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hisheart,divineofsothingill,
sgavehihethefalteringasurefelt;
andforthtoether,theook
thattheyparted:bythetree
ofknoustpass;therehehert,
scarcefrohetreeretuing;inherhand
aboughoffairestfruit,thatdoiled,
nebrosialslldiffused
tohihehasted;inherfaceexcuse
pt;
h,hblandhusaddressed
hastthounot,atstay
theeihavessed,andthoughtitlong,deprived
thypresence;agonyoflovetillnow
notfelt,norshallbetore
anitotry,rashuntriedisought,
thepainofabsencefrohysightbutstrange
hathbeenthecause,andohear:
thistreeisnot,asold,atree
ofdangertasted,nortoevilunknown
openingtheofdivineeffect
toopeneyes,andketheodsaste;
andhathbeentastedsuch:theserpentwise,
paradiselost
269of374
ootrestrainedasobeying,
hatheatenofthefruit;andisbee,
notdead,ashreatened,butthenceforth
enduedanvoiceandhunsense,
reasoningtoadration;ande
persuasivelyhathsoprevailed,thati
havealsotasted,andhavealsofound
theeffeineeyes,
dirst,dilatedspirits,alerheart,
andgroogodhead;hee
chieflyisought,houttheecandespise
forbliss,asthouhastpart,toisbliss;
tedious,unsharedhthee,andodioussoon
thouthereforealsotaste,thatequallot
yjoinus,equaljoy,asequallove;
lest,thounottasting,differentdegree
disjoinus,andithentoolaterenounce
deityforthee,it
thusevehuntenanceblitheherstorytold;
butinhercheekdisteerflushingglowed
ontheothersideadasoonasheheard
thefataltrespassdonebyeve,azed,
astoniedstoodandblank,hill
ranthroughhisveins,andallhisjointsrelaxed;
froisslackhandthegarlandhedforeve
do,andallthefadedrosesshed:
speechlesshestoodandpale,tillthusatlength
firsttohielfheinebroke
ofairestofcreation,lastandbest
paradiselost
270of374
ofallgodsexcelled
ed,
holy,divine,good,aable,ors
hothoulostho,
defaced,defloodeathdevote
rather,hothouyieldedtotransgress
thestrictforbiddance,hooviolate
thesaecursedfraud
ofenehathbeguiledthee,yetunknown,
andhtheehathruined;forhthee
certainresolutionistodie:
hohouttheehowforego
thysnverse,andlovesodearlyjoined,
toliveagaininthesewildwoodsforlo
shouldgodcreateanothereve,andi
anotherribafford,yetlossofthee
heart:no,noifeel
thelinkofnaturedrae:fleshofflesh,
boneofbohouart,andfrohystate
nenevershallbeparted,blissorwoe
sohavingsaid,asonefroaddisy
reforted,andafterthoughtsdisturbed
subttingtoedrediless,
thusincaloodhisoevehetued
bolddeedthouhastpresud,adventurouseve,
andperilgreatprovoked,hushastdared,
haditbeenonlyvetingtoeye
thatsacredfruit,sacredtoabstinence,
chretotasteitunderbantotouch
paradiselost
271of374
butpastanrecall,ordoneundo
notgodoipotent,norfate;yetso
perhapsthoushaltnotdie,perhapsthefact
isnotsoheinousnoastedfruit,
profanedfirstbytheserpent,byhiirst
den,andunhalloaste;
noryetonhiounddeadly;yethelives;
lives,asthousaidst,andgainstolive,asn,
higherdegreeoflife;inducentstrong
tous,aslikelytastingtoattain
proportionalascent;be
buttobegods,orangels,degods
norcanithinkthatgod,creatorwise,
thoughthreatening,sodestroy
ushispricreatures,dignifiedsohigh,
setoverallhishinourfall,
foruscreated,needsustfail,
dependantde;sogodshalluncreate,
befrustrate,do,undo,andlabourlose;
nothoughhispower
creationuldrepeat,yeth
ustoabolish,lesttheadversary
triuh,andsay;fickletheirstategod
stfavours;longfirst
heruined,no
tterofs,nottobegiventhefoe
hoylot,
:ifdeath
nsorteaslife;
paradiselost
272of374
soforcibleyheartifeel
thebondofnaturedraetoown;
oine;
ourstatecannotbesevered;weareone,
oneflesh;tolosetheeyself
soadaandthusevetohieplied
oglorioustrialofexceedinglove,
illustriousevidence,exalehigh
engagingtoelate;but,short
ofthyperfection,hotain,
adafrosprung,
andgladlyofourunionheartheespeak,
oneheart,onesoulinboth;whereofgoodproof
thisdayaffords,declaringtheeresolved,
ratherthandeath,oraughtthandeathredread,
shallseparateus,linkedinlovesodear,
toundergoeoneguilt,onecri,
ifanybe,oftastingthisfairfruit;
ueforofgoodstillgoodproceeds,
direct,orbyoccasion,hathpresented
thishappytrialofthylove,helse
soenentlyneverhadbeenknown
enacedwouldensue
thisattet,iainalone
the,andnotpersuadethee,ratherdie
deserted,thanobligetheehafact
peicioustothypeace;chieflyassured
rerkablysolateofthysotrue,
sofaithful,loveunequalled:butifeel
paradiselost
273of374
farotherheevent;notdeath,butlife
augnted,openedeyes,newhopes,newjoys,
tastesodivine,thatofsbefore
hathtouchedsense,flatseetothis,andharsh
onexperience,adafreelytaste,
andfearofdeathdelivertothewinds
sosaying,sheeracedhiandforjoy
tenderlyuchhathehislove
hadsoennobled,asofchoicetoincur
divinedispleasureforhersake,ordeath
inrepenceforsuchpliancebad
suchrepencebestritsfrohebough
shegavehifthatfairenticingfruit
hliberalhand:hescruplednottoeat,
againsthisbetterknodeceived,
butfondlyoverealechar
ear
... </P></TD>
hisheart,divineofsothingill,
sgavehihethefalteringasurefelt;
andforthtoether,theook
thattheyparted:bythetree
ofknoustpass;therehehert,
scarcefrohetreeretuing;inherhand
aboughoffairestfruit,thatdoiled,
nebrosialslldiffused
tohihehasted;inherfaceexcuse
pt;
h,hblandhusaddressed
hastthounot,atstay
theeihavessed,andthoughtitlong,deprived
thypresence;agonyoflovetillnow
notfelt,norshallbetore
anitotry,rashuntriedisought,
thepainofabsencefrohysightbutstrange
hathbeenthecause,andohear:
thistreeisnot,asold,atree
ofdangertasted,nortoevilunknown
openingtheofdivineeffect
toopeneyes,andketheodsaste;
andhathbeentastedsuch:theserpentwise,
paradiselost
269of374
ootrestrainedasobeying,
hatheatenofthefruit;andisbee,
notdead,ashreatened,butthenceforth
enduedanvoiceandhunsense,
reasoningtoadration;ande
persuasivelyhathsoprevailed,thati
havealsotasted,andhavealsofound
theeffeineeyes,
dirst,dilatedspirits,alerheart,
andgroogodhead;hee
chieflyisought,houttheecandespise
forbliss,asthouhastpart,toisbliss;
tedious,unsharedhthee,andodioussoon
thouthereforealsotaste,thatequallot
yjoinus,equaljoy,asequallove;
lest,thounottasting,differentdegree
disjoinus,andithentoolaterenounce
deityforthee,it
thusevehuntenanceblitheherstorytold;
butinhercheekdisteerflushingglowed
ontheothersideadasoonasheheard
thefataltrespassdonebyeve,azed,
astoniedstoodandblank,hill
ranthroughhisveins,andallhisjointsrelaxed;
froisslackhandthegarlandhedforeve
do,andallthefadedrosesshed:
speechlesshestoodandpale,tillthusatlength
firsttohielfheinebroke
ofairestofcreation,lastandbest
paradiselost
270of374
ofallgodsexcelled
ed,
holy,divine,good,aable,ors
hothoulostho,
defaced,defloodeathdevote
rather,hothouyieldedtotransgress
thestrictforbiddance,hooviolate
thesaecursedfraud
ofenehathbeguiledthee,yetunknown,
andhtheehathruined;forhthee
certainresolutionistodie:
hohouttheehowforego
thysnverse,andlovesodearlyjoined,
toliveagaininthesewildwoodsforlo
shouldgodcreateanothereve,andi
anotherribafford,yetlossofthee
heart:no,noifeel
thelinkofnaturedrae:fleshofflesh,
boneofbohouart,andfrohystate
nenevershallbeparted,blissorwoe
sohavingsaid,asonefroaddisy
reforted,andafterthoughtsdisturbed
subttingtoedrediless,
thusincaloodhisoevehetued
bolddeedthouhastpresud,adventurouseve,
andperilgreatprovoked,hushastdared,
haditbeenonlyvetingtoeye
thatsacredfruit,sacredtoabstinence,
chretotasteitunderbantotouch
paradiselost
271of374
butpastanrecall,ordoneundo
notgodoipotent,norfate;yetso
perhapsthoushaltnotdie,perhapsthefact
isnotsoheinousnoastedfruit,
profanedfirstbytheserpent,byhiirst
den,andunhalloaste;
noryetonhiounddeadly;yethelives;
lives,asthousaidst,andgainstolive,asn,
higherdegreeoflife;inducentstrong
tous,aslikelytastingtoattain
proportionalascent;be
buttobegods,orangels,degods
norcanithinkthatgod,creatorwise,
thoughthreatening,sodestroy
ushispricreatures,dignifiedsohigh,
setoverallhishinourfall,
foruscreated,needsustfail,
dependantde;sogodshalluncreate,
befrustrate,do,undo,andlabourlose;
nothoughhispower
creationuldrepeat,yeth
ustoabolish,lesttheadversary
triuh,andsay;fickletheirstategod
stfavours;longfirst
heruined,no
tterofs,nottobegiventhefoe
hoylot,
:ifdeath
nsorteaslife;
paradiselost
272of374
soforcibleyheartifeel
thebondofnaturedraetoown;
oine;
ourstatecannotbesevered;weareone,
oneflesh;tolosetheeyself
soadaandthusevetohieplied
oglorioustrialofexceedinglove,
illustriousevidence,exalehigh
engagingtoelate;but,short
ofthyperfection,hotain,
adafrosprung,
andgladlyofourunionheartheespeak,
oneheart,onesoulinboth;whereofgoodproof
thisdayaffords,declaringtheeresolved,
ratherthandeath,oraughtthandeathredread,
shallseparateus,linkedinlovesodear,
toundergoeoneguilt,onecri,
ifanybe,oftastingthisfairfruit;
ueforofgoodstillgoodproceeds,
direct,orbyoccasion,hathpresented
thishappytrialofthylove,helse
soenentlyneverhadbeenknown
enacedwouldensue
thisattet,iainalone
the,andnotpersuadethee,ratherdie
deserted,thanobligetheehafact
peicioustothypeace;chieflyassured
rerkablysolateofthysotrue,
sofaithful,loveunequalled:butifeel
paradiselost
273of374
farotherheevent;notdeath,butlife
augnted,openedeyes,newhopes,newjoys,
tastesodivine,thatofsbefore
hathtouchedsense,flatseetothis,andharsh
onexperience,adafreelytaste,
andfearofdeathdelivertothewinds
sosaying,sheeracedhiandforjoy
tenderlyuchhathehislove
hadsoennobled,asofchoicetoincur
divinedispleasureforhersake,ordeath
inrepenceforsuchpliancebad
suchrepencebestritsfrohebough
shegavehifthatfairenticingfruit
hliberalhand:hescruplednottoeat,
againsthisbetterknodeceived,
butfondlyoverealechar
ear
... </P></TD>