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Have gathered aught of evil or conceald, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark. So pray'd they innocent, and to thir thoughts Firm peace recoverd soon and wonted calm. 210 On to thir mornings rural work they haste Among sweet dewes and flours; where any row Of Fruit-trees overwoodie reachd too farr Thir pamperd boughes, and needed hands to check Fruitless imbraces: or they led the Vine To wed her Elm; she spous'd about him twines Her mariageable arms, and with her brings Her dowr th' adopted Clusters, to adorn His barren leaves. Them thus imploid beheld With pittie Heav'ns high King, and to him call'd 220 Raphael, the sociable Spirit, that deign'd To travel with Tobias, and secur'd His marriage with the seaventimes-wedded Maid. Raphael, said hee, thou hear'st what stir on Earth Satan from Hell scap't through the darksom Gulf Hath raisd in Paradise, and how disturbd This night the human pair, how he designes In them at once to ruin all mankind. Go therefore, half this day as friend with friend Converse with Adam, in what Bowre or shade 230 Thou find'st him from the heat of Noon retir'd, To respit his day-labour with repast, Or with repose; and such discourse bring on, As may advise him of his happie state, Happiness in his power left free to will, Left to his own free Will, his Will though free, Yet mutable; whence warne him to beware He swerve not too secure: tell him withall His danger, and from whom, what enemie Late falln himself from Heav'n, is plotting now 240 The fall of others from like state of bliss; By violence, no, for that shall be withstood, But by deceit and lies; this let him know, Least wilfully transgressing he pretend Surprisal, unadmonisht, unforewarnd. So spake th' Eternal Father, and fulfilld All Justice: nor delaid the winged Saint After his charge receivd, but from among Thousand Celestial Ardors, where he stood Vaild with his gorgeous wings, up springing light 250 Flew through the midst of Heav'n; th' angelic Quires On each hand parting, to his speed gave way
Through all th' Empyreal road; till at the Gate Of Heav'n arriv'd, the gate self-opend wide On golden Hinges turning, as by work Divine the sov'ran Architect had fram'd. >From hence, no cloud, or, to obstruct his sight, Starr interpos'd, however small he sees, Not unconform to other shining Globes, Earth and the Gard'n of God, with Cedars crownd 260 Above all Hills. As when by night the Glass Of Galileo, less assur'd, observes Imagind Lands and Regions in the Moon: Or Pilot from amidst the Cyclades Delos or Samos first appeering kenns A cloudy spot. Down thither prone in flight He speeds, and through the vast Ethereal Skie Sailes between worlds & worlds, with steddie wing Now on the polar windes, then with quick Fann Winnows the buxom Air; till within soare 270 Of Towring Eagles, to all the Fowles he seems A Phoenix, gaz'd by all, as that sole Bird When to enshrine his reliques in the Sun's Bright Temple, to Aegyptian Theb's he flies. At once on th' Eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A Seraph wingd; six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments Divine; the pair that clad Each shoulder broad, came mantling o're his brest With regal Ornament; the middle pair 280 Girt like a Starrie Zone his waste, and round Skirted his loines and thighes with downie Gold And colours dipt in Heav'n; the third his feet Shaddowd from either heele with featherd maile Skie-tinctur'd grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook his Plumes, that Heav'nly fragrance filld The circuit wide. Strait knew him all the bands Of Angels under watch; and to his state, And to his message high in honour rise; For on som message high they guessd him bound. 290 Thir glittering Tents he passd, and now is come Into the blissful field, through Groves of Myrrhe, And flouring Odours, Cassia, Nard, and Balme; A Wilderness of sweets; for Nature here Wantond as in her prime, and plaid at will Her Virgin Fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wilde above rule or art; enormous bliss. Him through the spicie Forrest onward com
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Through all th' Empyreal road; till at the Gate<br />
Of Heav'n arriv'd, the gate self-opend wide<br />
On golden Hinges turning, as by work<br />
Divine the sov'ran Architect had fram'd.<br />
>From hence, no cloud, or, to obstruct his sight,<br />
Starr interpos'd, however small he sees,<br />
Not unconform to other shining Globes,<br />
Earth and the Gard'n of God, with Cedars crownd 260<br />
Above all Hills. As when by night the Glass<br />
Of Galileo, less assur'd, observes<br />
Imagind Lands and Regions in the Moon:<br />
Or Pilot from amidst the Cyclades<br />
Delos or Samos first appeering kenns<br />
A cloudy spot. Down thither prone in flight<br />
He speeds, and through the vast Ethereal Skie<br />
Sailes between worlds & worlds, with steddie wing<br />
Now on the polar windes, then with quick Fann<br />
Winnows the buxom Air; till within soare 270<br />
Of Towring Eagles, to all the Fowles he seems<br />
A Phoenix, gaz'd by all, as that sole Bird<br />
When to enshrine his reliques in the Sun's<br />
Bright Temple, to Aegyptian Theb's he flies.<br />
At once on th' Eastern cliff of Paradise<br />
He lights, and to his proper shape returns<br />
A Seraph wingd; six wings he wore, to shade<br />
His lineaments Divine; the pair that clad<br />
Each shoulder broad, came mantling o're his brest<br />
With regal Ornament; the middle pair 280<br />
Girt like a Starrie Zone his waste, and round<br />
Skirted his loines and thighes with downie Gold<br />
And colours dipt in Heav'n; the third his feet<br />
Shaddowd from either heele with featherd maile<br />
Skie-tinctur'd grain. Like Maia's son he stood,<br />
And shook his Plumes, that Heav'nly fragrance filld<br />
The circuit wide. Strait knew him all the bands<br />
Of Angels under watch; and to his state,<br />
And to his message high in honour rise;<br />
For on som message high they guessd him bound. 290<br />
Thir glittering Tents he passd, and now is come<br />
Into the blissful field, through Groves of Myrrhe,<br />
And flouring Odours, Cassia, Nard, and Balme;<br />
A Wilderness of sweets; for Nature here<br />
Wantond as in her prime, and plaid at will<br />
Her Virgin Fancies, pouring forth more sweet,<br />
Wilde above rule or art; enormous bliss.<br />
Him through the spicie Forrest onward com