thir quire apply; aires, vernal aires,
Breattune [ 265 ]
trembling leaves, while Universal Pan
Knit he hours in dance
Led on ternal Spring. Not t faire field
Of Enna, whering flours
her self a fairer Floure by gloomie Dis [ 270 ]
as gat Ceres all t pain
to seek s Grove
Of Dapes, and th inspird
Castalian Spring, mighis Paradise
Of Eden strive; nor t Nyseian Ile [ 275 ]
Girt riton, where old Cham,
iles Ammon call and Lybian Jove,
hea and her Florid Son
Young Baccepdame Rheas eye;
Nor whir issue Guard, [ 280 ]
Mount Amara, this by som supposd
true Paradise under thiop Line
By Nilus h shining Rock,
A e
From the Fiend [ 285 ]
Saw undelig, all kind
Of living Creatures neo sigrange:
tall,
Godlike erect, ive honour clad
In naked Majestie seemd Lords of all, [ 290 ]
And hir looks Divine
thir glorious Maker shon,
trutitude severe and pure,
Severe but in true filial freedom plact;
rue autority in men; th [ 295 ]
Not equal, as t equal seemd;
For contemplation hee and valour formd,
For softness s attractive Grace,
hee for God only, shee for God in him:
and Eye sublime declard [ 300 ]
Absolute rule; and hin Locks
Round from ed forelock manly hung
Clustring, but not beneath his shoulders broad:
So te
resses wore [ 305 ]
Dis in on ringlets wavd
As tendrils, which implid
Subjection, but requird le sway,
And by receivd,
Yielded pride, [ 310 ]
And s reluctant amorous delay.