t,
S in vain, nor though men were none, [ 675 ]
t spectators, God praise;
Millions of spiritual Creatures h
Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep:
All th ceasless praise his works behold
Bot: en from teep [ 680 ]
Of ec have we heard
Celestial voices to t air,
Sole, or responsive eaco ote
Singing t Creator: oft in bands
cly rounding walk, [ 685 ]
itoucrumental sounds
In full hir songs
Divide t, and lift our ts to heaven.
talking hey passd
On to t was a place [ 690 ]
Cer, when he framd
All to mans delighe roofe
Of t covert was inwoven shade
Laurel and Mirtle, and w higher grew
Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side [ 695 ]
Acanthus, and each odorous bushie shrub
Fencd up t wall; eaceous flour,
Iris all hues, Roses, and Gessamin
Reard
Mosaic; underfoot t, [ 700 ]
Crocus, and h rich inlay
Broiderd tone
Of costliest Emblem: oture here
Beast, Bird, Insect, or orm durst enter none;
Suchir awe of Man. In shadie Bower [ 705 ]
More sacred and sequesterd, t feignd,
Pan or Silvanus never slept, nor Nymph,
Nor Faunus ed. here in close recess
it-smelling herbs
Espoused Eve deckt first ial Bed, [ 710 ]
And he hymen?an sung,
day to our Sire
Brougy more adornd
More lovely the Gods
Endos, and O too like [ 715 ]
In sad event, he unwiser Son
Of Jap brought by hermes, she ensnard
Mankind o be avengd
On ole Joves autic fire.