第43节

    【】h,sofreshandgay,

    yehills,anddales,yerivers,woods,andplains,

    aliveandve,faircreatures,tell,

    tell,ifyesaethus,howhere

    notofself;bysogreatkerthen,

    ingoodnessandinpoi:

    tell,hoayikno,howadore,

    frohavethatthusiveandlive,

    ahatiaappierthaniknow.

    husicalled,andstrayedikneher,

    frorebeheld

    thishappylight;ued,

    onagreenshadybank,profuseofflowers,

    pedolesleep

    paradiselost

    226of374

    firstfound,andhsoftoppressionseised

    drousedseroubled,thoughithought

    ithenyforrstate

    insensible,andforthhtodissolve:

    yheadadrea

    whoseinoved

    fancytobelieveiyethadbeing,

    andlived:ohought,ofshapedivine,

    andsaid,thynsion;rise,

    firstn,ofninnurableordained

    firstfathercalledbythee,iethyguide

    tothegardenofbliss,thyseatprepared.

    sosaying,bythehaookraised,

    andoverfieldsanders,asinair

    sothslidingeup

    aountain;oplain,

    auithgoodliesttrees

    planted,hhatisaw

    ofearthbeforesepleasantseed.eachtree,

    loadenhfairestfruitthathungtotheeye

    teting,stirredinsuddee

    topludeat;iwaked,andfound

    beforeneeyesallreal,asthedreabr>

    hadlivelyshadowed:herehadnewbegun

    yguide

    uphither,froreesappeared,

    presencedivine.rejoig,buthawe,

    inadorationathisfeetifell

    subss:hereared,andthousoughtestia

    paradiselost

    227of374

    saidldly,authorofallthisthouseest

    above,orroundaboutthee,orbeh.

    thisparadiseigivethee,untitthine

    totillandkeep,andofthefruittoeat:

    ofeverytreethatinthegardengrows

    eatfreelyhgladheart;fearhereh:

    butofthetreeis

    kno

    thepledgeofthyobediehyfaith,

    adthegardenbythetreeoflife,

    reerihee,shuntotaste,

    andshuernsequence:forknow,

    thedaythoueatestthereof,solend

    transgressed,iablythoushaltdie,

    frohatdayrtal;andthishappystate

    shaltlose,expelledfroeoaworld

    ofelyhepronounced

    therigidinterdi,hresounds

    yetdreadfulihoughine

    nottoincur;butsoonhist

    retued,andgraciouspurposethusrenewed.

    notonlythesefairbounds,butalltheearth

    totheeandtothyraceigive;aslords

    possessit,andallthingsthatthereinlive,

    orliveinsea,orair;beast,fish,andfowl.

    insignbehold

    aftertheirkinds;ibringtheoreceive

    froheetheias,andpaytheefealty

    hloe

    paradiselost

    228of374

    offishhintheireryresidence,

    nothithersuoned,siheyotge

    theirelent,todrahethinnerair.

    asthushespake,eachbirdabehold

    approagtheseweringlow

    ent;eachbirdstoopedonhiswing.

    inadtheastheypassed,anduood

    theiature,hsuowledgegodendued

    suddenapprehension:butinthese

    ifoundhoughtiedstill;

    andtotheheavenlyvisionthuspresud.

    o,bye,forthouaboveallthese,

    abovenkind,htthannkindhigher,

    surpassestfarnang;hoayi

    adorethee,authorofthisuniverse,

    andallthisgoodtonforwhosewellbeing

    soaly,andhhandssoliberal,

    thouhastprovidedallthings:bute

    iseenotakes.insolitude

    happiness,anenjoyalone,

    or,allenjoyifind

    thusipresutuous;andthevisiht,

    asilerebrightehusreplied.

    callestthousolitudeisnottheearth

    hvariousliviures,andtheair

    replenished,andalltheseatthynd

    toeandplaybeforetheeknothounot

    theirlanguageandtheirheyalsoknow,

    andreasonnotibly:hthese

    paradiselost

    229of374

    findpasti,andbearrule;thyrealslarge.

    sospaketheuniversallord,andseed

    so:i,plored,

    andhuledeprecation,thusreplied.

    letnothee,heavenlypower;

    ker,bepropitiouswhileispeak.

    hastthounotdeherethysubstitute,

    andtheseinferiourfarbehset

    angunequalssociety

    sort,ony,ortruedelight

    ustbetual,inproportiondue

    givenandreceived;but,indisparity

    theoeheotherstillress,

    otheither,butsoonprove

    tediousalike:offellowshipispeak

    suchasiseek,fittoparticipate

    allrationaldelight:hebrute

    annsort:theyrejoice

    eachhtheirkind,lionhlioness;

    sofitlythenpairsthouhastbined:

    chlessbirdhbeast,orfishhfowl

    sohtheoxtheape;

    a,aofall.

    ightyansdispleased.

    anidsubtlehappiness,isee,

    thoutothyselfproposest,inthee

    ofthyassociates,adandtaste

    nopleasure,thoughinpleasure,solitary.

    e,andthisstate

    paradiselost

    230of374

    seetotheesuffitlypossessed

    ofhappiness,ootalone

    frolleteity;fooneiknow

    sendtoorlike,equalchless.

    hotoholdnverse,

    saveade,andthose

    toinferiour,infinitedests

    behothercreaturesaretothee

    heceased;ilotain

    thehighthahofthyetealways

    allhunthoughtseshort,supreofthings

    thouinthyselfartperfedinthee

    isnodefian,

    butindegree;thecauseofhisdesire

    byionhhisliketohelp

    orsolacehisdefeohatthou

    shouldstpropagate,alreadyinfinite;

    andthroughallnuersabsolute,thoughone:

    butnbyo

    hissingleierfe,a

    likeofhislike,hisigeltiplied,

    inunitydefective;hrequires

    llaterallove,anddearestaty.

    thouinthysecresyalthoughalone,

    bestpanie

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