Paradise Lost Ⅹ-第6章

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whereon　i　live；　thy　gentle　looks；　thy　aid；

thy　counsel　in　this　uttermost　distress；　＇　920　＇

my　onely　strength　and　stay：　forlorn　of　thee；

whither　shall　i　betake　me；　where　subsist？

while　yet　we　live；　scarse　one　short　hour　perhaps；

between　us　two　let　there　be　peace；　both　joyning；

as　joynd　in　injuries；　one　enmitie　＇　925　＇

against　a　foe　by　doom　express　assignd　us；

that　cruel　serpent：　on　me　exercise　not

thy　hatred　for　this　miserie　befalln；

on　me　alreadie　lost；　mee　then　thy　self

more　miserable；　both　have　sind；　but　thou　＇　930　＇

against　god　onely；　i　against　god　and　thee；

and　to　the　place　of　judgment　will　return；

there　with　my　cries　importune　heaven；　that　all

the　sentence　from　thy　head　removd　may　light

on　me；　sole　cause　to　thee　of　all　this　woe；　＇　935　＇

mee　mee　onely　just　object　of　his　ire。

she　ended　weeping；　and　her　lowlie　plight；

immovable　till　peace　obtaind　from　fault

acknowledgd　and　deplord；　in　adam　wraught

miseration；　soon　his　heart　relented　＇　940　＇

towards　her；　his　life　so　late　and　sole　delight；

now　at　his　feet　submissive　in　distress；

creature　so　faire　his　reconcilement　seeking；

his　counsel　whom　she　had　displeasd；　his　aide；

as　one　disarmd；　his　anger　all　he　lost；　＇　945　＇

and　thus　with　peaceful　words　upraisd　her　soon。

unwarie；　and　too　desirous；　as　before；

so　now　of　what　thou　knowst　not；　who　desirst

the　punishment　all　on　thy　self；　alas；

beare　thine　own　first；　ill　able　to　sustaine　＇　950　＇

his　full　wrauth　whose　thou　feelst　as　yet　lest　part；

and　my　displeasure　bearst　so　ill。　if　prayers

could　alter　high　decrees；　i　to　that　place

would　speed　before　thee；　and　be　louder　heard；

that　on　my　head　all　might　be　visited；　＇　955　＇

thy　frailtie　and　infirmer　sex　forgivn；

to　me　mitted　and　by　me　exposd。

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Paradise　Lost　Ⅹ22

．．．
but　rise；　let　us　no　more　contend；　nor　blame

each　other；　blamd　enough　elsewhere；　but　strive

in　offices　of　love；　how　we　may　lightn　＇　960　＇

each　others　burden　in　our　share　of　woe；

since　this　days　death　denounct；　if　ought　i　see；

will　prove　no　sudden；　but　a　slow…pact　evill；

a　long　days　dying　to　augment　our　paine；

and　to　our　seed　（o　hapless　seed！）　derivd。　＇　965　＇

to　whom　thus　eve；　recovering　heart；　replid。

adam；　by　sad　experiment　i　know

how　little　weight　my　words　with　thee　can　finde；

found　so　erroneous；　thence　by　just　event

found　so　unfortunate；　nevertheless；　＇　970　＇

restord　by　thee；　vile　as　i　am；　to　place

of　new　acceptance；　hopeful　to　regaine

thy　love；　the　sole　contentment　of　my　heart

living　or　dying；　from　thee　i　will　not　hide

what　thoughts　in　my　unquiet　brest　are　risn；　＇　975　＇

tending　to　some　relief　of　our　extremes；

or　end；　though　sharp　and　sad；　yet　tolerable；

as　in　our　evils；　and　of　easier　choice。

if　care　of　our　descent　perplex　us　most；

which　must　be　born　to　certain　woe；　devourd　＇　980　＇

by　death　at　last；　and　miserable　it　is

to　be　to　others　cause　of　misery；

our　own　begotten；　and　of　our　loines　to　bring

into　this　cursed　world　a　woful　race；

that　after　wretched　life　must　be　at　last　＇　985　＇

food　for　so　foule　a　monster；　in　thy　power

it　lies；　yet　ere　conception　to　prevent

the　race　unblest；　to　being　yet　unbegot。

childless　thou　art；　childless　remaine：　

so　death　shall　be　deceavd　his　glut；　and　with　us　two　＇　990　＇

be　forcd　to　satisfie　his　ravnous　maw。

but　if　thou　judge　it　hard　and　difficult；

conversing；　looking；　loving；　to　abstain

from　loves　due　rites；　nuptial　imbraces　sweet；

and　with　desire　to　languish　without　hope；　＇　995　＇

before　the　present　object　languishing

with　like　desire；　which　would　be　miserie

and　torment　less　then　none　of　what　we　dread；

then　both　our　selves　and　seed　at　once　to　free

from　what　we　fear　for　both；　let　us　make　short；　＇　1000　＇

let　us　seek　death；　or　he　not　found；　supply

with　our　own　hands　his　office　on　our　selves；

why　stand　we　longer　shivering　under　feares；

that　shew　no　end　but　death；　and　have　the　power；

of　many　ways　to　die　the　shortest　choosing；　＇　1005　＇

destruction　with　destruction　to　destroy。

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Paradise　Lost　Ⅹ23

＜小＞说？网
she　ended　heer；　or　vehement　despaire

broke　off　the　rest；　so　much　of　death　her　thoughts

had　entertaind；　as　did　her　cheeks　with　pale。

but　adam　with　such　counsel　nothing　swayd；　＇　1010　＇

to　better　hopes　his　more　attentive　minde

labouring　had　raisd；　and　thus　to　eve　replid。

eve；　thy　contempt　of　life　and　pleasure　seems

to　argue　in　thee　somthing　more　sublime

and　excellent　then　what　thy　minde　contemnes；　＇　1015　＇

but　self…destruction　therefore　saught；　refutes

that　excellence　thought　in　thee；　and　implies；

not　thy　contempt；　but　anguish　and　regret

for　loss　of　life　and　pleasure　overlovd。

or　if　thou　covet　death；　as　utmost　end　＇　1020　＇

of　miserie；　so　thinking　to　evade

the　penaltie　pronounct；　doubt　not　but　god

hath　wiselier　armd　his　vengeful　ire　then　so

to　be　forestalld；　much　more　i　fear　least　death

so　snatcht　will　not　exempt　us　from　the　paine　＇　1025　＇

we　are　by　doom　to　pay；　rather　such　acts

of　contumacie　will　provoke　the　highest

to　make　death　in　us　live：　then　let　us　seek

some　safer　resolution；　which　methinks

i　have　in　view；　calling　to　minde　with　heed　＇　1030　＇

part　of　our　sentence；　that　thy　seed　shall　bruise

the　serpents　head；　piteous　amends；　unless

be　meant；　whom　i　conjecture；　our　grand　foe

satan；　who　in　the　serpent　hath　contrivd

against　us　this　deceit：　to　crush　his　head　＇　1035　＇

would　be　revenge　indeed；　which　will　be　lost

by　death　brought　on　our　selves；　or　childless　days

resolvd；　as　thou　proposest；　so　our　foe

shall　scape　his　punishment　ordaind；　and　wee

instead　shall　double　ours　upon　our　heads。　＇　1040　＇

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Paradise　Lost　Ⅹ24

@小‘说〃网
no　more　be　mentiond　then　of　violence

against　our　selves；　and　wilful　barrenness；

that　cuts　us　off　from　hope；　and　savours　onely

rancor　and　pride；　impatience　and　despite；

reluctance　against　god　and　his　just　yoke　＇　1045　＇

laid　on　our　necks。　remember　with　what　mild

and　gracious　temper　he　both　heard　and　judgd

without　wrauth　or　reviling；　wee　expected

immediate　dissolution；　which　we　thought

was　meant　by　death　that　day；　when　lo；　to　thee　＇　1050　＇

pains　onely　in　child…bearing　were　foretold；

and　bringing　forth；　soon　repenct　with　joy；

fruit　of　thy　womb：　on　mee　the　curse　aslope

glancd　on　the　ground；　with　labour　i　must　earne

my　bread；　what　harm？　idleness　had　bin　worse；　＇　1055　＇

my　labour　will　sustain　me；　and　least　cold

or　heat　should　injure　us；　his　timely　care

hath　unbesaught　provided；　and　his　hands

cloathd　us　unworthie；　pitying　while　he　judgd；

how　much　more；　if　we　pray　him；　will　his　ear　＇　1060　＇

be　open；　and　his　heart　to　pitie　incline；

and　teach　us　further　by　what　means　to　shun

th　inclement　seasons；　rain；　ice；　hail　and　snow；

which　now　the　skie　with　various　face　begins

to　shew　us　in　this　mountain；　while　the　winds　＇　1065　＇

blow　moist　and　keen；　shattering　the　graceful　locks

of　these　fair　spreading　trees；　which　bids　us　seek

som　better　shroud；　som　better　warmth　to　cherish

our　limbs　benummd；　ere　this　diurnal　starr

leave　cold　the　night；　how　we　his　gatherd　beams　＇　1070　＇

reflected；　may　with　matter　sere　foment；

or　by　collision　of　two　bodies　grinde

the　air　attrite　to　fire；　as　late　the　clouds

justling　or　pusht　with　winds　rude　in　thir　shock

tine　the　slant　lightning；　whose　thwart　flame　drivn　down　＇　1075　＇

kindles　the　gummie　bark　of　firr　or　pine；

and　sends　a　fortable　heat　from　farr；

which　might　supplie　the　sun：　such　fire　to　use；

and　what　may　else　be　remedie　or　cure

to　evils　which　our　own　misdeeds　have　wrought；　＇　1080　＇

hee　will　instruct　us　praying；　and　of　grace

beseeching　him；　so　as　we　need　not　fear

to　pass　modiously　this　life；　sustaind

by　him　with　many　forts；　till　we　end

in　dust；　our　final　rest　and　native　home。　＇　1085　＇

what　better　can　we　do；　then　to　the　place

repairing　where　he　judgd　us；　prostrate　fall

before　him　reverent；　and　there　confess

humbly　our　faults；　and　pardon　beg；　with　tears

watering　the　ground；　and　with　our　sighs　the　air　＇　1090　＇

frequenting；　sent　from　hearts　contrite；　in　sign

of　sorrow　unfeignd；　and　humiliation　meek。

undoubtedly　he　will　relent　and　turn

from　his　displeasure；　in　whose　look　serene；

when　angry　most　he　seemd　and　most　severe；　＇　1095　＇

what　else　but　favor；　grace；　and　mercie　shon？

so　spake　our　father　penitent；　nor　eve

felt　less　remorse：　they　forthwith　to　the　place

repairing　where　he　judgd　them　prostrate　fell

before　him　reverent；　and　both　confessd　＇　1100　＇

humbly　thir　faults；　and　pardon　begd；　with　tears

watering　the　ground；　and　with　thir　sighs　the　air

frequenting；　sent　from　hearts　contrite；　in　sign

of　sorrow　unfeignd；　and　humiliation　meek。

the　end　of　the　tenth　book。

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