Adorns him, colourd with the Florid hue [ 445 ]

Tempest the Ocean: there Leviathan

Easing thir flight; so stears the prudent Crane [ 430 ]

And every Bird of wing after his kinde;

With Fish replenisht, and the Aire, with Fowle,

In jointed Armour watch: on smooth the Seale,

Glide under the green Wave, in Sculles that oft

Hugest of living Creatures, on the Deep

Evning and Morn solemnizd the Fift day.

Others on Silver Lakes and Rivers Bathd

Her an99lib.netnual Voiage, born on Windes; the Aire,

With clang despisd the ground, under a cloud

Flying, and over Lands with mutual wing

From Branch to Branch the smaller Birds with song

Soul living, each that crept, which plenteously

Wallowing unweildie, enormous in thir Gate

Be fruitful, multiply, and in the Seas

The mid Aereal Skie: Others on ground

On Cliffs and Cedar tops thir Eyries build:

The waters generated by thir kindes,

Of Rainbows an9９lｉｂ•ｎeｔd Starrie Eyes. The Waters thus

The silent hours, and th other whose gay Traine

With Frie innumerable swarme, and Shoales [ 400 ]

Ceasd warbling, but all night tund her soft layes:

Show to the Sun thir wavd coats dropt with Gold,

Graze the Sea weed thir pasture, and through Groves

Of Fish that with thir Finns and shining Scales

Her state with Oarie feet: yet oft they quit [ 440 ]

And God created the great Whales, and each

The Dank, and 九_九_藏_书_网rising on stiff Pennons, towre

Bursting with kindly rupture forth disclosd

And seems a moving Land, and at his Gilles [ 415 ]

Intelligent of seasons, and set forth

Forthwith the Sounds and Seas, each Creek and Bay

Solacd the Woods, and spred thir painted wings

In common, rangd in figure wedge thir way,

Walkd firm; the crested Cock whose clarion sounds

They summd thir Penns, and soaring th air sublime

Stretcht like a Promontorie sleeps or swimm99lib•netes,

Floats, as they pass, fannd with unnumberd plumes:

Draws in, and at his Trunck spouts out a Sea.

Till Evn, nor then the solemn Nightingal [ 435 ]

Or in thir Pearlie shells at ease, attend

In prospect; there the Eagle and the Stork

And saw that it was good, and blessd them, saying, [ 395 ]

And Lakes and running Streams the waters fill;

Of Coral stray, or sporting with quick glance [ 405 ]

And let the Fowle be multiplyd on the Earth.

And bended Do九九藏书lphins play: part huge of bulk [ 410 ]

Thir callow young, but featherd soon and fledge [ 420 ]

Thir Aierie Caravan high over Seas

Moist nutriment, or under Rocks thir food

Bank the mid Sea: part single or with mate

Between her white wings mantling proudly, Rowes

Thir downie Brest; the Swan with Arched neck

Part loosly wing the Region, part more wise [ 425 ]

Thir Brood as numerous hatch, from the Egg that soon

Mean while the tepid Caves, and Fens and shoares