to try thee, Adam, I was pleasd,
And finde t of Beasts alone,
rig of thy self,
Expressing hee free, [ 440 ]
My Image, not imparted to te,
for thee
Good reason dislike,
And be so minded still; I, ere t,
Kne not good for Man to be alone, [ 445 ]
And no suc
Intended trial onely brought,
to see judge of fit and meet:
next I bring shee, be assurd,
t her self, [ 450 ]
tly to ts desire.
hee ended, or I heard no more, for now
My earthly by his heavnly overpowerd,
ood under, streind to th
In t celestial Colloquie sublime, [ 455 ]
As t excels the sense,
Dazld and spent, sunk do repair
Of sleep, ly fell on me, calld
By Nature as in aide, and closd mine eyes.
Mine eyes opn left the Cell [ 460 ]
Of Fancie my internal sight, by which
Abstract as in a transe met I saw,
the shape
Still glorious before wood;
ooping opnd my left side, and took [ 465 ]
From ts warme,
And Life-blood streaming freshe wound,
But suddenly h flesh filld up and heald:
th his hands;
Under ure grew, [ 470 ]
Manlike, but different sex, so lovly faire,
t he orld, seemd now
Mean, or in aind
And in time infusd
Sness into my , unfelt before, [ 475 ]
And into all things from her Aire inspird
t of love and amorous delight.