And t Lig s to run
Muceep, suspens in heavn
ent voice he heares, [ 100 ]
And longer o ell
ion, and th
Of Nature from t Deep:
Or if tarr of Eevning and the Moon
e to t h her will bring [ 105 ]
Silence, and Sleep listning to tch,
Or hy Song
End, and dismiss the Morning shine.
trious Guest besought:
And the Godlike Angel answerd milde. [ 110 ]
t ion askt
Obtaine: to recount Almightie works
ongue of Seraph can suffice,
Or of man suffice to comprehend?
Yet attain, w may serve [ 115 ]
to glorifie the Maker, and inferr
t be hheld
thy hearing, such Commission from above
I o anshy desire
Of knoain [ 120 ]
to ask, nor let tions hope
t reveald, wh invisible King,
Onely Omniscient in Night,
to none communicable in Earth or heaven:
Anoug besides to search and know. [ 125 ]
But Knowledge is as food, and needs no less
emperance over Appetite, to know
In measure ain,
Oppresses else , and soon turns
isdom to Folly, as Nouris to inde. [ 130 ]
Kno after Lucifer from heavn
(So call er once amidst t
Of Angels, t Starr tarrs among)
Fell he Deep
Into Son returnd [ 135 ]
Victorious s, tent
Eternal Fathrone beheld
titude, and to hus spake.