Of Fish within thir watry residence,

And to the Heavnly vision thus presumd.

From thee thir Names, and pay thee fealtie

With low subjection; understand the same [ 345 ]

Thir Nature, with such knowledg God endud

This Paradise I give thee, count it thine

The Pledge of thy Obedience九_九_藏_书_网 and thy Faith, [ 325 ]

Amid the Garden by the Tree of Life,

Not to incur; but soon his cleer aspect

Thir Element to draw the thinner Aire.

Knowledg of good and ill, which I have set

My sudden apprehension: but in these

As thus he spake, each Bird and Beast behold

To 九-九-藏-书-网Till and keep, and of the Fruit to eate: [ 320 ]

Returnd and gracious purpose thus renewd.

Approaching two and two, These cowring low [ 350 ]

And shun the bitter consequence: for know,

Of woe and sorrow. Sternly he pronouncd

Of every Tree that in the Garden growes

Shalt loose藏书网, expelld from hence into a World

Not onely these fair bounds, but all the Earth

Eate freely with glad heart; fear here no dearth:

I namd them, as they passd, and understood

Possess it, and all things that therein live, [ 340 ]

Not hither summond, since they cannot change

But of th九九藏书网e Tree whose operation brings

Remember what I warne thee, shun to taste,

After thir kindes; I bring them to receave

Yet dreadful in mine eare, though in my choice [ 335 ]

From that day mortal, and this happie State

In signe whereof each Bird and Beast behold

The rigid interdiction, whic九-九-藏-书-网h resounds

Transgrest, inevitably thou shalt dye; [ 330 ]

I found not what me thought I wanted still; [ 355 ]

Or live in Sea, or Aire, Beast, Fish, and Fowle.

The day thou eatst thereof, my sole command

With blandishment, each Bird stoopd on his wing.

To thee and to thy Race I give; as Lords