Not t t tempt,
But us s
For state, as Sovran King, and to enure
Our prompt obedience. Fast s [ 240 ]
tes, and barricadod strong;
But long ere our approachin
Noise, othe sound of Dance or Song,
torment, and loud lament, and furious rage.
Glad urnd up to ts of Light [ 245 ]
Ere Sabbath Eevning: so we had in charge.
But tion notend,
Pleasd h mine.
So spake thus our Sire.
For Man to tell how human Life began [ 250 ]
Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?
Desire ill longer to converse
Inducd me. As ne from soundest sleep
Soft on the flourie herb I found me laid
In Balmie S, whe Sun [ 255 ]
Soon drid, and on ture fed.
Strait toward urnd,
And gazd a will raisd
By quick instinctive motion up I sprung,
As t [ 260 ]
Stood on my feet; about me round I saw
hill, Dale, and shadie oods, and sunnie Plaines,
And liquid Lapse of murmuring Streams; by these,
Creatures t livd, and movd, and walkd, or flew,
Birds on things smild, [ 265 ]
it oreflowd.
My self I then perusd, and Limb by Limb
Surveyd, and sometimes , and sometimes ran
its, as lively vigour led:
But w cause, [ 270 ]
Kne; to speak I trid, and forth spake,
My tongue obeyd and readily could name
ere I sa,
And tnd Earth, so fresh and gay,
Ye hills and Dales, ye Rivers, oods, and Plaines, [ 275 ]
And ye t live and move, fair Creatures, tell,
tell, if ye saw, hus, how here?