¡¶Paradise Lost ¢û¡· THE ARGUMENT ts to Parents noing, and intercedes for ts t declares t t no longer abide in Paradise; sends Mico dispossess t first to reveal to Adam future to Eve certain ominous signs; to meet ure. Eves Lamentation. Adam pleads, but submits: to a s before sill the Flood. 1 t pligant stood Praying, for from t above Prevenient Grace descending had removd tonie from ts, amp; made new flesh Regenerate groead, t sighd [ 5 ] Unutterable, w of prayer Inspird, and wingd for t Oratorie: yet t Not of mean suiters, nor important less Seemd tition, t Pair [ 10 ] In Fables old, less ancient yet these, Deucalion and ce Pyrro restore the Shrine Of tood devout. to hir prayers Flehe way, by envious windes [ 15 ] Blorate: in they passd Dimentionless then clad itar fumd, By t Intercessor, came in sight Before the glad Son [ 20 ] Presenting, to intercede began. See Fat first fruits on Earth are sprung From ted Grace in Man, these Sighs And Prayers, w it before thee bring, [ 25 ] Fruits of more pleasing savour from thy seed Sorition in , those rees Of Paradise could , ere falln From innocence. Nohine eare [ 30 ] to supplication, e; Unskilful o pray, let mee Interpret for e And propitiation, all his works on mee Good or not good ingraft, my Merit those [ 35 ] S, and for th shall pay. Accept me, and in mee from these receave to him live Before t least his days Numberd, till Death, his doom (which I [ 40 ] to mitigate t to reverse) to better life sh mee All my redeemd may dwell in joy and bliss, Made one hee am one. 2 to w Cloud, serene. [ 45 ] All t for Man, accepted Son, Obtain, all t was my Decree: But longer in t Paradise to dwell, to Nature him forbids: tal Elements t know [ 50 ] No gross, no unure foule, Eject ainted now, and purge him off As a distemper, gross to aire as gross, And mortal food, as may dispose For dissolution [ 55 ] Distemperd all t Corrupted. I at first s Created h happiness And Immortalitie: t fondly lost, t to eternize woe; [ 60 ] till I provided Death becomes er Life trid in sribulation, and refind By Faito second Life, akt in tion of t, [ 65 ] Resignes h renewd. But let us call to Synod all t t hide My judgments, h Mankind I proceed, As Angels late they saw; [ 70 ] And in tate, tood more confirmd. he Son gave signal high to t Minister t chd, hee blew rumpet, heard in Oreb since perhaps hen God descended, and perhaps once more [ 75 ] to sound at general Doom. t Filld all thir blissful Bowrs Of Amarantin Sain or Spring, By ters of Life, we In fellows [ 80 ] ed, resorting to the Summons high, And took ts; till from hrone supream ty thus pronouncd his sovran ill. 3 O Sons, like one of us Man is become to knoaste [ 85 ] Of t defended Fruit; but let , and Evil got, o have known Good by it self, and Evil not at all. s, and prayes contrite, [ 90 ] My motions in hey move, I know, how variable and vain Self-left. Least therefore his now bolder hand Reacree of Life, and eat, And live for ever, dream at least to live [ 95 ] For ever, to remove him I decree, And send o till taken, fitter soile. Mic hou in charge, take to the Cherubim [ 100 ] t the Fiend Or in beo invade Vacant possession som nerouble raise: the Paradise of God it remorse drive out the sinful Pair, [ 105 ] From h unholie, and denounce to to thence Perpetual banis. Yet least t At tence rigorously urgd, For I bend and ears [ 110 ] Beerror hide. If patiently they obey, Dismiss t disconsolate; reveale to Adam w sure dayes, As I sen, intermix [ 115 ] My Covnant in the womans seed renewd; So send t in peace: And on t side of the Garden place, rance up from Eden easiest climbes, Cche flame [ 120 ] ide , And guard all passage to tree of Life: Least Paradise a receptacle prove to Spirits foule, and all my trees thir prey, itoln Fruit Man once more to delude. [ 125 ] h Archangelic Power prepard For s descent, bright Of chful Cherubim; four faces each hir shape Spangld hose [ 130 ] Of Argus, and more o drouze, Coral Reed Of e Rod. Mean while to resalute t Leucoth fresh dews imbalmd [ 135 ] t Matron Eve hir Orisons, and found, Strengto spring Out of despaire, joy, but linkt; o Eve his welcome words renewd. [ 140 ] Eve, easily may Fait, t all the good which we enjoy, from heavn descends; But t from us ougo heavn So prevalent as to concerne the mind Of God , or to incline his will, [ 145 ] o belief may seem; yet this will Prayer, Or one s sigh, up-borne Evn to t of God. For since I saught By Prayer tie to appease, Kneeld and before , [ 150 ] Met I saw him placable and mild, Bending his eare; perswasion in me grew t I was urnd o my brest, and to my memorie thy Seed shall bruise our Foe; [ 155 ] minded in dismay, yet now Assures me t tterness of death Is past, and hee, Eve righer of all Mankind, Mothee [ 160 ] Man is to live, and all things live for Man. to wh sad demeanour meek. 4 Ill itle should belong to me transgressour, whee ordaind A o mee reproach [ 165 ] Ratrust and all dispraise: But infinite in pardon was my Judge, t I w broug t favourable thou, o entitle me voutsafst, [ 170 ] Farr ot the Field to labour calls us no imposd, ter sleepless Nighe Morn, All unconcernd , begins us forth, [ 175 ] I never from to stray, hough now enjoind Laborious, till day droop; while here we dwell, can be toilsom in t alkes? us live, tate, content. [ 180 ] So spake, so e Subscribd not; Nature first gave Signs, imprest On Bird, Beast, Aire, Aire suddenly eclipsd After s blus toopt from our, [ 185 ] t plume before him drove: Do reigns in oods, First er tle brace, Goodliest of all t, and hinde; Direct to tern Gate t. [ 190 ] Adam observd, and he chase Pursuing, not unmovd to Eve thus spake. O Eve, some furder cs us nigh, e signs in Nature shews Forerunners of o warn [ 195 ] Us oo secure of our discharge From penaltie, because from deat Some days; till then our life, , And t return and be no more. [ 200 ] 5 in our sight Of flighe ground One Darkness ere Dayes mid-course, and Morning light More orient in yon estern Cloud t draws [ 205 ] Ore t a radiant we, And slo. , for by the heavnly Bands Doed now In Paradise, and on a , [ 210 ] A glorious Apparition, doubt And carnal fear t day dimmd Adams eye. Not t more glorious, w Jacob in Mahanaim, where he saw t; [ 215 ] Nor t w appeerd In Doth a Camp of Fire, Against to surprize One man, Assassin-like had levied arr, arr unproclamd. the Princely hierarch [ 220 ] In t stand, t o seise Possession of the Garden; hee alone, to find ook his way, Not unperceavd of Adam, wo Eve, Visitant approachus spake. [ 225 ] Eve, no great tidings, which perhaps Of us ermin, or impose Neo be observd; for I descrie From yonder blazing Cloud t veils the hill One of t, and by e [ 230 ] None of t, some great Potentate Or of tie Invests not terrible, t I should fear, nor sociably mild, As Rap I should much confide, [ 235 ] But solemn and sublime, o offend, it meet, and tire. 6 h Arch-Angel soon drew nigh, Not in ial, but as Man Clad to meet Man; over his lucid Armes [ 240 ] A militarie Vest of purple flowd Livelier the graine Of Sarra, worn by Kings and heros old In time of truce; Iris the wooff; arrie helme unbuckld shewd him prime [ 245 ] In Manh ended; by his side As in a glistering Zodiac he Sword, Satans dire dread, and in he Spear. Adam boe Inclind not, but hus declard. [ 250 ] Adam, no Preface needs: Sufficient t th, tence ransgress, Defeated of his seisure many dayes Givn t repent, [ 255 ] And one bad act h many deeds well done Mayst cover: hy Lord appeasd Redeem te from Deaths rapacious claime; But longer in to dwell Permits not; to remove thee I am come, [ 260 ] And send to till t takn, fitter Soile. , for Adam at the newes -strook ood, t all his senses bound; Eve, who unseen [ 265 ] Yet all Discoverd soon tire. O unexpected stroke, h! Must I thus leave tive Soile, these happie alks and Shades, [ 270 ] Fit of Gods? wo spend, Quiet t of t day t must be mortal to us both. O flours, t never e grow, My early visitation, and my last [ 275 ] At Eevn, wender hand From t opning bud, and gave ye Names, o the Sun, or ranke Your tribes, and er from t? tly nuptial Bowre, by mee adornd [ 280 ] it to sig; from thee , and wher wander down Into a loo this obscure And wilde, her Aire Less pure, accustomd to immortal Fruits? [ 285 ] errupted milde. 7 Lament not Eve, but patiently resigne justly t lost; nor set t, t hine; t lonely, hee goes [ 290 ] to follo bound; ive soile. Adam by the cold sudden damp Recovering, and terd spirits returnd, to Michus his humble words addressd. [ 295 ] Celestial, whrones, or namd Of t, for such of shape may seem Prince above Princes, gently tould t else in telling wound, And in performing end us; w besides [ 300 ] Of sorroion and despair Our frailtie can sustain, tidings bring, Departure from t Recess, and onely consolation left Familiar to our eyes, all places else [ 305 ] Inable appeer and desolate, Nor knowing us nor known: and if by prayer Incessant I could o che will Of cease to wearie h my assiduous cries: [ 310 ] But prayer against e Decree No more availes t the winde, Bloifling back on breat forth: to bidding I submit. t afflicts me, t departing hence, [ 315 ] As from his face I shall be hid, deprivd nance; , itsafd Presence Divine, and to my Sons relate; On t ree [ 320 ] Stood visible, among these Pines his voice I tain talkd: So many grateful Altars I would reare Of grassie terfe, and pile up every Stone Of lustre from the brook, in memorie, [ 325 ] Or monument to Ages, and thereon Offer s smelling Gumms and Fruits and Flours: In yonder nether orld where shall I seek appearances, or foot step-trace? 8 For t recalld [ 330 ] to life prolongd and promisd Race, I now Gladly be most skirts Of glory, and farr off eps adore. to wh regard benigne. Adam, t h. [ 335 ] Not this Rock onely; his Omnipresence fills Land, Sea, and Aire, and every kinde t lives, Fomented by ual power and warmd: All to possess and rule, No despicable gift; surmise not then [ 340 ] o these narrow bounds confind Of Paradise or Eden: this had been Peral Seate, from whence had spred All generations, and her come From all to celebrate [ 345 ] And reverence t Progenitor. But t lost, brought down to dhy Sons: Yet doubt not but in Vallie and in Plaine God is as here, and will be found alike [ 350 ] Present, and of his presence many a signe Still folloill compassing thee round iternal Love, his Face Express, and of eps track Divine. t beleeve, and be confirmd [ 355 ] Ere t, kno to s sure dayes to to th bad Expect to ending ito learn [ 360 ] true patience, and to temper joy h fear And pious sorrow, equally enurd By moderation eitate to beare, Prosperous or adverse: so s thou lead Safest t prepard endure [ 365 ] tal passage w comes. Ascend t Eve (for I her eyes) o foresig, As once t, wo life was formd. 9 to wefully replid. [ 370 ] Ascend, I folloh t me, and to t, ning, to turne My obvious breast, arming to overcom By suffering, and earne rest from labour won, [ 375 ] If so I may attain. So both ascend In t was a hill Of Paradise t, from wop t Ken Stretc to amplest reac lay. [ 380 ] Not hill nor wider looking round, cause tempter set Our second Adam in the ilderness, to shir Glory. tood [ 385 ] City of old or modern Fame, t Of mig Empire, from tind alls Of Cambalu, seat of Cathaian Can And Samarcemirs throne, to Paquin of Sin?an Kings, and thence [ 390 ] to Agra and La Mogul Doo the golden Chersonese, or where tan sate, or since In he Russian Ksar In Mosco, or tan in Bizance, [ 395 ] turcan-born; nor could ken to most Port Ercoco and tim Kings Mombaza, and Quiloa, and Melind, And Sofala t Opo the Realme [ 400 ] Of Congo, and Angola fardest South; Or to Atlas Mount the Kingdoms of Almansor, Fez and Sus, Marocco and Algiers, and tremisen; On Europe to sway [ 405 ] t perhaps he also saw Ric of Motezume, And Cusco in Peru, t Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoild Guiana, ie Geryons Sons [ 410 ] Call El Dorado: but to nobler sights Miche Filme removd false Fruit t promisd clearer sight h Euphrasie and Rue to see; [ 415 ] And from tilld. So deep ts piercd, Eevn to t seat of mental sight, t Adam no to close his eyes, Sunk doranst: [ 420 ] But le Angel by the hand Soon raisd, and tention thus recalld. 10 Adam, no behold ts w In some to spring from touchd [ 425 ] ted tree, nor he Snake conspird, Nor sinnd t from t sin derive Corruption to bring fort deeds. his eyes he opnd, and beheld a field, Part arable and tilth, whereon were Sheaves [ 430 ] Ne, t sheep-walks and foulds; It an Altar as tood Rustic, of grassie sord; ther anon A sie Reaper from illage brought First Fruits, the yellow Sheaf, [ 435 ] Unculld, as came to More meek came lings of his Flock C and best; then sacrificing, laid t, rewd, On t ood, and all due Rites performd. [ 440 ] ious Fire from heavn Consumd eful steame; t, for sincere; alkd, Smote o tone [ 445 ] t beat out life; he fell, and deadly pale Groand out h gushing bloud effusd. Muc t sig Dismaid, and te to th Angel crid. O teac misch befalln [ 450 ] to t meek man, who well had sacrificd; Is Pietie tion paid? t whus, hee also movd, replid. to come Out of t t h slain, [ 455 ] For envie t hers Offering found From ance; but t ill be avengd, and th approvd Loose no rehou see him die, Ro and gore. to which our Sire. [ 460 ] Alas, bothe cause! 11 But he way I must return to native dust? O sight Of terrour, foul and ugly to behold, o to feel! [ 465 ] to w seen In s many shapes Of Deat lead to to sense More terrible at trance thin. [ 470 ] Some, as t, by violent stroke shall die, By Fire, Flood, Famin, by Intemperance more In Meats and Drinks, wh shall bring Diseases dire, of wrous crew Before t t know [ 475 ] miserie tinence of Eve Sely a place Before his eyes appeard, sad, noysom, dark, A Lazar- seemd, wherein were laid Numbers of all diseasd, all maladies [ 480 ] Of gastly Spasm, or racking torture, qualmes Of -sick Agonie, all feavorous kinds, Convulsions, Epilepsies, fierce Catarrhs, Intestin Stone and Ulcer, Colic pangs, D?moniac Phrenzie, moaping Melancholie [ 485 ] And Moon-struck madness, pining Atrophie Marasmus and ing Pestilence, Dropsies, and Ast-racking Rheums. Dire ossing, deep the groans, despair tended t from Couco Couch; [ 490 ] And over triump Deat S delaid to strike, t invokt ithir chief good, and final hope. Sig of Rock could long Drie-eyd be, but , [ 495 ] t of oman born; compassion quelld of Man, and gave o tears A space, till firmer ts restraind excess, And scarce recovering words renewd. O miserable Mankind, to w fall [ 500 ] Degraded, to cate reservd! 12 Better end heer unborn. hy is life givn to be ted from us? rather why Obtruded on us thus? who if we knew accept [ 505 ] Life offerd, or soon beg to lay it down, Glad to be so dismist in peace. Can thus ted once So goodly and erect, tie since, to sucly sufferings be debast [ 510 ] Under in Man, Retaining still Divine similitude In part, from sucies be free, And for ? then [ 515 ] Forsook they villifid to serve ungovernd appetite, and took ish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. t is t, [ 520 ] Disfiguring not Gods likeness, but thir own, Or if pure Natures hful rules to loathey Gods Image did not reverence in themselves. [ 525 ] I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. But is t no other way, besides these painful passages, how we may come to Deatural dust? thou well observe [ 530 ] t too mucemperance taught In st and drinkst, seeking from thence Due nouris, not gluttonous delight, till many years over turn: So maist till like ripe Fruit thou drop [ 535 ] Into th ease Gat , for deature: t t outlive trengty, which will change to hen [ 540 ] Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forgoe, to , and for th hy blood will reigne A melancholly damp of cold and dry to consume [ 545 ] to wor. 13 Death, nor would prolong Life muc rat Fairest and easiest of this combrous charge, keep till my appointed day [ 550 ] Of rendring up, and patiently attend My dissolution. Michael replid, Nor love te; but Live to heavn: And no. [ 555 ] he lookd and saw a spacious Plaine, whereon ere tents of various hue; by some were herds Of Cattel grazing: othe sound Of Instruments t made melodious chime as heard, of harp and Organ; and who moovd [ 560 ] tops and c touch Instinct tions low and high Fled and pursud transverse t fugue. In ot stood one he Forge Labouring, two massie clods of Iron and Brass [ 565 ] ed (wher found where casual fire ed ain or in Vale, Doo t to som Caves mout by stream From underground) the liquid Ore he dreind [ 570 ] Into fit moulds prepard; from which he formd First ooles; t mig Fusil or gravn in mettle. After these, But on t sort From t, [ 575 ] Doo thir guise Just men tudy bent to wors, and know his works Not w preserve Freedom and Peace to men: the Plain [ 580 ] Long , s behold A Beavie of fair omen, richly gay In Gems and on dress; to they sung Soft amorous Ditties, and in dance came on: t thir eyes [ 585 ] Rove rein, till in t Fast caughey likd, and each his liking chose; And noreat till tar Loves t tial torch, and bid invoke [ 590 ] to marriage Rites invokt; it and Musick all tents resound. 14 Sucervie Of love and yout lost, Songs, Garlands, Flours, And ctac [ 595 ] Of Adam, soon enclind to admit delight, t of Nature; whus expressd. true opener of mine eyes, prime Angel blest, Mucter seems this Vision, and more hope Of peaceful dayes portends, t; [ 600 ] te and death, or pain much worse, ure seems fulfilld in all her ends. to By pleasure, to Nature seeming meet, Created, as t, to nobler end [ 605 ] ie divine. tents t so pleasant, ents Of wickedness, wherein shall dwell his Race udious they appere Of Arts t polisers rare, [ 610 ] Unmindful of t taug ts acknowledgd none. Yet teous ofspring s; For t fair femal troop t, t seemd Of Goddesses, so blith, so gay, [ 615 ] Yet empty of all good ws omans domestic honour and chief praise; Bred onely and completed to taste Of lustful appetence, to sing, to dance, to dress, and troule tongue, and roule the Eye. [ 620 ] to t sober Race of Men, whose lives Religious titld the Sons of God, Sue, all thir fame Ignobly, to traines and to the smiles Of ts, and now swim in joy, [ 625 ] (Erelong to s large) and laugh; for which tears must weepe. to . O pittie and s to live well Enterd so faire, surn aside to tread [ 630 ] Pat, or in t! 15 But still I see tenor of Mans woe o begin. From Mans effeminate slackness it begins, Said tter hold his place [ 635 ] By s receavd. But noher Scene. erritorie spred Before oween, Cities of Men y Gates and towrs, [ 640 ] Concours in Arms, fierce Faces tning arr, Giants of mightie Bone, and bould emprise; Part courb teed, Single or in Array of Battel rangd Bot, nor idely mustring stood; [ 645 ] One from forage drives A herd of Beeves, faire Oxen and faire Kine From a fat Meddow ground; or fleecy Flock, Eing Lambs over the Plaine, tie; scarce he Shepherds flye, [ 650 ] But call in aide, which makes a bloody Fray; itournament the Squadrons joine; tle pasturd late, noterd lies ithensanguind Field Deserted: Oto a Citie strong [ 655 ] Lay Seige, encampt; by Batterie, Scale, and Mine, Assaulting; othe all defend it and Javlin, Stones and sulfurous Fire; On eacer and gigantic deeds. In ot terd haralds call [ 660 ] to Council in tie Gates: anon Grey-, Assemble, and soon In factious opposition, till at last Of middle Age one rising, eminent [ 665 ] In , spake muc and rong, Of Justice, of Religion, truth and Peace, And Judgment from above: him old and young Exploded, and hands, a Cloud descending snatchence [ 670 ] Unseen amid throng: so violence Proceeded, and Oppression, and Sword-Law the Plain, and refuge none was found. 16 Adam ears, and to his guide Lamenting turnd full sad; O hese, [ 675 ] Deaters, not Men, wh Ino men, and multiply ten the sin of him who slew her; for of whom such massacher Make t of thren, men of men? [ 680 ] But Man, w heavn Rescud, eousness bin lost? to w Of ted Marriages t: chemselves [ 685 ] Abo joyn; and by imprudence mixt, Produce prodigious Births of bodie or mind. Sucs, men of high renown; For in t onely shall be admird, And Valour and u calld; [ 690 ] to overcome in Battle, and subdue Nations, and bring e Man-slaug pitch Of human Glorie, and for Glorie done Of triumpo be styld great Conquerours, [ 695 ] Patrons of Mankind, Gods, and Sons of Gods, Destroyers rightlier calld and Plagues of men. tch, And merits fame in silence hid. But [ 700 ] teous in a orld perverse, And ted, t ito be just, And utter odious trut God would come to judge ts: high [ 705 ] Rapt in a balmie Cloud eeds Did, as t, receave, to h God ion and the Climes of bliss, Exempt from Deato s reward As t w punis? [ 710 ] thine eyes and soon behold. 17 e changd; t of arr to roar, All nournd to jollitie and game, to luxurie and riot, feast and dance, [ 715 ] Marrying or prostituting, as befell, Rape or Adulterie, where passing faire Allurd to civil Broiles. At lengthem came, And of t dislike declard, [ 720 ] And testifid against t Frequented t, triumpivals, and to them preachd Conversion and Repentance, as to Souls In prison under Judgments imminent: [ 725 ] But all in vain: which when he saw, he ceasd Contending, and removd ents farr off; tain imber tall, Began to build a Vessel of huge bulk, Measurd by Cubit, length, [ 730 ] Smeard round che side a dore Contrivd, and of provisions laid in large For Man and Beast: wrange! Of every Beast, and Bird, and Insect small Came seavens, and pairs, and enterd in, as taught [ 735 ] t three Sons it the dore. Meanwh black wings ide ogether drove From under o their supplie [ 740 ] Vapour, and Exion dusk and moist, Sent up amain; and nohicknd Skie Like a dark Ceeling stood; down rushe Rain Impetuous, and continud till th No more ing Vessel swum [ 745 ] Uplifted; and secure h beaked prow Rode tilting ore the aves, all dwellings else Flood overwhir pomp Deep under er rould; Sea coverd Sea, Sea shir Palaces [ 750 ] e reignd, Sea-monsters whelpd And stabld; of Mankind, so numerous late, All left, in one small bottom s. 18 to behold thy Ofspring, end so sad, [ 755 ] Depopulation; ther Floud, Of tears and sorrohee also drownd, And sunk till gently reard By t toodst at last, tless, as wher mourns [ 760 ] royd at once; And scarce to tterdst t. O Visions ill foreseen! better had I Livd ignorant of future, so had borne My part of evil onely, eac [ 765 ] Anougo bear; t t At once, by my foreknoh Abortive, to torment me ere thir being, it t t be. Let no man seek [ 770 ] o be foretold w shall befall him or his Childern, evil he may be sure, , And ure evil shall no less In appreance feel [ 775 ] Grievous to bear: but t care no, Man is not Famin and anguis last consume andring t rie Desert: I had hope , and arr on Earth, [ 780 ] All would hen gon well, peace would have crownd ithe race of man; But I was farr deceavd; for now I see Peace to corrupt no less to e. tial Guide, [ 785 ] And whe Race of man will end. to In triumphey First seen in acts of pro And great exploits, but of true vertu void; [ 790 ] muce Subduing Nations, and achereby Fame in titles, and rich prey, So pleasure, ease, and sloth, Surfet, and lust, till onness and pride [ 795 ] Raise out of friendsil deeds in Peace. 19 the conquerd also, and enslavd by arr S all vertu loose And fear of God, from wie feignd In sest of Battel found no aide [ 800 ] Against invaders; therefore coold in zeale tice o live secure, orldlie or dissolute, on hir Lords So enjoy; for th shall bear More t temperance may be trid: [ 805 ] So all surn degenerate, all depravd, Justice and temperance, trut; One Man except, t In a dark Age, against example good, Against allurement, custom, and a orld [ 810 ] Offended; fearless of reproach and scorn, Or violence, hee of wicked wayes S teousness, how much more safe, And full of peace, denouncing o come [ 815 ] On tence; and surne Of t of God observd t Man alive; by his command S, to save [ 820 ] A orld devote to universal rack. No sooner Select for life she Ark be lodgd, And serd round, but all taracts Of open on th shall powre [ 825 ] Raine day and nigains of the Deep Broke up, so usurp Beyond all bounds, till inundation rise Above t Of Paradise by might of aves be moovd [ 830 ] Out of he horned floud, itrees adrift Do River to the opning Gulf, And take root an Iland salt and bare, t of Seales and Orcs, and Sea-mews clang. [ 835 ] to teac God attributes to place No sanctitie, if none be t By Men herein dwell. And noher shall ensue, behold. 20 he floud, [ 840 ] ed, for the Clouds were fled, Drivn by a keen Nort blowing drie rinkld the face of Deluge, as decaid; And trie Glass Gazd , and of the fresh ave largely drew, [ 845 ] As after t, whir flowing shrink From standing lake to tripping ebbe, t stole it foot toopt . tes, but seems on ground [ 850 ] Fast on top of som ain fixt. And noops of hills as Rocks appeer; its drive toreating Sea tyde. Fort the Arke a Raven flies, [ 855 ] And after he surer messenger, A Dove sent forto spie Green tree or ground ; time returning, in his Bill An Olive leafe he brings, pacific signe: [ 860 ] Anon drie ground appeers, and from his Arke t Sire descends rain; ted , Grateful to heavn, over his head beholds A dehe Cloud a Bow [ 865 ] Conspicuous ed colours gay, Betokning peace from God, and Covnant new. t of Adam erst so sad Greatly rejoycd, and th. O t future t represent [ 870 ] As present, ructer, I revive At t sig Man shall live itures, and thir seed preserve. Farr less I no for one whole orld Of royd, then I rejoyce [ 875 ] For one Man found so perfet and so just, t God voutsafes to raise another orld From o forget. 21 But say, reaks in heavn, Distended as the Brow of God appeasd, [ 880 ] Or serve to binde ts of t same rie Cloud, Least it again dissolve and sh? to ; So his Ire, [ 885 ] te repenting him of Man depravd, Grievd at , when looking down he saw th violence, and all flesh Corrupting eac those remoovd, Suc Man find in , [ 890 ] t s, not to blot out mankind, And makes a Covenant never to destroy t the Sea Surpass o drohe orld it; but when he brings [ 895 ] Over t riple-colourd Bow, wo look And call to mind : Day and Night, Seed time and , and Sill fire purge all things new, [ 900 ] Bot shall dwell.