And peril great provokt, who thus hath dard

Triumph and say; Fickle their State whom God

Is not so hainous now, foretasted Fruit,

For us created, needs with us must faile,

Made common and unhallowd ere our taste;

However I with thee have fixt my Lot,

He ruind, now Mankind; whom will he next? [ 950 ]

Most F藏书网avors, who can please him long; Mee first

Though threatning, will in earnest so destroy

Perhaps thou shalt not Die, perhaps the Fact

Submitting to what seemd remediless,

Proportional ascent, which cannot be

Recomforted, and after thoughts disturbd

My own in thee, for what thou art is mine;

The Bond o藏书网f Nature draw me to my owne,

Profand first by the Serpent, by him first [ 930 ]

Certain to undergoe like doom, if Death

Nor yet on him found deadly, he yet lives,

Bold deed thou hast presumd, adventrous Eve

Thus in calm mood his Words to Eve he turnd. [ 920 ]

Us his prime Creatures, dignifid so high,

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Creation could repeate, yet would be loath

Not God Omnipotent, nor Fate, yet so

Had it been onely coveting to Eye

Matter of scorne, not to be given the Foe,

Higher degree of Life, inducement strong

Us to abolish, least the Adversary

So having said, as one from sad dismay

Nor can I think th9９ｌib•netat God, Creator wise,

Consort with thee, Death is to mee as Life;

Our State cannot be severd, we are one,

Set over all his Works, which in our Fall,

To us, as likely tasting to attaine [ 935 ]

Not well conceavd of God, who though his Power [ 945 ]

But to be Gods, or Angels Demi-gods.

That sacred Fruit, sacred to a９９ｌｉｂ•ｎeｔbstinence,

Lives, as thou saidst, and gaines to live as Man

Dependent made; so God shall uncreate,

But past who can recall, or don undoe?

So forcible within my heart I feel [ 955 ]

Much more to taste it under banne to touch. [ 925 ]

One Flesh; to loose thee were to loose my self.

Be frustrate, do, undo, and labour loose,