第63节

    【】doothegoldenchersonese;orwhere

    thepersiaansat,orsince

    inhispahan;orherussianksar

    ins;orthesultaninbizance,

    turchestanbo;noruldhiseyenotken

    theeireofohisutstport

    er,andthelessritiings

    aza,andquiloa,andlind,

    andsofala,thoughtophir,totherealbr>

    ofngo,andangolafarthestsouth;

    orthenount

    thekingdoofalnsor,fezandsus,

    rodalgiers,andtresen;

    oneuropethendeosway

    theperhapshealsosaw

    riontezu,

    andperu,thericherseat

    ofatabalipaunspoiled

    guiana,citygeryonssons

    calleldorado.buttonhts

    seyesthefileved,

    isedclearersight

    hadbred;thenpurgedheuphrasyandrue

    thevisualnerve,forhehadchtosee;

    andfrohehreedropsinstilled.

    sodeepthepoheseingredientspierced,

    eventotheiofntalsight,

    thatadanooclosehiseyes,

    paradiselost

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    suranced;

    buthihegentleahehand

    soonraised,andhisattentionthusrecalled.

    adanohineeyes;andfirstbehold

    theeffects,ehath

    insotfrohee;ouched

    theexceptedtree;norhthesnakenspired;

    norsihysifrohatsinderive

    rruption,tforthreviolentdeeds.

    hiseyesheopened,andbeheldafield,

    partarableandtilth,whereonweresheaves

    herpartsheepwalksandfolds;

    ithedstanaltarasthelandrkstood,

    rustick,ofgrassysord;thitheranon

    ashistillagebrought

    firstfruits,thegreenear,andtheyellowsheaf,

    unatohand;ashepherd,

    reek,cahthefirstlingsofhisflock,

    estahen,sacrifig,laid

    theinheirfat,hinsestrowed,

    ontheclefted:

    hissoonpropitiousfirefroeaven

    nsudbleglandgratefulstea

    theothersnot,forhissincere;

    heinlyraged,and,astheytalked,

    stehintothedriffhastone

    thatbeatoutlife;hefell;and,deadlypale,

    groahissoulhgushingbloodeffused.

    chatthatsightinhisheart

    paradiselost

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    disyed,andthusinhastetotheangelcried.

    oteaischiefhathbefallen

    tothatekn,rificed;

    ispietythusandpuredevotionpaid

    tochaelthus,healsoved,replied.

    theset,andtoe

    outofthyloins;theunjustthejusthathslain,

    forenvythathisbrothersfound

    froeaveathebloodyfact

    heothersfaith,approved,

    losenoredie,

    rollingindustandgore.tohoursire.

    alasbothforthedeed,andforthecause

    buthaveinohisthistheway

    istretutonativedustosight

    ofterrour,foulanduglytobehold,

    horridtothink,hoofeel

    tothuschael.deaththouhastseen

    inhisfirstshapeonn;butnyshapes

    ofdeath,andhehatlead

    tohisgriave,alldisl;yettosense

    reterribleattheentrahanhin.

    so,asthousa,byviolentstrokeshalldie;

    byfire,flood,fane,byinteerancere

    inatsanddrinks,heearthshallbring

    diseasesdire,ofonstrouscrew

    beforetheeshallappear;thatthouyestknow

    iserytheinabstinenceofeve

    shallbringoelyaplace

    paradiselost

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    beforehiseyesappeared,sad,noiso,dark;

    alazarhouseitseed;whereinwerelaid

    nuersofalldiseased;allladies

    ofghastlyspasorras

    ofheartsickagony,allfeverouskinds,

    nvulsions,epilepsies,fieratarrhs,

    iioneandulcer,ligs,

    deniaelancholy,

    andonstruess,piningatrophy,

    rass,andiilence,

    dropsies,andasths,andjointragrheu.

    direhetossihegroans;despair

    tehesickbusiestfroh;

    aheriuhahhisdart

    shook,butdelayedtostrike,thoughoftinvoked

    hvoheirchiefgood,andfinalhope.

    sightsodeforeartofrockuldlong

    dryeyedbeholdadaldnot,but,

    thoughnotofanbo;passionquelled

    hisbestofn,andgavehiptotears

    aspace,tillfirrthoughtsrestrainedexcess;

    and,sereveringrenewed.

    oserablenkind,tofall

    degraded,tochedstatereserved

    betterendhereunbo.whyislifegiven

    tobethususrather,why

    obtrudedonusthus

    heoaept

    lifeoffered,orsooolayitdown;

    paradiselost

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    gladtobesodisssedinpeace.thus

    theigeofgodinedonce

    sogoodlyahoughfaultysince,

    tosusightlysufferingsbedebased

    underinhunpainsan,

    retainingstilldivinesilitude

    inpart,frouitiesbefree,

    and,forhiskersigesake,exet

    theirkersige,ansichael,then

    forsooktheselvestheyvilified

    toserveungoveedappetite;andtook

    hisigetheyserved,abrutishvice,

    inductiveinlytothesinofeve.

    thereforesoabjectistheirpunishnt,

    disfiguringnotgodslikeness,buttheirown;

    orifhislikeness,bytheelvesdefaced;

    heypervertpurenatureshealthfulrules

    toloathsosiess;hily,sihey

    godsigedidnotrevereheelves.

    iyielditjust,saidadaandsubt.

    butisthereyetnootherway,besides

    thesepainfulpassages,hoaye

    todeath,andxhournnaturaldust

    thereis,saidchael,ifthouwellobserve

    theruleofnottooch;byteeraaught,

    inthence

    duenourishnt,notgluttonousdelight,

    tillnyyearsoverthyheadretu:

    soyestthoulive;till,likeripefruit,thoudrop

    paradiselost

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    intothytherslap;orbehease

    gathered,norharshlypluature:

    thisisoldage;butthen,thoustoutlive

    thyyouth,thystrength,thybeauty;hhange

    tohered,hysehen,

    obtuse,alltasteofpleasurestfo,

    tothouhast;and,fortheairofyouth,

    hopefulandcheerful,inthy

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