Womans domestic honour and chief praise;

Unmindful of thir Maker, though his Spirit

To whom thus Adam of short joy bereft.

The bent of Nature; which he thus expressd.

Of wickedness, wherein shall dwell his Race

Taught them, but they his gifts acknowledgd none.

To dress, and troule the Tongue, a九_九_藏_书_网nd roule the Eye. [ 620 ]

Yet they a beauteous ofspring shall beget;

Shall yield up all thir vertue, all thir fame

Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance,

True opener of mine eyes, prime Angel blest,

Of these fair Atheists, and now swim in joy, [ 625 ]

Who slew his Brother; studiwww.99lib.netous they appere

Such happy interview and fair event

Bred onely and completed to the taste

Enterd so faire, should turn aside to tread [ 630 ]

To these that sober Race of Men, whose lives

Those Tents thou sawst so pleasant, were the Tents

(Erelong to swim at large) and laugh; for which

九九藏书Religious titld them the Sons of God,

Yet empty of all good wherein consists

Of love and youth not lost, Songs, Garlands, Flours,

For that fair femal Troop thou sawst, that seemd

Here Nature seems fulfilld in all her ends.

O pittie and shame, that they who to live well

Of Adam, soon enclind to admit九九藏书网 delight,

By pleasure, though to Nature seeming meet,

Much better seems this Vision, and more hope

Paths indirect, or in the mid way faint!

Of Goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, [ 615 ]

Created, as thou art, to nobler end [ 605 ]

Of peaceful dayes portends, then those two past; [ 600 ]

To whom t九_九_藏_书_网hus Michael. Judg not what is best

And charming Symphonies attachd the heart [ 595 ]

The world erelong a world of tears must weepe.

Ignobly, to the traines and to the smiles

Holie and pure, conformitie divine.

Of Arts that polish Life, Inventers rare, [ 610 ]

Those were of hate and death, or pain much worse,