Rap ir on Earth
Satan from the darksom Gulf [ 225 ]
urbd
t the human pair, how he designes
In t once to ruin all mankind.
Go th friend
Converse Bowre or shade [ 230 ]
t of Noon retird,
to respit ,
Or h repose; and such discourse bring on,
As may advise ate,
free to will, [ 235 ]
Left to hough free,
Yet mutable; wo beware
too secure: tell hall
enemie
Late falln ting now [ 240 ]
tate of bliss;
By violence, no, for t sood,
But by deceit and lies; t him know,
Lest ransgressing end
Surprisal, unadmonisht, unforewarnd. [ 245 ]
So spake ternal Father, and fulfilld
All Justice: nor delaid t
After from among
tial Ardors, wood
Vaild [ 250 ]
Fle of h angelic Quires
On eacing, to his speed gave way
till at te
Of e self-opend wide
On golden urning, as by work [ 255 ]
Divine tect had framd.
From o obstruct ,
Starr interposd, however small he sees,
Not unconform to other shining Globes,
Earth Cedars crownd [ 260 ]
Above all the Glass
Of Galileo, less assurd, observes
Imagind Lands and Regions in the Moon:
Or Pilot from amidst the Cyclades
Delos or Samos first appeering kenns [ 265 ]
A cloudy spot. Do
Ethereal Skie
Sailes beteddie wing
Noh quick Fann
innoill hin soare [ 270 ]
Of too all the Fowles he seems
A P sole Bird
o enshe Suns
Brigemple, to ?gyptian thebs he flies.