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THE ARGUMENT

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satan having past the earth; with meditated guile returns as a mist by night into paradise; enters into the serpent sleeping。 adam and eve in the morning go forth to thir labours; which eve proposes to divide in several places; each labouring apart: adam consents not; alledging the danger; lest that enemy; of whom they were forewarnd; should attempt her found alone: eve loath to be thought not circumspect or firm enough; urges her going apart; the rather desirous to make tryal of her strength; adam at last yields: the serpent finds her alone; his subtle approach; first gazing; then speaking; with much flattery extolling eve above all other creatures。 eve wondring to hear the serpent speak; asks how he attaind to human speech and such understanding not till now; the serpent answers; that by tasting of a certain tree in the garden he attaind both to speech and reason; till then void of both: eve requires him to bring her to that tree; and finds it to be the tree of knowledge forbidden: the serpent now grown bolder; with many wiles and arguments induces her at length to eat; she pleasd with the taste deliberates a while whether to impart thereof to adam or not; at last brings him of the fruit; relates what perswaded her to eat thereof: adam at first amazd; but perceiving her lost; resolves through vehemence of love to perish with her; and extenuating the trespass; eats also of the fruit: the effects thereof in them both; they seek to cover thir nakedness; then fall to variance and accusation of one another。

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Paradise Lost Ⅸ1

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no more of talk where god or angel guest

with man; as with his friend; familiar usd

to sit indulgent; and with him partake

rural repast; permitting him the while

venial discourse unblamd: i now must change ' 5 '

those notes to tragic; foul distrust; and breach

disloyal on the part of man; revolt;

and disobedience: on the part of heavn

now alienated; distance and distaste;

anger and just rebuke; and judgement givn; ' 10 '

that brought into this world a world of woe;

sinne and her shadow death; and miserie

deaths harbinger: sad task; yet argument

not less but more heroic then the wrauth

of stern achilles on his foe pursud ' 15 '

thrice fugitive about troy wall; or rage

of turnus for lavinia disespousd;

or neptuns ire or junos; that so long

perplexd the greek and cythereas son;

if answerable style i can obtaine ' 20 '

of my celestial patroness; who deignes

her nightly visitation unimplord;

and dictates to me slumbring; or inspires

easie my unpremeditated verse:

since first this subject for heroic song ' 25 '

pleasd me long choosing; and beginning late;

not sedulous by nature to indite

warrs; hitherto the onely argument

heroic deemd; chief maistrie to dissect

with long and tedious havoc fabld knights ' 30 '

in battels feignd; the better fortitude

of patience and heroic martyrdom

unsung; or to describe races and games;

or tilting furniture; emblazond shields;

impreses quaint; caparisons and steeds; ' 35 '

bases and tinsel trappings; gorgious knights

at joust and torneament; then marshald feast

servd up in hall with sewers; and seneshals;

the skill of artifice or office mean;

not that which justly gives heroic name ' 40 '

to person or to poem。 mee of these

nor skilld nor studious; higher argument

remaines; sufficient of it self to raise

that name; unless an age too late; or cold

climat; or years damp my intended wing ' 45 '

deprest; and much they may; if all be mine;

not hers who brings it nightly to my ear。

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Paradise Lost Ⅸ2

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the sun was sunk; and after him the starr

of hesperus; whose office is to bring

twilight upon the earth; short arbiter ' 50 '

twixt day and night; and now from end to end

nights hemisphere had veild the horizon round:

when satan who late fled before the threats

of gabriel out of eden; now improvd

in meditated fraud and malice; bent ' 55 '

on mans destruction; maugre what might hap

of heavier on himself; fearless returnd。

by night he fled; and at midnight returnd。

from passing the earth; cautious of day;

since uriel regent of the sun descrid ' 60 '

his entrance; and forewarnd the cherubim

that kept thir watch; thence full of anguish drivn;

the space of seven continud nights he rode

with darkness; thrice the equinoctial line

he circld; four times crossd the carr of night ' 65 '

from pole to pole; traversing each colure;

on the eighth returnd; and on the coast averse

from entrance or cherubic watch; by stealth

found unsuspected way。 there was a place;

now not; though sin; not time; first wraught the change; ' 70 '

where tigris at the foot of paradise

into a gulf shot under ground; till part

rose up a fountain by the tree of life;

in with the river sunk; and with it rose

satan involvd in rising mist; then sought ' 75 '

where to lie hid; sea he had searcht and land

from eden over pontus; and the poole

m?otis; up beyond the river ob;

downward as farr antartic; and in length

west from orontes to the ocean barrd ' 80 '

at darien; thence to the land where flowes

ganges and indus: thus the orb he roamd

with narrow search; and with inspection deep

considerd every creature; which of all

most opportune might serve his wiles; and found ' 85 '

the serpent suttlest beast of all the field。

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Paradise Lost Ⅸ3

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him after long debate; irresolute

of thoughts revolvd; his final sentence chose

fit vessel; fittest imp of fraud; in whom

to enter; and his dark suggestions hide ' 90 '

from sharpest sight: for in the wilie snake;

whatever sleights none would suspicious mark;

as from his wit and native suttletie

proceeding; which in other beasts observd

doubt might beget of diabolic powr ' 95 '

active within beyond the sense of brute。

thus he resolvd; but first from inward griefe

his bursting passion into plaints thus pourd:

o earth; how like to heavn; if not preferrd

more justly; seat worthier of gods; as built ' 100 '

with second thoughts; reforming what was old!

for what god after better worse would build?

terrestrial heavn; danct round by other heavns

that shine; yet bear thir bright officious lamps;

light above light; for thee alone; as seems; ' 105 '

in thee concentring all thir precious beams

of sacred influence: as god in heavn

is center; yet extends to all; so thou

centring receavst from all those orbs; in thee;

not in themselves; all thir known vertue appeers ' 110 '

productive in herb; plant; and nobler birth

of creatures animate with gradual life

of growth; sense; reason; all summd up in man。

with what delight could i have walkt thee round;

if i could joy in aught; sweet interchange ' 115 '

of hill; and vallie; rivers; woods and plaines;

now land; now sea; and shores with forrest crownd;

rocks; dens; and caves; but i in none of these

find place or refuge; and the more i see

pleasures about me; so much more i feel ' 120 '

torment within me; as from the hateful siege

of contraries; all good to me bees

bane; and in heavn much worse would be my state。

but neither here seek i; no nor in heavn

to dwell; unless by maistring heavns supreame; ' 125 '

nor hope to be my self less miserable

by what i seek; but others to make such

as i; though thereby worse to me redound:

for onely in destroying i find ease

to my relentless thoughts; and him destroyd; ' 130 '

or won to what may work his utter loss;

for whom all this was made; all this will soon

follow; as to him linkt in weal or woe;

in wo then: that destruction wide may range:

to mee shall be the glorie sole among ' 135 '

the infernal powers; in one day to have marrd

what he almightie styld; six nights and days

continud making; and who knows how long

before had bin contriving; though perhaps

not longer then since i in one night freed ' 140 '

from servitude inglorious welnigh half

th angelic name; and thinner left the throng

of his adorers: hee to be avengd;

and to repaire his numbers thus impaird;

whether such vertue spent of old now faild ' 145 '

more angels to create; if they at least

are his created; or to spite us more;

determind to advance into our room

a creature formd of earth; and him endow;

exalted from so base original; ' 150 '

with heavnly spoils; our spoils: what he decreed

he effected; man he made; and for him built

magnificent this world; and earth his seat;

him lord pronouncd; and; o indignitie!

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subjected to his service angel wings; ' 155 '

and flaming ministers to watch and tend

thir earthy charge: of these the vigilance

i dread; and to elude; thus wrapt in mist

of midnight vapor glide obscure; and prie

in every bush and brake; where hap may finde ' 160 '

the serpent sleeping; in whose mazie foulds

to hide me; and the dark intent i bring。

o foul descent! that i who erst contended

with gods to sit the highest; am now constraind

into a beast; an

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