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mean while the hour of noon drew on; and wakd

an eager appetite; raisd by the smell ' 740 '

so savorie of that fruit; which with desire;

inclinable now grown to touch or taste;

sollicited her longing eye; yet first

pausing a while; thus to her self she musd。

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great are thy vertues; doubtless; best of fruits。 ' 745 '

though kept from man; and worthy to be admird;

whose taste; too long forborn; at first assay

gave elocution to the mute; and taught

the tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise:

thy praise hee also who forbids thy use; ' 750 '

conceales not from us; naming thee the tree

of knowledge; knowledge both of good and evil;

forbids us then to taste; but his forbidding

mends thee more; while it inferrs the good

by thee municated; and our want: ' 755 '

for good unknown; sure is not had; or had

and yet unknown; is as not had at all。

in plain then; what forbids he but to know;

forbids us good; forbids us to be wise?

such prohibitions binde not。 but if death ' 760 '

bind us with after…bands; what profits then

our inward freedom? in the day we eate

of this fair fruit; our doom is; we shall die。

how dies the serpent? hee hath eatn and lives;

and knows; and speaks; and reasons; and discerns; ' 765 '

irrational till then。 for us alone

was death invented? or to us denid

this intellectual food; for beasts reservd?

for beasts it seems: yet that one beast which first

hath tasted; envies not; but brings with joy ' 770 '

the good befalln him; author unsuspect;

friendly to man; farr from deceit or guile。

what fear i then; rather what know to feare

under this ignorance of good and evil;

of god or death; of law or penaltie? ' 775 '

here grows the cure of all; this fruit divine;

fair to the eye; inviting to the taste;

of vertue to make wise: what hinders then

to reach; and feed at once both bodie and mind?

so saying; her rash hand in evil hour ' 780 '

forth reaching to the fruit; she pluckd; she eat:

earth felt the wound; and nature from her seat

sighing through all her works gave signs of woe;

that all was lost。 back to the thicket slunk

the guiltie serpent; and well might; for eve ' 785 '

intent now wholly on her taste; naught else

regarded; such delight till then; as seemd;

in fruit she never tasted; whether true

or fansied so; through expectation high

of knowledg; nor was god…head from her thought。 ' 790 '

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greedily she ingorgd without restraint;

and knew not eating death: satiate at length;

and hightnd as with wine; jocond and boon;

thus to her self she pleasingly began。

o sovran; vertuous; precious of all trees ' 795 '

in paradise; of operation blest

to sapience; hitherto obscurd; infamd;

and thy fair fruit let hang; as to no end

created; but henceforth my early care;

not without song; each morning; and due praise ' 800 '

shall tend thee; and the fertil burden ease

of thy full branches offerd free to all;

till dieted by thee i grow mature

in knowledge; as the gods who all things know;

though others envie what they cannot give; ' 805 '

for had the gift bin theirs; it had not here

thus grown。 experience; next to thee i owe;

best guide; not following thee; i had remaind

in ignorance; thou opnst wisdoms way;

and givst access; though secret she retire。 ' 810 '

and i perhaps am secret; heavn is high;

high and remote to see from thence distinct

each thing on earth; and other care perhaps

may have diverted from continual watch

our great forbidder; safe with all his spies ' 815 '

about him。 but to adam in what sort

shall i appeer? shall i to him make known

as yet my change; and give him to partake

full happiness with mee; or rather not;

but keep the odds of knowledge in my power ' 820 '

without copartner? so to add what wants

in femal sex; the more to draw his love;

and render me more equal; and perhaps;

a thing not undesireable; somtime

superior: for inferior who is free? ' 825 '

this may be well: but what if god have seen

and death ensue? then i shall be no more;

and adam wedded to another eve;

shall live with her enjoying; i extinct;

a death to think。 confirmd then i resolve; ' 830 '

adam shall share with me in bliss or woe:

so dear i love him; that with him all deaths

i could endure; without him live no life。

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so saying; from the tree her step she turnd;

but first low reverence don; as to the power ' 835 '

that dwelt within; whose presence had infusd

into the plant sciential sap; derivd

from nectar; drink of gods。 adam the while

waiting desirous her return; had wove

of choicest flours a garland to adorne ' 840 '

her tresses; and her rural labours crown;

as reapers oft are wont thir harvest queen。

great joy he promisd to his thoughts; and new

solace in her return; so long delayd;

yet oft his heart; divine of somthing ill; ' 845 '

misgave him; hee the faultring measure felt;

and forth to meet her went; the way she took

that morn when first they parted; by the tree

of knowledge he must pass; there he her met;

scarse from the tree returning; in her hand ' 850 '

a bough of fairest fruit that downie smild;

new gatherd; and ambrosial smell diffusd。

to him she hasted; in her face excuse

came prologue; and apologie to prompt;

which with bland words at will she thus addrest。 ' 855 '

hast thou not wonderd; adam; at my stay?

thee i have misst; and thought it long; deprivd

thy presence; agonie of love till now

not felt; nor shall be twice; for never more

mean i to trie; what rash untrid i sought; ' 860 '

the pain of absence from thy sight。 but strange

hath bin the cause; and wonderful to heare:

this tree is not as we are told; a tree

of danger tasted; nor to evil unknown

opning the way; but of divine effect ' 865 '

to open eyes; and make them gods who taste;

and hath bin tasted such: the serpent wise;

or not restraind as wee; or not obeying;

hath eatn of the fruit; and is bee;

not dead; as we are threatnd; but thenceforth ' 870 '

endud with human voice and human sense;

reasoning to admiration; and with mee

perswasively hath so prevaild; that i

have also tasted; and have also found

th effects to correspond; opener mine eyes ' 875 '

dimm erst; dilated spirits; ampler heart;

and growing up to godhead; which for thee

chiefly i sought; without thee can despise。

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for bliss; as thou hast part; to me is bliss;

tedious; unshard with thee; and odious soon。 ' 880 '

thou therefore also taste; that equal lot

may joyne us; equal joy; as equal love;

least thou not tasting; different degree

disjoyne us; and i then too late renounce

deitie for thee; when fate will not permit。 ' 885 '

thus eve with countnance blithe her storie told;

but in her cheek distemper flushing glowd。

on th other side; adam; soon as he heard

the fatal trespass don by eve; amazd;

astonied stood and blank; while horror chill ' 890 '

ran through his veins; and all his joynts relaxd;

from his slack hand the garland wreathd for eve

down dropd; and all the faded roses shed:

speechless he stood and pale; till thus at length

first to himself he inward silence broke。 ' 895 '

o fairest of creation; last and best

of all gods works; creature in whom excelld

whatever can to sight or thought be formd;

holy; divine; good; amiable; or sweet!

how art thou lost; how on a sudden lost; ' 900 '

defact; deflourd; and now to death devote?

rather how hast thou yeelded to transgress

the strict forbiddance; how to violate

the sacred fruit forbiddn! som cursed fraud

of enemie hath beguild thee; yet unknown; ' 905 '

and mee with thee hath ruind; for with thee

certain my resolution is to die;

how can i live without thee; how forgoe

thy sweet converse and love so dearly joynd;

to live again in these wilde woods forlorn? ' 910 '

should god create another eve; and i

another rib afford; yet loss of thee

would never from my heart; no no; i feel

the link of nature draw me: flesh of flesh;

bone of my bone thou art; and from thy state ' 915 '

mine never shall be parted; bliss or woe。

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so having said; as one from sad dismay

reforted; and after thoughts disturbd

submitting to what seemd remediless;

thus in calm mood his words to eve he turnd。 ' 920 '

bold deed thou hast presumd; adventrous eve

and peril great provokt; who thus hath dard

had it been onely coveting to eye

that sacred fruit; sacred to abstinence;

much more to taste it under banne to touch。 ' 925 '

but past who can recall; or don undoe?

not god omnipotent; nor fate; yet so

perhaps thou shalt not die; perhaps the fact

is not so hainous now; foretasted fruit;

profand first by the serpent; by him first ' 930 '

made mon and unhallowd ere our taste;

nor yet on him found deadly; he yet lives;

lives; as thou 

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