第46节
【】stopportuservehiswiles;andfound
paradiselost
242of374
theserpentsubtlestbeastofallthefield.
hifterloe,irresolute
ofthoughtsrevolved,hisfienhose
fitvessel,fittestioffraud,in
toenter,andhisdarksuggestionshide
froharpestsight:for,inthewilysnake
eversleights,noneark,
asfroisandnativesubtlety
proceeding;herbeastsobserved,
doubtghtbegetofdiabolickpower
activehin,beyondthesenseofbrute.
thusheresolved,butfirstfrrief
hisburstingpassionintoplaintsthuspoured.
rejustly,seathierofgods,asbuilt
ingwasold
oearth,hooheaven,ifnotpreferred
fod,afterbetter,worsewouldbuild
terrestrialheaven,dancedroundbyotherheavens
thatshibeartheirbrightoffips,
lightabovelight,fortheealone,assee,
intheens
ofsacredinfluenceasgodinheaven
ister,yetextendstoall;sothou,
tring,receivestfrollthoseorbs:inthee,
notintheelves,alltheirknoueappears
productiveinherb,plant,andnoblerbirth
ofcreaturesanitehgraduallife
ofgrodupinn.
hdelightuldihaveheeround,
paradiselost
243of374
ifiuldjoyinaught,sinterge
ofhill,andvalley,rivers,woods,andplains,
nohforested,
rocks,dens,andcavesbutiihese
findplaoreisee
pleasuresabout,sochreifeel
tornte,asfrohehatefulsiege
ofntraries:allgoodtobees
bane,andinheavenchystate.
butherhereseeki,nonorinheaven
todasteringheavenssupre;
norhopetobeselflessserable
byakesuch
asi,thoughtherebyeredound:
foronlyiroyingifindease
torelehoughts;and,hiestroyed,
orayterloss,
forallthisade,allthiswillsoon
follolinkedinwealorwoe;
inayrange:
toshallbetheglorysoleang
theinfealpoarred
ightystyled,sixnightsanddays
ntinuedking;andlong
beforehadbeenntrivingthoughperhaps
notlohansincei,inonenight,freed
froervitudeingloriouswellnighhalf
theangelia,andthinhethrong
ofhisadorers:he,tobeavenged,
paradiselost
244of374
andtorepairhishusiaired,
hersuchvirtuespentofoldnowfailed
reaocreate,iftheyatleast
arehisore,
deteroadvan
aedofearth,andhindow,
exaltedfroobaseinal,
hheavenlyspoils,ourspoils:hedecreed,
heeffebuilt
gnifitthishhisseat,
hiordpronounced;and,oindignity
subjectedtohisservigelwings,
andflangodtend
theirearthlycharge:ofthesethevigilance
idread;and,toelude,thusist
ofdnightvaplideobscure,andpry
ineverybushandbrake,ayfind
theserpentsleeping;inazyfolds
tohide,andthedarkiibring.
ofouldestthati,ntended
norained
intoabeast;and,xede,
thisessenbrute,
thattothehighthofdeityaspired
butbitionandrevenge
desdtoustdownaslow
ashighhesoared;obnoxious,firstorlast,
tobasestthings.revefirstthoughs,
bittererelong,baitselfreils:
paradiselost
245of374
letit;ireot,soitlighted,
sin
provokesenvy,thisnee
ofheaven,thisnofclay,soe,
,ustheretospite,hiskerraised
froust:spitethenhspiteisbestrepaid.
sosaying,througheaketdankordry,
likeablackstloreeping,heheldon
hisdnightsearch,ightfind
theserpent;hiastsleepingsoonhefound
inlabyrinthofnyaroundselfrolled,
hisheadthedst,oredhsubtilewiles:
inhorridshadeordislden,
yet;but,onthegrassyherb,
fearlessunfearedheslept:inathisuth
thedevilentered;andhisbrutalsense,
iorhead,possessing,sooninspired
hatelligential;buthissleep
disturbednot,o.
odawn
ihehudflohatbreathed
theiringinse,hings,thatbreathe,
froheearthsgreataltarsendupsilentpraise
tothecreator,andhisnostrilsfill
ell,forthcathehunpair,
andjoiheirvocalothequire
ofcreaturesingvoice;thatdone,partake
theseasonpriforseststsandairs:
thenne,hoayply
paradiselost
246of374
theirgrouchtheirgrew
thehandsdispatchoftwogardeningsowide,
andevefirsttoherhusbandthusbegan.
adaayilltodress
thisgarden,stilltotendplant,herb,andflower,
ourpleasanttaskenjoined;but,tillrehands
aidus,theworkunderourlabrows,
luxuriousbyrestraint;webyday
loprown,orprune,orprop,orbind,
onenightorthongrowthderides
tendingtohereforenowadvise,
orbearyndfirstthoughtspresent:
letusdivideourlabours;thou,hoice
leadsthee,orostneeds,hertowind
thehisarbour,ordirect
theclaspingivyb;whilei,
inyonderspringofrosesinterxed
yrtle,findtoredresstillnoon:
for,herthusallday
ourtaskwonderifsonear
looksinterveneandsles,orobjeew
casualdisursedraits
ourdaystolittle,thoughbegun
early,andthehourofsupperesuneaed
toldansthusretued.
soleeve,assoebeyond
pareaboveallliviuresdear
otioned,ployed,
hoightbestfulfilthehhere
paradiselost
247of374
godhathassignedus;norofshaltpass
unpraised:foothinglovelierbefound
inan,thantostudyhousholdgood,
andgoodworks
...
paradiselost
242of374
theserpentsubtlestbeastofallthefield.
hifterloe,irresolute
ofthoughtsrevolved,hisfienhose
fitvessel,fittestioffraud,in
toenter,andhisdarksuggestionshide
froharpestsight:for,inthewilysnake
eversleights,noneark,
asfroisandnativesubtlety
proceeding;herbeastsobserved,
doubtghtbegetofdiabolickpower
activehin,beyondthesenseofbrute.
thusheresolved,butfirstfrrief
hisburstingpassionintoplaintsthuspoured.
rejustly,seathierofgods,asbuilt
ingwasold
oearth,hooheaven,ifnotpreferred
fod,afterbetter,worsewouldbuild
terrestrialheaven,dancedroundbyotherheavens
thatshibeartheirbrightoffips,
lightabovelight,fortheealone,assee,
intheens
ofsacredinfluenceasgodinheaven
ister,yetextendstoall;sothou,
tring,receivestfrollthoseorbs:inthee,
notintheelves,alltheirknoueappears
productiveinherb,plant,andnoblerbirth
ofcreaturesanitehgraduallife
ofgrodupinn.
hdelightuldihaveheeround,
paradiselost
243of374
ifiuldjoyinaught,sinterge
ofhill,andvalley,rivers,woods,andplains,
nohforested,
rocks,dens,andcavesbutiihese
findplaoreisee
pleasuresabout,sochreifeel
tornte,asfrohehatefulsiege
ofntraries:allgoodtobees
bane,andinheavenchystate.
butherhereseeki,nonorinheaven
todasteringheavenssupre;
norhopetobeselflessserable
byakesuch
asi,thoughtherebyeredound:
foronlyiroyingifindease
torelehoughts;and,hiestroyed,
orayterloss,
forallthisade,allthiswillsoon
follolinkedinwealorwoe;
inayrange:
toshallbetheglorysoleang
theinfealpoarred
ightystyled,sixnightsanddays
ntinuedking;andlong
beforehadbeenntrivingthoughperhaps
notlohansincei,inonenight,freed
froervitudeingloriouswellnighhalf
theangelia,andthinhethrong
ofhisadorers:he,tobeavenged,
paradiselost
244of374
andtorepairhishusiaired,
hersuchvirtuespentofoldnowfailed
reaocreate,iftheyatleast
arehisore,
deteroadvan
aedofearth,andhindow,
exaltedfroobaseinal,
hheavenlyspoils,ourspoils:hedecreed,
heeffebuilt
gnifitthishhisseat,
hiordpronounced;and,oindignity
subjectedtohisservigelwings,
andflangodtend
theirearthlycharge:ofthesethevigilance
idread;and,toelude,thusist
ofdnightvaplideobscure,andpry
ineverybushandbrake,ayfind
theserpentsleeping;inazyfolds
tohide,andthedarkiibring.
ofouldestthati,ntended
norained
intoabeast;and,xede,
thisessenbrute,
thattothehighthofdeityaspired
butbitionandrevenge
desdtoustdownaslow
ashighhesoared;obnoxious,firstorlast,
tobasestthings.revefirstthoughs,
bittererelong,baitselfreils:
paradiselost
245of374
letit;ireot,soitlighted,
sin
provokesenvy,thisnee
ofheaven,thisnofclay,soe,
,ustheretospite,hiskerraised
froust:spitethenhspiteisbestrepaid.
sosaying,througheaketdankordry,
likeablackstloreeping,heheldon
hisdnightsearch,ightfind
theserpent;hiastsleepingsoonhefound
inlabyrinthofnyaroundselfrolled,
hisheadthedst,oredhsubtilewiles:
inhorridshadeordislden,
yet;but,onthegrassyherb,
fearlessunfearedheslept:inathisuth
thedevilentered;andhisbrutalsense,
iorhead,possessing,sooninspired
hatelligential;buthissleep
disturbednot,o.
odawn
ihehudflohatbreathed
theiringinse,hings,thatbreathe,
froheearthsgreataltarsendupsilentpraise
tothecreator,andhisnostrilsfill
ell,forthcathehunpair,
andjoiheirvocalothequire
ofcreaturesingvoice;thatdone,partake
theseasonpriforseststsandairs:
thenne,hoayply
paradiselost
246of374
theirgrouchtheirgrew
thehandsdispatchoftwogardeningsowide,
andevefirsttoherhusbandthusbegan.
adaayilltodress
thisgarden,stilltotendplant,herb,andflower,
ourpleasanttaskenjoined;but,tillrehands
aidus,theworkunderourlabrows,
luxuriousbyrestraint;webyday
loprown,orprune,orprop,orbind,
onenightorthongrowthderides
tendingtohereforenowadvise,
orbearyndfirstthoughtspresent:
letusdivideourlabours;thou,hoice
leadsthee,orostneeds,hertowind
thehisarbour,ordirect
theclaspingivyb;whilei,
inyonderspringofrosesinterxed
yrtle,findtoredresstillnoon:
for,herthusallday
ourtaskwonderifsonear
looksinterveneandsles,orobjeew
casualdisursedraits
ourdaystolittle,thoughbegun
early,andthehourofsupperesuneaed
toldansthusretued.
soleeve,assoebeyond
pareaboveallliviuresdear
otioned,ployed,
hoightbestfulfilthehhere
paradiselost
247of374
godhathassignedus;norofshaltpass
unpraised:foothinglovelierbefound
inan,thantostudyhousholdgood,
andgoodworks
...