To the subjected Plaine; then disappeerd. [ 640 ]

Gliding meteorous, as Evning Mist

With meditation on the happie end. [ 605 ]

In mee is no delay; with thee to goe, [ 615 ]

Portending good, and all her spirits composd

Which he hath sent propitious, some great good

Through Eden took thir solitarie way.

Led them direct, and down the Cliff as fast

For God is also in sleep, and Dreams advise,

Began to parch that temperate Clime; whereat

Som natural tears they dro99lib•netpd, but wipd them soon; [ 645 ]

The World was all before them, where to choose

Presaging, since with sorrow and hearts distress

The Cherubim descended; on the ground

In signal of remove, waves fiercely round;

Thir motion, at whose Front a flaming Sword,

Homeward returning. High in Front advanct,

Art all things under Heavn, all places thou,

Descended, Adam to the Bowre where Eve

So spake our Mother Eve, and Adam heard

Let her with thee partake wha９９ｌib.nｅｔt thou hast heard,

That ye may live, which will be many dayes,

Of Speculation; for the hour precise

Lay sleeping ran before, but found her wakt;

Both in one Faith unanimous though sad,

(For by the Womans Seed) on all Mankind.

By mee the Promisd Seed shall all restore.

Of Paradise, so late thir happie seat,

To meek submission: thou at season fit

They hand in hand with wandring steps and slow,

Thir place of rest, and Providence thir guide:

Wearied I fell a九*九*藏*书*网sleep: but now lead on;

Exacts our parting hence; and see the Guards, [ 590 ]

Th Archangel stood, and from the other Hill

With dreadful Faces throngd and fierie Armes:

Wavd over by that flaming Brand, the Gate

Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence.

And thus with words not sad she him receavd.

Fierce as a Comet; which with torrid heat,

Well pleasd, but answerd not; for now too nigh [ 625 ]

The brandisht Sword of God before them blazd

Our lingring Parents, ９９ｌiｂ•ｎｅｔand to th Eastern Gate

Whence thou returnst, and whither wentst, I know; [ 610 ]

Her also I with gentle Dreams have calmd [ 595 ]

And gathers ground fast at the Labourers heel

To thir fixt Station, all in bright array

Risn from a River ore the marish glides, [ 630 ]

We may no longer stay: go, waken Eve;

By mee encampt on yonder Hill, expect

Such favour I unworthie am voutsaft,

The great deliverance by her Seed to come [ 600 ]

Let us descend now therefore from this top

Is to stay here; without thee here to stay,

I carry hence; though all by mee is lost,

And vapour as the Libyan Air adust, [ 635 ]

Chiefly what may concern her Faith to know,

With cause for evils past, yet much more cheerd

In either hand the hastning Angel caught

Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee

They looking back, all th Eastern side beheld

He ended, and they both descend the Hill;

This further consolation yet secure [ 620 ]