Paradise Lost Ⅹ-第5章

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the　miserie；　i　deservd　it；　and　would　beare

my　own　deservings；　but　this　will　not　serve；

all　that　i　eat　or　drink；　or　shall　beget；

is　propagated　curse。　o　voice　once　heard

delightfully；　encrease　and　multiply；　＇　730　＇

now　death　to　hear！　for　what　can　i　encrease

or　multiplie；　but　curses　on　my　head？

who　of　all　ages　to　succeed；　but　feeling

the　evil　on　him　brought　by　me；　will　curse

my　head；　ill　fare　our　ancestor　impure；　＇　735　＇

for　this　we　may　thank　adam；　but　his　thanks

shall　be　the　execration；　so　besides

mine　own　that　bide　upon　me；　all　from　mee

shall　with　a　fierce　reflux　on　mee　redound；

on　mee　as　on　thir　natural　center　light　＇　740　＇

heavie；　though　in　thir　place。　o　fleeting　joyes

of　paradise；　deare　bought　with　lasting　woes！

did　i　request　thee；　maker；　from　my　clay

to　mould　me　man；　did　i　sollicite　thee

from　darkness　to　promote　me；　or　here　place　＇　745　＇

in　this　delicious　garden？　as　my　will

concurd　not　to　my　being；　it　were　but　right

and　equal　to　reduce　me　to　my　dust；

desirous　to　resigne；　and　render　back

all　i　receavd；　unable　to　performe　＇　750　＇

thy　terms　too　hard；　by　which　i　was　to　hold

the　good　i　sought　not。　to　the　loss　of　that；

sufficient　penaltie；　why　hast　thou　added

the　sense　of　endless　woes？　inexplicable

thy　justice　seems；　yet　to　say　truth；　too　late；　＇　755　＇

i　thus　contest；　then　should　have　been　refusd

those　terms　whatever；　when　they　were　proposd：

thou　didst　accept　them；　wilt　thou　enjoy　the　good；

then　cavil　the　conditions？　and　though　god

made　thee　without　thy　leave；　what　if　thy　son　＇　760　＇

prove　disobedient；　and　reprovd；　retort；

wherefore　didst　thou　beget　me？　i　sought　it　not

wouldst　thou　admit　for　his　contempt　of　thee

that　proud　excuse？　yet　him　not　thy　election；

but　natural　necessity　begot。　＇　765　＇

　。。



Paradise　Lost　Ⅹ18

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god　made　thee　of　choice　his　own；　and　of　his　own

to　serve　him；　thy　reward　was　of　his　grace；

thy　punishment　then　justly　is　at　his　will。

be　it　so；　for　i　submit；　his　doom　is　fair；

that　dust　i　am；　and　shall　to　dust　returne：　＇　770　＇

o　wel　hour　whenever！　why　delayes

his　hand　to　execute　what　his　decree

fixd　on　this　day？　why　do　i　overlive；

why　am　i　mockt　with　death；　and　lengthnd　out

to　deathless　pain？　how　gladly　would　i　meet　＇　775　＇

mortalitie　my　sentence；　and　be　earth

insensible；　how　glad　would　lay　me　down

as　in　my　mothers　lap！　there　i　should　rest

and　sleep　secure；　his　dreadful　voice　no　more

would　thunder　in　my　ears；　no　fear　of　worse　＇　780　＇

to　mee　and　to　my　ofspring　would　torment　me

with　cruel　expectation。　yet　one　doubt

pursues　me　still；　least　all　i　cannot　die；

least　that　pure　breath　of　life；　the　spirit　of　man

which　god　inspird；　cannot　together　perish　＇　785　＇

with　this　corporeal　clod；　then　in　the　grave；

or　in　some　other　dismal　place　who　knows

but　i　shall　die　a　living　death？　o　thought

horrid；　if　true！　yet　why？　it　was　but　breath

of　life　that　sinnd；　what　dies　but　what　had　life　＇　790　＇

and　sin？　the　bodie　properly　hath　neither。

all　of　me　then　shall　die：　let　this　appease

the　doubt；　since　humane　reach　no　further　knows。

for　though　the　lord　of　all　be　infinite；

is　his　wrauth　also？　be　it；　man　is　not　so；　＇　795　＇

but　mortal　doomd。　how　can　he　exercise

wrath　without　end　on　man　whom　death　must　end？

can　he　make　deathless　death？　that　were　to　make

strange　contradiction；　which　to　god　himself

impossible　is　held；　as　argument　＇　800　＇

of　weakness；　not　of　power。　will　he；　draw　out；

for　angers　sake；　finite　to　infinite

in　punisht　man；　to　satisfie　his　rigour

satisfid　never；　that　were　to　extend

his　sentence　beyond　dust　and　natures　law；　＇　805　＇

by　which　all　causes　else　according　still

to　the　reception　of　thir　matter　act；

not　to　th　extent　of　thir　own　spheare。　but　say

that　death　be　not　one　stroak；　as　i　supposd；

bereaving　sense；　but　endless　miserie　＇　810　＇

from　this　day　onward；　which　i　feel　begun

both　in　me；　and　without　me；　and　so　last

to　perpetuitie；　ay　me；　that　fear

es　thundring　back　with　dreadful　revolution

on　my　defensless　head；　both　death　and　i　＇　815　＇

am　found　eternal；　and　incorporate　both；

nor　i　on　my　part　single；　in　mee　all

posteritie　stands　curst：　fair　patrimonie

that　i　must　leave　ye；　sons；　o　were　i　able

to　waste　it　all　my　self；　and　leave　ye　none！　＇　820　＇





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/小。说＋
so　disinherited　how　would　ye　bless

me　now　your　curse！　ah；　why　should　all　mankind

for　one　mans　fault　thus　guiltless　be　condemnd；

if　guiltless？　but　from　mee　what　can　proceed；

but　all　corrupt；　both　mind　and　will　depravd；　＇　825　＇

not　to　do　onely；　but　to　will　the　same

with　me？　how　can　they　then　acquitted　stand

in　sight　of　god？　him　after　all　disputes

forct　i　absolve：　all　my　evasions　vain

and　reasonings；　though　through　mazes；　lead　me　still　＇　830　＇

but　to　my　own　conviction：　first　and　last

on　mee；　mee　onely；　as　the　sourse　and　spring

of　all　corruption；　all　the　blame　lights　due；

so　might　the　wrauth。　fond　wish！　couldst　thou　support

that　burden　heavier　then　the　earth　to　bear　＇　835　＇

then　all　the　world　much　heavier；　though　divided

with　that　bad　woman？　thus　what　thou　desirst；

and　what　thou　fearst；　alike　destroyes　all　hope

of　refuge；　and　concludes　thee　miserable

beyond　all　past　example　and　future；　＇　840　＇

to　satan　only　like　both　crime　and　doom。

o　conscience；　into　what　abyss　of　fears

and　horrors　hast　thou　drivn　me；　out　of　which

i　find　no　way；　from　deep　to　deeper　plungd！

thus　adam　to　himself　lamented　loud　＇　845　＇

through　the　still　night；　not　now；　as　ere　man　fell；

wholsom　and　cool；　and　mild；　but　with　black　air

acpanied；　with　damps　and　dreadful　gloom；

which　to　his　evil　conscience　represented

all　things　with　double　terror：　on　the　ground　＇　850　＇

outstretcht　he　lay；　on　the　cold　ground；　and　oft

cursd　his　creation；　death　as　oft　accusd

of　tardie　execution；　since　denounct

the　day　of　his　offence。　why　es　not　death；

said　hee；　with　one　thrice　acceptable　stroke　＇　855　＇

to　end　me？　shall　truth　fail　to　keep　her　word；

justice　divine　not　hastn　to　be　just？

but　death　es　not　at　call；　justice　divine

mends　not　her　slowest　pace　for　prayers　or　cries。

o　woods；　o　fountains；　hillocks；　dales　and　bowrs；　＇　860　＇

with　other　echo　late　i　taught　your　shades

to　answer；　and　resound　farr　other　song。

　％％。



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［。小＾说）网）
whom　thus　afflicted　when　sad　eve　beheld；

desolate　where　she　sate；　approaching　nigh；

soft　words　to　his　fierce　passion　she　assayd：　＇　865　＇

but　her　with　stern　regard　he　thus　repelld。

out　of　my　sight；　thou　serpent；　that　name　best

befits　thee　with　him　leagud；　thy　self　as　false

and　hateful；　nothing　wants；　but　that　thy　shape；

like　his；　and　colour　serpentine　may　shew　＇　870　＇

thy　inward　fraud；　to　warn　all　creatures　from　thee

henceforth；　least　that　too　heavnly　form；　pretended

to　hellish　falshood；　snare　them。　but　for　thee

i　had　persisted　happie；　had　not　thy　pride

and　wandring　vanitie；　when　lest　was　safe；　＇　875　＇

rejected　my　forewarning；　and　disdaind

not　to　be　trusted；　longing　to　be　seen

though　by　the　devil　himself；　him　overweening

to　over…reach；　but　with　the　serpent　meeting

foold　and　beguild；　by　him　thou；　i　by　thee；　＇　880　＇

to　trust　thee　from　my　side；　imagind　wise；

constant；　mature；　proof　against　all　assaults；

and　understood　not　all　was　but　a　shew

rather　then　solid　vertu；　all　but　a　rib

crooked　by　nature；　bent；　as　now　appears；　＇　885　＇

more　to　the　part　sinister　from　me　drawn；

well　if　thrown　out；　as　supernumerarie

to　my　just　number　found。　o　why　did　god；

creator　wise；　that　peopld　highest　heavn

with　spirits　masculine；　create　at　last　＇　890　＇

this　noveltie　on　earth；　this　fair　defect

of　nature；　and　not　fill　the　world　at　once

with　men　as　angels　without　feminine；

or　find　some　other　way　to　generate

mankind？　this　mischief　had　not　then　befalln；　＇　895　＇

and　more　that　shall　befall；　innumerable

disturbances　on　earth　through　femal　snares；

and　straight　conjunction　with　this　sex：　for　either

he　never　shall　find　out　fit　mate；　but　such

as　some　misfortune　brings　him；　or　mistake；　＇　900　＇

or　whom　he　wishes　most　shall　seldom　gain

through　her　perversness；　but　shall　see　her　gaind

by　a　farr　worse；　or　if　she　love；　withheld

by　parents；　or　his　happiest　choice　too　late

shall　meet；　alreadie　linkt　and　wedlock…bound　＇　905　＇

to　a　fell　adversarie；　his　hate　or　shame：

which　infinite　calamitie　shall　cause

to　humane　life；　and　houshold　peace　confound。

。d　　。



Paradise　Lost　Ⅹ21

@小‘说〃网
he　added　not；　and　from　her　turnd；　but　eve

not　so　repulst；　with　tears　that　ceasd　not　flowing；　＇　910　＇

and　tresses　all　disorderd；　at　his　feet

fell　humble；　and　imbracing　them；　besaught

his　peace；　and　thus　proceeded　in　her　plaint。

forsake　me　not　thus；　adam；　witness　heavn

what　love　sincere；　and　reverence　in　my　heart　＇　915　＇

i　beare　thee；　and　unweeting　have　offended；

unhappilie　deceavd；　thy　suppliant

i　beg；　and　clasp　thy　knees；　bereave　me　not；

whereon　i　live；　thy　gentle　looks；　thy　aid；

thy　counsel　in　this　uttermost　distress；　＇　920　＇

my　onely　strength　and　stay：　f