Then due by sentence when thou didst transgress,

Discoverd soon the place of her retire.

Givn thee of Grace, wherein thou mayst repent, [ 255 ]

His starrie Helme unbuckld shewd him prime [ 245 ]

Must I thus leave thee Paradise? thus leave

Mayst cover: well may then thy Lord appeasd

But longer in this Paradise to dwell

He added not, for Adam at the newes

Fr99lib.netom the first opning bud, and gave ye Names,

And one bad act with many deeds well done

Defeated of his seisure many dayes

In time of Truce; Iris had dipt the wooff;

Adam, Heavns high behest no Preface needs:

And wilde, how shall we breath in other Aire

Satans dire dread, and in his hand the Spear.

He ended; and th Arch-Angel soon drew nigh,

Clad九*九*藏*书*网 to meet Man; over his lucid Armes [ 240 ]

A militarie Vest of purple flowd

Not in his shape Celestial, but as Man

Adam bowd low, hee Kingly from his State

Livelier then Melibœan, or the graine

Thee lastly nuptial Bowre, by mee adornd [ 280 ]

Thee Native Soile, these happie Walks and Shades, [ 270 ]

Who now shall reare ye to the Sun, or ranke

O u九-九-藏-书-网nexpected stroke, worse then of Death!

As in a glistering Zodiac hung the Sword,

The ground whence thou wast takn, fitter Soile.

At Eevn, which I bred up with tender hand

That must be mortal to us both. O flours,

Inclind not, but his coming thus declard. [ 250 ]

Fit haunt of Gods? where I had hope to spend,

With what to sight or smell was sweet; from thee

Whom９9lib•ｎet thus the Angel interrupted milde.

Your Tribes, and water from th ambrosial Fount?

Into a lower World, to this obscure

Heart-strook with chilling gripe of sorrow stood,

In Manhood where Youth ended; by his side

And send thee from the Garden forth to till

My early visitation, and my last [ 275 ]

Of Sarra, worn by Kings and Heros old

Sufficient that thy Prayers are 99lib.netheard, and Death,

Redeem thee quite from Deaths rapacious claime;

That never will in other Climate grow,

Quiet though sad, the respit of that day

That all his senses bound; Eve, who unseen [ 265 ]

Permits not; to remove thee I am come, [ 260 ]

How shall I part, and whither wander down

Yet all had heard, with audible lament

Less pure, accustomd to immortal Fruits? [ 285 ]