Invests him coming? yet not terrible,

Eve, now expect great tidings, which perhaps

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In Paradise, and on a Hill made alt, [ 210 ]

As Raphael, that I should much confide, [ 235 ]

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Of flight pursud in th Air and ore the ground

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New Laws to be observd; for I descrie

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Against the Syrian King, who to surprize

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With reverence I must meet, and thou retire.

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To find where Adam shelterd, took his way,

Darkness ere Dayes mid-course, and Morning light