to wh,
Attend: t t o God; [ 520 ]
t tinust suco thy self,
t is, to tand.
t caution givn thee; be advisd.
God made t, not immutable;
And good to persevere [ 525 ]
it in thy will
By nature free, not over-ruld by Fate
Inextricable, or strict necessity;
Our voluntarie service he requires,
Not our necessitated, such him [ 530 ]
Finds no acceptance, nor can find, for how
Can s, not free, be trid whey serve
illing or no,
By Destinie, and can no other choose?
Myself and all t t stand [ 535 ]
In sigate
hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds;
On oty none; freely we serve
Because we freely love, as in our will
to love or not; in tand or fall: [ 540 ]
And Som are falln, to disobedience falln,
And so from o deepest hell; O fall
From e of bliss into w woe!
to or. thy words
Attentive, and ed eare [ 545 ]
Divine instructer, I hen when
C from neighbouring hills
Aereal Music send: nor kne
to be boted free;
Yet t o love [ 550 ]
Our maker, and obey him whose command
Single, is yet so just, my constant ts
Assurd me and still assure: t tellst
in hin me move,
But more desire to , [ 555 ]
tion, range,
orto be heard;
And he Sun
half his journey, and scarce begins
Zone of heavn. [ 560 ]
t, and Raphael
After s pause assenting, thus began.
ter t me, O prime of men,
Sad task and e
to s [ 565 ]
Of s; remorse
the ruin of so many glorious once
And perfet wood; unfould
ts of another orld, perhaps
Not lao reveal? yet for thy good [ 570 ]
t, and s the reach
Of e so,
By likning spiritual to corporal forms,
As may express t, t if Earth
Be but therein [ 575 ]
Eaco ot?