 
 
 The patriarchal government 
 Nimrod’s tyranny 
 
 "The building and confuflon at Babel 
 The ftory of Cham 
 Of Abraham, and the Patriarchs 
 Of the Ifraelitei bondage in Egypt, and 7 
 deliverance thence J ^ 
 
 Of the fettlement of their civil, and fa- 
 cred oeconomy, in the wildernefs, and C 1 2 
 eftablifliment in Canaan 3 
 
 Of their various ritual laws, their rea- 1 
 fon, ufe, iAc, y * 
 
 Of their government by Judges and > 
 Kings ^ 
 
 Of their captivity in Babylon 
 Of their return from thence, after-dif- “) .. 
 -fenfions, the birth and kingdom of (.12 
 
 ■the Mefliah 
 
 Book Line 
 
 > 1 1 
 
 556 
 
 11 
 
 638 
 
 1 1 
 
 664 
 
 1 1 
 
 700 
 
 1 1 
 
 738 
 
 . 1 1 
 
 890 
 
 ( from 6 
 . 12 
 
 ( to 
 
 551 
 
 12 
 
 *3 
 
 12 
 
 24 
 
 12 
 
 38 
 
 12 , 
 
 lOI 
 
 12 
 
 113 
 
 • 12 
 
 i6j 
 
 ► 12 
 
 22-3 
 
 ‘ 1 2 
 
 280 
 
 12 
 
 315 
 
 12 
 
 335 
 
 1 from 
 . 12 
 
 345 
 
 to 371 
 
 Of his life, pallion, refurreftion, miflion? 
 of the Apoftles, afcenfion, ^c. r ’ ^ 
 
 Of the miflion of the Holy Ghoft, gift? 
 of tongues, miracles, A 
 
 Of 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Line; 
 
 rfu.l 
 
 3, ad- 1 
 > quit I 
 
 Of the Apoftles fucceflbrs (falfe teachers, 
 &‘c.) their ambition, innovations, Cffr. C 
 the efFe£ls of them, and the MeiTiah’s C 
 coming to judgment j 
 
 His anfwer to Adam's refolutions of fu? 
 ture obedience, ^c. commends 
 vifes him, and warns him to 
 Paradife 
 
 Leads him and E^e out 
 
 Vide Stmies. 
 
 Mind, the force of it 
 Difcourfe, its food 
 Moloch, (a fall’n Angel) 
 
 His fpeech in the council call’d by Eatan 1 
 after their fall I” 
 
 Defies Gabriel in the battel between the C 
 ceieftial and revoked Angels \ 
 
 Is wounded by him, and flies 
 Moon, fuppos’d inhabited by tranllated 1 
 faints and middle fpirits C 
 
 Its office 
 Riflng defcrib’d 
 
 The fpots in it, vapours not yet confo- | 
 lidated with his body j 
 
 Part of the fourth day’s creation 
 Receives its light from the fun 
 Motion, afpedts 
 
 Moon and ftars, their courfes, inflaences, \ 
 
 l 5 c. f 
 
 Moon and planets, their noxious motion, 1 
 afpedb, lAc. an effedl of Adamh fall J 
 Morning in heav’n d.efcrib’d 
 
 Morning, natural, defcrib’d 
 
 Mofes and Aaron their miffion to E^pt 
 S a 
 
 1 
 
 from 507 
 12 
 
 to 
 
 
 12 
 
 57 S> 
 
 12 
 
 637 
 
 I 
 
 ^54 
 
 9 
 
 237 
 
 1 
 
 392 
 
 2 
 
 5 ^ 
 
 6 
 
 377 
 
 6 
 
 S^o 
 
 a; 
 
 459 
 
 5 
 
 726 
 
 4 
 
 606 
 
 5: 
 
 418 
 
 7 
 
 35 ^ 
 
 7 
 
 37 S 
 
 7 
 
 379 
 
 4 
 
 661 
 
 10 
 
 656 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 I. 20 
 
 11 
 
 192 
 
 XI 
 
 133 
 
 12 
 
 170 
 
 MuldbiT 
 
,I N D E X. 
 
 % 
 
 Patriarchs \Ahraham\ ^c. ) their ftory related . - 
 Peace, the corruptions of k equal to the \ 
 vvaftes of war j * * 
 
 Teor or Chemos (a fall’n Angel) 
 
 Perfecution in matters fpiritual, the rife of 
 
 Its effeds 
 
 Thlegethon (a River of Hell) 
 
 Plagues of describ’d 
 Planets and moon, their noxious motion, 1 
 afpeds, Cffr. an effed of Adam's fall J 
 Pleafures fenfual cenfur’d 
 Poles, north and fouth, perpetual day un- 
 der both, but for Adam's fall 
 
 { 
 
 Prayer, the efficacy of its fpirit 
 
 Unavailable againfl: God’s abfolute decrees 1 1 
 Prededination defin’d 
 Prieds occafion the fird diffenlion in the 
 Jewiih church and date 
 Frofopopceia, onEnje's eating the forbidden 
 fruit 
 
 On Adam's 
 
 Book Line 
 
 1 12 
 
 
 ■ I j 
 
 783. 
 
 r 
 
 412 
 
 • from 508 
 
 12 
 
 
 ■ *0 533 
 
 12 
 
 533 ^ 
 
 2 
 
 580 
 
 12 
 
 US- 
 
 10 
 
 656 
 
 11 
 
 603 
 
 10 
 
 668 
 
 68a 
 
 II 
 
 5. 14 
 
 146- 
 
 n 
 
 31 1 
 
 S 
 
 1 1 1 
 
 12 
 
 355 
 
 9 
 
 782 
 
 9 
 
 1000 
 
 Jl 
 
 Rainbow, its fird appearance after Noah's 
 flood 
 
 Sign of God’s covenant to dedroy the 
 world no more by water 
 Jtamiel, Artels and AAoc (fall’n Angels) 
 vanquifli’d 
 
 Raphael Arch -Angel) his defcent to Pa- 
 
 ladife to warn Adam againd his fall 
 
 865 
 
 89,' 
 
 369 
 
 247 
 
I N D E X, 
 
 Book Xan© 
 
 His perfon defcribed 5 276 
 
 Anfwer to Adam\ invitation to his bo wer^ 1 371 
 
 and entertainment there J ^ 404 
 
 Salutation of 5 -388 
 
 r 5 468 
 
 Hifcourfe with Adam on various Subjeds < to 
 
 • t S 651: 
 
 On the perfeiSlion, variety, and gradual S 
 ceconomy of the creation I 
 
 C to S 4 S 
 
 On obedience, as a duty of choke, notX 
 necelhty *4 S 
 
 ^ t to 545 
 
 On the revolt and defeat ofthefalPnf 577 
 
 I ^6 897 
 
 Thence warns him againft Satan's temp - 1 ^ o 
 tations - ' * J ^ 9 S 
 
 Vanquiihes A/madait and puts Mm io flight 6 363 
 
 r from 1 1 1 
 
 On the creation, 4 7 
 
 ^ to 640 
 
 On the motion, appearances, and in-1 from 15 
 fluences of the ceieftial and terretrial C 8 
 bodies \ to 178 
 
 Reply to Adams account of himfelf on 1 ^ 
 his creation, ^c. J ° 
 
 Reply to his queftion concerning love, and ) ^ 
 the expreflion of it in fpirits celeflial S ^ 
 
 Advice to Adam at parting, and re-afcent ') ^ 
 
 to heaven t ^ 
 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 Reafon, and free-will, the fame ^ 4 
 
 The chief faculty of the foul ' 5 
 
 560 
 
 6 ao 
 
 630 
 
 95 
 
 108 
 
 350 
 
 100 
 
 The 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 r uucuriivc ot men. 
 
 intuitive of Angels 
 In animal creatures 
 The law of nature 
 Correlative wkh liberty 
 with virtue 
 
 Redemption of man, propos’d by God the 
 Father 
 
 Undertaken by God the Son 
 Repentance the grace of God> 
 
 Sincere endeavours tow^ds it acceptab] 
 An a£l of it 
 Its efficacy 
 
 Reprobation, the fiate of it 
 Reptiles, part of the fixth day’s creation, 
 deferib’d 
 
 Revolt,, and defeat of the fall’n Angels 
 Rimmott. (a f^l’n Angel) 
 
 ' - r — icvwujj, aicer 
 tne lix days creation 
 The folemnity of it deferib'^d 
 Salvation, not only to the fons of j^lra- 
 ham\ loins, but his faith 
 tatan (the prince of the fall’n Angels) his 
 fall from heaven 
 
 Why fo calFd- 
 
 Speech to Behehuh, after their falF 
 Reply to-Bel^ebub’^ anfwcr 
 Afcent from hell 
 
 Book Line 
 
 
 486 
 
 8 
 
 369 
 
 9 
 
 653 
 
 12 
 
 83 
 
 12 
 
 97 
 
 } ^ 
 
 203 
 
 3 
 
 227 
 
 . 3 
 
 185 
 
 3 
 
 191 
 
 10 
 
 .1086 
 
 II 
 
 22 
 
 
 198 
 
 h 
 
 475 
 
 5 5 
 
 577 
 
 < 
 
 to 
 
 
 8gz: 
 
 1 
 
 467' 
 
 
 581. 
 
 7 
 
 594 
 
 h 
 
 449 v 
 
 ] ' 
 
 34 
 
 f * 
 
 81 
 
 1 5 
 
 657 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 157 
 
 1 
 
 192 
 
 i6s. 
 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 li 
 
 His ftature, looks, ^c. defcrib’d 
 
 Speech to Belzehub thereon, 
 
 His fhield defcrib’d 
 His fpear 
 
 Speech to the other fall’n Angels 
 His handard defcrib’d. ^ 
 
 Speech to the fall’n Angels reimbattel d 
 Calls a council 
 Speech to them in council 
 Undertakes an attempt on the world 7 
 (the refult of it) S 
 
 Afcent to the gates of - hell 
 Speech to Death there 
 The father of Sin, and Death 
 Anfwer to Sin’s fpeech 
 To her reply 
 plight into Chaos 
 Arrival at the court of Chaos 
 Speech there ^ 
 
 Brought iin and death firft into the world 
 Afcent to light, Cfr. 
 
 Alights on the convex of the world s I 
 outermoft orb 3 
 
 View of the world from the firlt ftep > 
 to heav’n gate 3 
 
 Defcent to it defcrib’d 
 Stops at the fun 
 
 Difcovers Uriels the Angel of it, there 
 Transforms himfelf to a Cherub 
 Speech to Ui-iel 
 Deceives him 
 
 Is directed by him to the world 
 And Paradife 
 
 Alights on mount Niphates 
 Soliloquy, contemplating the fun 
 
 193 
 
 985 
 
 706 
 
 242 
 
 284 
 
 292 
 
 315 
 
 752 
 1 1 
 430 
 
 465 
 
 629 
 
 68i 
 
 727 
 
 737 
 
 817 
 
 917 
 
 951 
 
 968 
 
 1024 
 
 J034 
 
 418 
 
 540 
 
 561 
 
 588 
 
 621 
 
 634 
 
 634 
 
 681 
 
 724 
 
 733 
 
 739 
 
 32 
 
 The 
 
I N' D E 
 
 X. 
 
 Book Liite 
 
 4 
 
 121 
 
 I 3 I 
 
 194 
 
 The firH hypocrite 
 Arrives at Paradife 
 Sits on the tree of life 
 
 Delcends from the tree of life, and af- } 
 iumes feveral animal ihapes f 
 
 Liftens to Adam's difcourfe with E<ve, on, 
 
 Ood s prohibition ofthe-tree of know- i 
 
 ledge - C 
 
 Soliloquy on the fubjeS of it 
 Refolves thence to tempt them to dif- ) 
 
 Obedience ? 
 
 Rrft attempt in the aflumed lhape of a > 
 toad, on E<ve adeep r 
 
 Anfwer to Ithuriel and Zephon^ repre 
 nending him thereon 
 Beply to their anfwer 
 Anfwer to Gabriel 
 Beply to his anfwtr 
 To another 
 
 The inauguration of God the Son, the 7 
 
 occadon of his revolt C 
 
 Speech to the next fubordinate Angel of/ 
 his party thereon r 
 
 The feat of his hierarchy before his fall, / 
 defcrib'd ^ 
 
 Speech to theAngels of his hierarchy thereon 
 Keply to AbdieVs anfwer, on his fpeech \ 
 to the Hierarchs of his party v 
 
 His army defcribed 
 His port, and poll there 
 Anfwer to Abdielh reply 5 
 
 Battel between his, and the celellial ? *°5 
 
 army, defcrlh’H > 6 
 
 4 35* 
 
 4 395 
 
 4 40S 
 
 4 595 
 
 4 5'2 
 
 4 799 
 
 5 
 
 851 
 886 
 92; 
 g68 
 
 657 
 67 J 
 
 756 
 
 772 
 
 853 
 
 79 
 99 
 
 150 
 
 army, defcrib’d 
 His prowcf« in (Jie battel 
 
 5 
 
 to 
 
 6 246 
 
 Encounteps 
 
I N n E X, 
 
 Encounters Michael 
 Anfwer to Michael’^ fpeech thereon 
 The combat defcrib’d 
 Wounded by him 
 Carried off 
 His army defeated 
 Retreats and calls a council 
 Speech in council 
 Reply to Nifroch there 
 Gives the word for renewing the battel 
 Renew’d by his army, and the fecond 
 Battel defcrib’d 
 
 Speech on the celefliai army’s retreat 
 
 His army’s intire defeat and expulfion 
 from heav’n defcrib’d 
 
 Returns from compaffmg the earth, to 
 , Paradife by night, in a miff, in order 
 to his temptation 
 His circuit, &c. defcrib’d 
 Soliloquy thereon 
 Enters the ferpent 
 View (in that ihape) of Eve 
 Soliloquy thereon 
 Behaviour to her 
 Speech to her 
 Reply to her anfwer 
 The difcourfe (his temptation of Eve to 
 eat the forbidden fruit) continued 
 Leaves her after eating it 
 His fentence thereon (virtually) pro- 
 nounced by God the Son 
 Returns to hell to avoid his prefence in 
 Paradife 
 
 Meets Sin and Death upon their journey 
 to the world on Adam%^ ^c, fall 
 Anfwer to Sin’s fpeech 
 
 Book Line- 
 
 6 
 
 253 
 
 6 
 
 281 
 
 6 
 
 296 
 
 6 
 
 320 
 
 6 
 
 335 
 
 6 
 
 386 
 
 6 
 
 414 
 
 6 
 
 418 
 
 6 
 
 469 
 
 6 
 
 558 
 
 
 569 
 
 670 
 
 6 
 
 608 
 
 f from 831 
 
 6 
 
 t 
 
 S77 
 
 ( ^ 
 
 53 
 
 9 
 
 62 
 
 9 
 
 99 
 
 9 
 
 182 
 
 9 
 
 424 
 
 9 
 
 473 
 
 9 
 
 523 
 
 9 
 
 532 
 
 
 567 
 
 } ^ 
 
 732 
 
 
 784 
 
 
 1 71 
 
 jio 
 
 337 
 
 
 345 
 
 10 
 
 383 
 
 Parts 
 
I N D E 
 
 X. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Parts with them 
 
 Afcends his throne at Fandamonium 
 Speech to the fall’n Angels affembled there 
 Applauded with an hifs 
 He and they transform’d to ferpents 
 Further punifh’d with an illuiion of the 1 
 forbidden fruit 3 
 
 Both annually continued 
 Himfelf (the ferpent) d rag’d in chains \ 
 at the afcenfion of the MefTiah J 
 
 I^ilTolution (with the world) at his com- ) 
 ing to judgment 3 
 
 Vide Smiles. 
 
 Saturn (a fall’n Angel) 
 
 Scriptures how to be underftood 
 Seafons, their changes, refpefting each ^ 
 clime, an effect of Adams fall 3 
 
 Serpent defcrib’d 
 
 After enter’d by Satan 
 His fentence (formally) pronounc’d by 1 
 God the Son, as the affum’d tempter > 
 of E've Vide Similes. 3 
 
 Sideral blafts, lA c. an effe£l of Adam's fall 
 Sin and Death Vide Death and Sin. 
 
 Sin defcrib’d 
 
 Her fpeech toSafant zXi^Death, at hell -gates 
 Reply to Satan 
 Her birth 
 
 Reply to his anfwer 
 Opens hell-gates to him 
 Speech to Death on Adam's fall 
 To Satan, (meeting him returning to 
 hell,) on her and Death’s journey to 
 the v^^orld after it 
 To Death on their arrival at Paradife 
 Reply to Death’s anfwer 
 
 Vide Similes. 
 
 10 
 
 410 
 
 10 
 
 443 
 
 : 10 
 
 459 j 
 
 10 
 
 504 ! 
 
 10 
 
 510 
 
 • 10 
 
 549 
 
 10 
 
 575 , 
 
 12 
 
 453 j 
 
 ■ 12 
 
 545 j 
 
 I 
 
 512 1 
 
 12 
 
 5 >* 
 
 10 
 
 677 
 
 9 
 
 182 
 
 9 
 
 495 ^ 
 
 10 
 
 163 
 
 
 J 75 
 
 10 
 
 692 • 
 
 2 
 
 650 \ 
 
 1 2 
 
 727 ■ 
 
 2 
 
 747 
 
 2 
 
 752 \ 
 
 2 
 
 850 
 
 2 
 
 871 1 
 
 10 
 
 235 i 
 
 10 
 
 354 
 
 10 
 
 591 1 
 
 10 
 
 602 i 
 
 
 Sin 1 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book 
 
 Sin original, luft carnal the firft efFed of ? 
 it S ^ 
 
 { 
 
 12 
 
 Its folace 
 
 Slavery, original of it the inordinacy of) 
 the Paffions 1 
 
 The juftice of it, as confequentia! on 1 
 deviating from virtue, f 
 
 Soul, its facilities 5 
 
 Its immortality difcufs’d lo 
 
 Spirits, their effence, and power 
 
 Their invifible exiftence on earth 
 The eled, their hymn to God the Fa - 1 
 ther, and Son J 
 
 Material, &'c. faculties in fpirits 
 
 Vital, animal, and intelledual fpirits f 
 progreflive from material nutrition | 
 Their exigence in life, intelled, fliape, | 
 dfr. defin’d J 
 
 Spring perpetual within the tropics, but ^ 
 for Adam\ fall 5 
 
 Stars, their places, appearances, ^c. 
 
 Fed by the air 
 
 Part of the fourth day’s creation 
 Receive their light from the fun 
 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 Stars, and Moon, their courfes, influences. 
 
 esfr. 
 
 
 Storms, fsf c. an elFed of AdanC% fall 1 1 
 Styxy a river of hell 2 
 
 Sun, its appearance, place, and power 3 
 
 Brightnefs defcrib’d 3 
 
 Grb fed by exhalations from the grofler 5 
 Part of the fourth day’s creation 7 
 
 The fountain of light' 7 
 
 Line 
 
 lOIl 
 
 1042 
 
 s6 
 
 m 
 
 too 
 
 782 
 
 423 
 
 789 
 
 677 
 
 372 
 
 404 
 
 433 ^ 
 
 482 
 
 344 
 
 678 
 
 565 
 
 4^7 
 
 357 
 
 364 
 
 4 661 
 
 695 
 
 577 
 
 57 * 
 
 59 * 
 
 423 
 
 354 
 
 364 
 
 Setting 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 Setting defcrib’d 
 
 Its annuaUourre,^roducingintenre heat I 
 
 and cold, an efFed of Mam's fall J 
 Its oblique motion from the equinodial,! 
 from the fame caufe C 
 
 Vide Similes. 
 
 lO 
 
 Teachers ffalfe) of the chriflian religion 1 
 defcrib’d f 
 
 Temperance, the eifed of it long life ^ 
 ^hammu%. or Adonis (a fall’n Angel) 
 Thunder, an effed of Adam's fill 
 Time, refpeding eternity, defin’d 
 7 itan, (a fali’n Angel) - 
 
 Tradition cenfur’d 
 Tree of life 
 
 Of knowledge 
 Truth, fullering for it 
 
 Vide Ufe. 
 
 Vide knonjoJedge. 
 fortitude, ^c. 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 Tyranny, INimrod s, defcrib’d, and cenfured 12 
 Origin of it, the inordinacy of the ■> 
 pallions r * 2 
 
 No excufe of the tyrant (tho’ juft in ) 
 
 confequence on the fubjed) 5^^ 
 
 Tyrants, their plea for conqueft, ^c. com- 7 
 par’d with6’^r/^’slirft attempt on man C 
 Twilight defcrib’d 4 
 
 508 
 
 530 
 
 446 
 
 666 
 
 580 
 
 510 
 
 511 
 
 569 
 
 24 
 
 86 
 
 95 
 
 390 
 
 598 
 
 Vacuity, God’s omniprefence an argument } 
 againft it J 7 
 
 Valour, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book 
 
 1 1 
 
 Valour, (or heroic virtue,) the common 1 
 notion of it cenfurM- I* 
 
 Virtue, c. with lofs of freedom degenerates 1 1 
 Reafon, and virtue, the fame 1 2, 
 
 Union conjugal Vide Conjugal union, 
 
 Uriel (the Angel of the fun) 
 
 His anfwer to Satan 
 Direds him to the world 
 And Paradife 
 
 Defcends thither himfelf, and informs \ 
 Gabriel of Satan s predefcent \ ^ 
 
 Encounters Jdramelec, (a fall’n Angel) } r 
 wounds, and puts him to flight } ° 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 Uzziel (a guardian Angel of Paradife) 4 
 
 W 
 
 War, property the original of it ri 
 
 The corruptions of peace equal to its! 
 waftes J 1 1 
 
 Waters feparated from the earth, part of > 
 the third day’s creation J ^ 
 
 Vide Similes, 
 
 Wife, her duty in danger, diftrefs, Cffr. | 
 Wind, the tempefluous power of it, an | 
 
 effeft of Adam's fall 
 Wifdom, the fum of it,, the love, Ufc, 1 
 of God J 
 
 lo 
 
 Wolves, (or falfe teachers) the Apoflles ) 
 fuceeflbrs, defcrib’d J * ^ 
 
 Woni^ni conjugal obedience her happinefs, ^ 
 
 Man’s love towards her, how conflftent 1 
 with his fuperiority J ® 
 
 Two of her lovelieft qualities o 
 
 T 2 
 
 Line 
 
 68^ 
 
 797 
 
 98 
 
 6zz 
 
 694 
 
 724 
 
 73 ^ 
 
 S 5 S 
 
 561 
 
 363. 
 
 782^ 
 
 638 
 
 78J 
 
 282 
 
 267 
 
 390 
 664 
 
 695 
 
 12 S7S 
 
 507 
 
 635: 
 
 367 
 
 232 
 
 The 
 
1 N D E X. 
 
 Eoufing at SaiaH*s comftiand — to cen- 
 tinels waking front fleep on duty 
 
 Barbarians 
 
 Their difpofition to engage — to that 
 of the heroes of antiquity 
 With them— the greatefi armies in all 
 ages finee the creation— -pigmies 
 Themfelves — to oaks or pines blafted 
 Their fearching, for the materials 
 of Fandamonium — - to pioneers in- 
 trenching, IS c. 
 
 Their manner of railing it — to the 
 Wind of an organ 
 AlTemblirig thereat — to bees 
 
 To pigmies 
 
 To fairies 
 
 afar olF 
 
 Their pleafure on the refult— to the 
 evening fun after a foul day 
 Their after various purfuits, paflions, 
 
 — to the Olymfick^ or Pythian games < 
 »~To the Phtenbmena of armies in the 
 clouds 
 
 — T o Hercules on Oetd 
 Their numbers compoiing SataSs army 
 agahift the celeftials — to the ftars 
 ——•To the dew drops 
 
 Throng’d together after their entire de- > 
 feat by God the Son— to a herd of goats ^ 
 
 Book Line 
 
 
 331 
 
 i- 
 
 33S 
 
 }■ 
 
 351 
 
 !■ 
 
 549 
 
 i ■ 
 
 575 
 
 1 
 
 612 
 
 
 675 
 
 
 705 
 
 t 
 
 76^ 
 
 I 
 
 780 
 
 1 
 
 781 
 
 [ ^ 
 
 285 
 
 1 " 
 
 476 
 
 h 
 
 488, 
 
 • 2 
 
 S^^ 
 
 [ ^ 
 
 53 S 
 
 2 
 
 to 
 
 5-45 
 
 1 5 
 
 74^5 
 
 5 
 
 74^ 
 
 [ 5- 
 
 87a 
 
 » 6 
 
 856 
 
 Thsk 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 no 
 
 10 
 
 Thelf retreat to Pand^emonium from tke 
 froiHiers of hell during Satan's expe- 
 dition to the world — to the Tartar's 
 flight before the Rufs—Sind the Per- 
 fian from the wafting the in- 
 
 termediate country 
 
 Transformation to ferpeHts — to thofe | 
 fprung from the Gorgon's blood, y 
 
 Their appearance on the Tree illufive of t 
 the forbidden fruit— to th^ fnaky hair > lo 
 of Megara (one ©f the furies) J 
 
 The fruit— to the apples of Sodo?n lO 
 
 Chaos. Atoms, their inotian— to the 1 ^ 
 
 quickfands S 
 
 Confufion there -40 ftorming a town 2 
 
 to heaven and earth (fuppos’d) 
 
 falling, ^c. , , - 
 
 Death, and Sin, their making a bridge' 
 over Chaos to the world— to polar 
 winds, driving the ice together in the 
 (fuppOsM) nprth-eaft paliage 
 the work — to Neptune's fixing the ifle 
 of Delos 5 
 
 —To Xerxes making a bridge over 1 
 the HeUefpont y 
 
 Death’s inftina of Adam's Fall— to then 
 flight of birds of prey to a field of V io 
 
 battel ^ 
 
 His and Satan's frowns on each other 1 ^ 
 
 to two thunder clouds meeting 5 
 
 Eve her hair— to the vine’s tendrils 
 
 Her looks — to the firft blulh of morning 
 Herfelf— to Pandora 
 —To a wood-nymph, or Venus 
 —To a Dryad, or Delia {Diana) 
 
 —To Pales 01 Pomna 
 To Ceru 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 43 ^* 
 
 5-26 
 
 55S 
 
 561 
 
 900 
 
 9X0' 
 
 924 
 
 289 
 
 293 
 
 3,06 
 
 273 
 
 714 
 
 305, 
 
 122 
 
 m 
 
 379 
 
 387 
 
 393 
 
 395 
 
 Her 
 
I N D E X. 
 
 lO 
 
 1 2 
 
 12 
 
 Her Temptation by alluded to by 
 the ftory of Option and Eurynome C 
 Flaming fword in Paradife, on Adam\ and > 
 Fw’s expulfion thence— to a comet ^ 
 
 It’S heat, to the Libyan air 
 
 Hell — to mount jEtna (in Sicily) 
 
 To the bog or lake Serbonis (in Palefiine 
 Knowledge, the deiires of it^to a thirft 
 unallay’d, increafing 
 
 Mkhaely his combat with Satan-^to two 
 Planets (the frame of nature, fuppos’d, 
 diifolv’d) ruftiinginoppofition to each 
 other 
 
 Appearance to expel Adam, t^c. from^ 
 Paradife— to a. man in a military veil, C 1 1 
 &c. ^ y 
 
 Pandeemonium (or the court of hell) its T 
 fudden rifer— to an exhalation y * 
 
 Paradife i the air of it — to the. effluvia, from } 
 Arabia Ealix, at Sea. y ^ 
 
 Its felf— to the. field of Enna fvsx Sicily) ' 4 
 To the grove of Daphne, See. (in Lhejaly) 4 
 
 To the.iHe of Ny fa,. fxktie Bacchus ? 
 
 was brought up) J 4 
 
 To vciO\ysxt.Amara (in Ethiopia) 
 
 — To the gardens of Adonis.. 
 
 ——Of Alcinous. 
 
 - — - Of Solomon. 
 
 Raphael, his view of the world in his de- 
 feent fromHeaventO Paradife— to, that 
 of the moon through an optic glafs 
 
 Of Ddos ox Samos from the Cyclades 
 
 (ifles) 
 
 Himfelf — to a Phoenix. 5- 
 
 To Mercury ^ 
 
 Saian—tQ Briarcus, Typhon and the Levia- 1 
 than. I * 
 
 Book Line 
 
 \ 
 
 57 S^ 
 
 632-' 
 
 634. 
 
 2.30 
 
 592- 
 
 66 
 
 310 
 
 239 
 
 710- 
 
 159 
 
 268 
 
 272; 
 
 275 
 
 280^ 
 
 439 
 
 440, 
 
 4 P 
 26 1 7 
 
 264, 
 
 271. 
 285 
 199 
 201 , 
 
index. 
 
 Book 
 
 To the fun rifing in a mift * 
 
 I— longeft train of a coniet 2 
 
 To mount ^eneriff or Aiias 4^ 
 
 His ftiield— to the moon ^ 
 
 His fpear— to a maft 
 His ftandard--to a meteor 
 The Ph^enomenon of his afc^t to hell- I ^ 
 gates — to a fleet in the Oinn J 
 
 Hit and Death’s frowns on each other I ^ 
 — to two thunder- clouds meeting j 
 Flight to the court of Cbaos^to a ury- f ^ 
 phon’s in the wildernefa ^ 
 
 Towards heaven— to (the ihip) 
 thro’ the Thracian Bofphorus 
 -^To Ulyps\ voyage between Scylla 
 
 and Charybdis , 
 
 Arrival at light, {sfr.-to a weather- 
 
 beaten veflel towards port 
 , , -On the convex of the world s outer- i ^ 
 
 moft orb— toa vulturefeekinghis prey J 
 
 Jirft view of the world— to a fcoutsl 
 cafual profpea (after a dangerous f 1 
 journey) of a new country or city 
 Of the ftars orbs — to the Hefpertan C ^ 
 
 gardens, Cffr. r 
 
 Appearance in the fun’s orb— to a fpot I 
 in it differing from all aftronoimcal > J 
 obfervations 
 
 Meditation on his interided attempt on > 
 the v-'Orld— to a gun recoiling S 
 
 In paradife— to a wolf preying on a fold 
 To a thief breaking in at a houie- I 
 
 To a Tiger in view of a brace of fawns 
 
 Detefted by Ithuriel there— to gunpow- f 
 der taking fire ^ 
 
 Line 
 
 594 
 
 596 
 
 985 
 
 284 
 
 292 
 
 337 
 
 636 
 
 714 
 
 . 943 
 1016 
 1019 
 1043 
 43* 
 54S 
 568 
 68S 
 
 . *4 
 183 
 - 18a 
 4 C 3 
 814 
 Repre- 
 
I N -D E X. 
 
 Reprehended by 7.ephm—ta a fleed } 
 rein’d, in a fret f 
 
 His army againft the celeftials in num -7 
 ber— to the ftars \ 
 
 ——•To the dew drops 
 Their applaufe of his reply to Ahdiel^^ \ 
 to the found of deep waters f 
 
 Himfelf recoiling on a blow receiv’d 7 
 from MichaeJ-^to a mountain finking C 
 by an earthquake ' 
 
 His combat with Michael — to two Planets 
 (the frame of nature, fuppos’d, dif- 
 folv’d) rulhing in oppofition to each 
 other ^ 
 
 View (in the ferpent) of Paradife and En)e 1 
 there — to a citizen’s taking the air in > 
 the country from his home confinement ^ 
 Shape (transform’d to a ferpent) on his *) 
 return to hell after the temptation — ( 
 to the ferpent Pythpi C 
 
 His tempting Ew — alluded to by the / 
 dory of Ophibn and Eurynome \ 
 
 Serpent, that enter’d hy Satan--t^ thofe 7 
 Hermione and Cadmuj were transform’d > 
 to 5 
 
 "" ' -To that alTuin’d by j^JcuIapius 
 — To thofe by Jupiter Ammons and \ 
 Capitoiinus f 
 
 His motion, wreathings, iAc, — to the 1 
 working of a Ihip in Ihifdng winds, > 
 
 ■* 1 
 
 His creft (preceding jPw to the forbidden } 
 Tree) — to an exhalation darning y 
 His addrefs introducing tlie temptation T 
 — to that of an orator of the Athenian > 
 
 or Roman Common-We^ths V 
 
 Book Line- 
 
 4 
 
 857 
 
 5 
 
 745 
 
 S 
 
 746 
 
 6 
 
 872 
 
 6 
 
 193; 
 
 6 
 
 310 
 
 9 
 
 445 
 
 10 
 
 529 
 
 10 
 
 578 
 
 9 
 
 504 
 
 9 
 
 SQ& 
 
 9 
 
 50S 
 
 9 
 
 5*3 
 
 9 
 
 634 
 
 9 
 
 670 
 
 
 Sin, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Book Line 
 
 {fuppos’d) 
 
 Sin, her middle parts — to the 
 Dogs of Scylla 
 
 Of the night-hag 
 
 Spears — to ears of corn ripe for reaping 
 Stars, their orbs — to the Hefperian gardens, 
 ^c. 
 
 Sun, his courfe turn’d at Jdatn^^ &c. eat- 
 ing the forbidding fruit — as at the 
 ban:^uet of Thyejhs 
 Uriely his defcent from the fun on Para- ) 
 dife — to a fhooting ftar 5 
 
 Waters, their flux into feas, on the 7 
 creation — to drops on dull J 
 
 To armies forming themfelves on 
 
 found of trumpet 
 
 at--. 
 
 Lne > 
 
 lO 
 
 FINIS. 
 
 6;9 
 
 662 
 
 980 
 
 56S 
 
 688 
 
 5S5 
 
 290 
 
 294 
 
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HELTON ( JOHN) ; Paradise Lost* k 
 Poen in 12 books icith notes of 
 various authors, by Thomas Netrfcon, 
 illustrated with many fine plates 
 ^ter Hayiim by Grigrwn & Ravenet. 
 London 1775, Ho, full calf, gilt 
 back, some parts of the gilt 
 ch^ped, rehinged. A finely printed 
 edition. 2 volumes §12.00 
 
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