I beg, and clasp thy knees; bereave me not,

His full wrauth whose thou feelst as yet lest part,

As joynd in injuries, one enmitie [ 925 ]

Against God onely, I against God and thee,

The punishment all on thy self; alas,

I beare thee, and unweeting have offended,

More miserable; both have sind, but thou [ 930 ]

To me committed and by me exposd.

My onely stre九*九*藏*书*网ngth and stay: forlorn of thee,

Fell humble, and imbracing them, besaught

And tresses all disorderd, at his feet

His counsel whom she had displeasd, his aide;

Unwarie, and too desirous, as before,

That on my head all might be visited, [ 955 ]

Forsake me not thus, Adam, witness Heavn

And to the place of judgment will return,

The sentence from

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thy head removd may light

And my displeasure bearst so ill. If Prayers

Whither shall I betake me, where subsist?

She ended weeping, and her lowlie plight,

Unhappilie deceavd; thy suppliant

And thus with peaceful words upraisd her soon.

Between us two let there be peace, both joyning,

Mee mee onely just object of his ire.

What love sincere, and re9９lib•ｎｅtverence in my heart [ 915 ]

On me, sole cause to thee of all this woe, [ 935 ]

On me alreadie lost, mee then thy self

Would speed before thee, and be louder heard,

Now at his feet submissive in distress,

So now of what thou knowst not, who desirst

Could alter high Decrees, I to that place

That cruel Serpent: On me exercise not

There with my cries importune He99lib.netaven, that all

Immovable till peace obtaind from fault

Towards her, his life so late and sole delight,

He added not, and from her turnd, but Eve

As one disarmd, his anger all he lost, [ 945 ]

While yet we live, scarse one short hour perhaps,

His peace, and thus proceeded in her plaint.

Against a Foe by doom express assignd us,

Not so repulst, with Tears that ceasd

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not flowing, [ 910 ]

Thy counsel in this uttermost distress, [ 920 ]

Acknowledgd and deplord, in Adam wraught

Beare thine own first, ill able to sustaine [ 950 ]

Thy hatred for this miserie befalln,

Creature so faire his reconcilement seeking,

Thy frailtie and infirmer Sex forgivn,

Commiseration; soon his heart relented [ 940 ]

Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid,