And noo Earthey had descrid, [ 325 ]
to Paradise first tending, when behold
Satan in likeness of an Angel bright
Bet taure and tearing
he Sun in Aries rose:
Disguisd those his Children dear [ 330 ]
t soon discernd, though in disguise.
er Eve seduct, unminded slunk
Into t by, and changing shape
to observe t
By Eve, ting, seconded [ 335 ]
Upon sought
Vain covertures; but when he saw descend
to judge terrifid
o escape, but shun
t, fearing guiltie w h [ 340 ]
Mig; t past, returnd
By Nigening whe hapless Paire
Sate in t,
tood
Not instant, but of future time. ith joy [ 345 ]
And tidings fraugo urnd,
And at t
Of tifice, un
Met him came, his Ofspring dear.
Great joy ting, and at sight [ 350 ]
Of t stupendious Bridge his joy encreasd.
Long ood, till Sin, his faire
Incing Daughe silence broke.
O Parent, thy magnific deeds,
trop as not thine own, [ 355 ]
t tect:
For I no sooner in my divind,
My , w harmonie
Still moves ,
t t prosperd, why looks [ 360 ]
No straig
tant from t felt
t I must after thy Son;
Sucal consequence unites us three:
hell could no longer hold us in her bounds, [ 365 ]
Nor this unvoyageable Gulf obscure
Detain from follorious track.