Luxuriant; mean while murmuring waters fall [ 260 ]

Rowling on Orient Pearl and sands of Gold,

Down the steep glade, and met the neather Flood,

Thereby regaind, but sat devising Death

Dwelt in Telassar: in this pleasant soile

Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.

Imbround the noontide Bowrs: Thus was this place,

Sat like a Cormorant; yet not true Life

To them who livd; nor on the vertue thought

A Heaven on Earth, for blissful Paradise

Both where the morning Sun first warmly smote

Of Great Seleucia, built by

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Southward through Eden went a River large,

Another side, umbrageous Grots and Caves

The good before him, but perverts best things

From Auran Eastward to the Royal Towrs

Nor changd his course, but through the shaggie hill

Of som irriguous Valley spred her store, [ 255 ]

Hung amiable, Hesperian Fables true, [ 250 ]

Rose a fresh Fountain, and with many a rill

Or palmie hilloc, or the flourie lap

Of porous Earth with kindly thirst up drawn,

Which from his darksom passage now appeers,

Of iwww.99lib.netmmortality. So little knows

And now divided into four main Streams,

Or where the Sons of Eden long before

Of God the Garden was, by him in the East

The middle Tree and highest there that grew, [ 195 ]

That to the fringed Bank with Myrtle crownd,

Of Eden planted; Eden stretchd her Line [ 210 ]

Of vegetable Gold; and next to Life [ 220 ]

If true, here only, and of delicious taste:

High eminent, blooming Ambrosial Fruit

Beneath him with new wonder now he views [ 205 ]

Of that life-giving Plant, but only usd

The九*九*藏*书*网 open field, and where the unpierct shade [ 245 ]

His farr more pleasant Garden God ordaind; [ 215 ]

Layes forth her purple Grape, and gently creeps

Flours worthy of Paradise which not nice Art

And all amid them stood the Tree of Life,

Grasing the tender herb, were interposd,

Waterd the Garden; thence united fell [ 230 ]

In narrow room Natures whole wealth, yea more,

With mazie error under pendant shades

Groves whose rich Trees wept odorous Gumms and Balme,

For prospect, what well usd had bin the pledge [ 200 ]

Runs di九-九-藏-书-网vers, wandring many a famous Realme

Down the slope hills, disperst, or in a Lake,

Ran Nectar, visiting each plant, and fed [ 240 ]

Out of the fertil ground he causd to grow

All Trees of noblest kind for sight, smell, taste;

Any, but God alone, to value right

Flours of all hue, and without Thorn the Rose:

To all delight of human sense exposd

And Country whereof here needs no account, [ 235 ]

A happy rural seat of various view;

But rather to tell how, if Art could tell,

Thence up he flew, and on the Tree of Life,

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Betwixt them Lawns, or level Downs, and Flocks

In Beds and curious Knots, but Nature boon

That Mountain as his Garden mould high raisd

Others whose fruit burnisht with Golden Rinde

Upon the rapid current, which through veins

Her chrystal mirror holds, unite thir streams.

Our Death the Tree of Knowledge grew fast by,

How from that Saphire Fount the crisped Brooks,

Of coole recess, ore which the mantling vine

Passd underneath ingulft, for God had thrown [ 225 ]

Powrd forth profuse on Hill and Dale and Plaine,