第59节
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creatorhatpeopledhighestheaven
ase,createatlast
thisyoh,thisfairdefect
ofnature,andnotfilltheonce
en,asangels,inine;
orfindsoee
nkindthisschiefhadnotbeenbefallen,
ashallbefall;innurable
disturbanalesnares,
andstraitnjunhthissex:foreither
henevershallfindoutfitte,butsuch
assosfortunebringshiorstake;
orheostshallseldoain
throughherperverseness,butshallseehergained
byafarhheld
byparents;orhishappiestetoolate
shallet,alreadylinkedandkbound
toafelladversary,hishateorsha:
ityshallcause
tohunlife,andhousholdpeafound.
headdednot,andfroertued;buteve,
notsorepulsed,htearsthatceasednotflowing
andtressesalldisordered,athisfeet
fellhule;and,eragthebesought
hispeadthusproceededinherplaint.
forsakenotthus,adaessheaven
paradiselost
312of374
yheart
ibearthee,anduninghaveoffended,
unhappilydeceivedthysuppliant
ibeg,andclaspthyknees;bereavenot,
hygentlelooks,thyaid,
thyunsel,inthisutterstdistress,
onlystrengthandstay:forloofthee,
e,
hourperhaps,
bettherebepeace;bothjoining,
asjoinedininjuries,oy
againstafoebydooxpressassignedus,
thateexerot
thyhatredforthisserybefallen;
onalreadylost,thanthyself
reserablebothhavesinned;butthou
againstgodonly;iagainstgodandthee;
andtotheplaentu,
thereycriesiortuneheaven;thatall
thesentenoved,ylight
on,solecausetotheeofallthiswoe;
,only,justobjectofhisire
sheended,
ioveable,tillpeafault
ao
seration:soonhisheartrelented
toe,andsoledelight,
noissiveindistress;
entseeking,
paradiselost
313of374
hisunsel,shehaddispleased,hisaid:
asonedisard,hisangerallhelost,
andthushpeacefulwordsupraisedhersoon.
unoodesirous,asbefore,
sonothouknonot,
thepunishntallonthyself;alas
bearthineo,illabletosustain
hisfullh,houfeelestasyetleastpart,
anddispleasurebearestsoill.ifprayers
uldalterhighdecrees,itothatplace
hee,andbelouderheard,
thatonheadallghtbevisited;
thyfrailtyandinfirrsexfiven,
totted,andbyexposed.
butrise;letusend,norbla
eaedenoughelsestrive
inofficesoflove,hoaylighten
eachothersburden,inourshareofwoe;
sihisdaysdeathdenounced,ifaughtisee,
asloedevil;
alongdaysdying,toaugntourpain;
andtoourseedohaplessseedderived.
tothuseve,reveri,replied.
adabysadexperintiknow
hoyhtheefind,
foundsoerroneous;thencebyjustevent
foundsounfortunate:heless,
restoredbythee,vileasiatoplace
ofneance,hopefultain
paradiselost
314of374
thylove,thesoleofheart
livingordying,froheeihide
yubreastarerisen,
tendingtosoreliefofourextres,
orend;thoughsharpandsad,yettolerable,
asinourevils,andofeasiere.
ifost,
ustbebotocertainwoe,devoured
bydeathatlast;andserableitis
tobetoothersisery,
ouroten,andofourloinst
intothiscursede,
thatafterustbeatlast
foodforsofoulanster;inthypower
itlies,yetereiontoprevent
therablest,tobeiu.
ain:sodeath
shallbedeceivedhisglut,andhustwo
beforaw.
butifthoujudgeithardanddifficult,
nversing,looking,loving,toabstain
froovesduerights,nuptialeracess;
andhdesiretolanguishhouthope,
beforethepresentobjeguishing
hlikedesire;isery
andtorhannoneofwedread;
then,bothourselvesaoofree
frokeshort,
letusseekdeath;or,henotfound,supply
paradiselost
315of374
houroeonourselves:
andwelongershiveringunderfears,
thatshodeath,andhavethepower,
ofnyodietheshortestchoosing,
destruhdestrutodestroy
sheendedhere,orvehentdespair
brokeofftherest:sochofdeathherthoughts
hadeained,asdyedhercheekshpale.
butadahsuselnothingswayed,
tobetterhopeshisreattentivend
labhadraised;andthustoevereplied.
eve,thyoflifeandpleasuresee
tueihingresubli
andexcellent,thanindntes;
butselfdestruthereforesought,refutes
thatexplies,
notthy,butanguisha
forlossoflifeandpleasureoverloved.
orifthouvetdeath,asutstend
ofsery,sothinkingtoevade
thepenaltypronounced;doubtnotbutgod
hathedhisvengefulire,thanso
tobeforestalled;chreifearlestdeath,
sosnatched,ptusfrohepain
topay;rather,suts
ofntucyhehighest
tokedeathinuslive:theusseek
sosaferresolutiohinks
ihaveinvieindhheed
paradiselost
316of374
partofoursentehatthyseedshallbruise
theserpentshead;piteousandsunless
beant,iure,randfoe,
satan;heserpent,hathntrived
againstusthisderushhishead
wouldberevengeindeed
bydeathbroughtonourselves,orchildlessdays
resolved,asthouproposest;soourfoe
shalscapehispunishntordained,andwe
insteadshalldoubleoursuponourheads.
iohenofviolence
againstourselves;andwilfulb
...
creatorhatpeopledhighestheaven
ase,createatlast
thisyoh,thisfairdefect
ofnature,andnotfilltheonce
en,asangels,inine;
orfindsoee
nkindthisschiefhadnotbeenbefallen,
ashallbefall;innurable
disturbanalesnares,
andstraitnjunhthissex:foreither
henevershallfindoutfitte,butsuch
assosfortunebringshiorstake;
orheostshallseldoain
throughherperverseness,butshallseehergained
byafarhheld
byparents;orhishappiestetoolate
shallet,alreadylinkedandkbound
toafelladversary,hishateorsha:
ityshallcause
tohunlife,andhousholdpeafound.
headdednot,andfroertued;buteve,
notsorepulsed,htearsthatceasednotflowing
andtressesalldisordered,athisfeet
fellhule;and,eragthebesought
hispeadthusproceededinherplaint.
forsakenotthus,adaessheaven
paradiselost
312of374
yheart
ibearthee,anduninghaveoffended,
unhappilydeceivedthysuppliant
ibeg,andclaspthyknees;bereavenot,
hygentlelooks,thyaid,
thyunsel,inthisutterstdistress,
onlystrengthandstay:forloofthee,
e,
hourperhaps,
bettherebepeace;bothjoining,
asjoinedininjuries,oy
againstafoebydooxpressassignedus,
thateexerot
thyhatredforthisserybefallen;
onalreadylost,thanthyself
reserablebothhavesinned;butthou
againstgodonly;iagainstgodandthee;
andtotheplaentu,
thereycriesiortuneheaven;thatall
thesentenoved,ylight
on,solecausetotheeofallthiswoe;
,only,justobjectofhisire
sheended,
ioveable,tillpeafault
ao
seration:soonhisheartrelented
toe,andsoledelight,
noissiveindistress;
entseeking,
paradiselost
313of374
hisunsel,shehaddispleased,hisaid:
asonedisard,hisangerallhelost,
andthushpeacefulwordsupraisedhersoon.
unoodesirous,asbefore,
sonothouknonot,
thepunishntallonthyself;alas
bearthineo,illabletosustain
hisfullh,houfeelestasyetleastpart,
anddispleasurebearestsoill.ifprayers
uldalterhighdecrees,itothatplace
hee,andbelouderheard,
thatonheadallghtbevisited;
thyfrailtyandinfirrsexfiven,
totted,andbyexposed.
butrise;letusend,norbla
eaedenoughelsestrive
inofficesoflove,hoaylighten
eachothersburden,inourshareofwoe;
sihisdaysdeathdenounced,ifaughtisee,
asloedevil;
alongdaysdying,toaugntourpain;
andtoourseedohaplessseedderived.
tothuseve,reveri,replied.
adabysadexperintiknow
hoyhtheefind,
foundsoerroneous;thencebyjustevent
foundsounfortunate:heless,
restoredbythee,vileasiatoplace
ofneance,hopefultain
paradiselost
314of374
thylove,thesoleofheart
livingordying,froheeihide
yubreastarerisen,
tendingtosoreliefofourextres,
orend;thoughsharpandsad,yettolerable,
asinourevils,andofeasiere.
ifost,
ustbebotocertainwoe,devoured
bydeathatlast;andserableitis
tobetoothersisery,
ouroten,andofourloinst
intothiscursede,
thatafterustbeatlast
foodforsofoulanster;inthypower
itlies,yetereiontoprevent
therablest,tobeiu.
ain:sodeath
shallbedeceivedhisglut,andhustwo
beforaw.
butifthoujudgeithardanddifficult,
nversing,looking,loving,toabstain
froovesduerights,nuptialeracess;
andhdesiretolanguishhouthope,
beforethepresentobjeguishing
hlikedesire;isery
andtorhannoneofwedread;
then,bothourselvesaoofree
frokeshort,
letusseekdeath;or,henotfound,supply
paradiselost
315of374
houroeonourselves:
andwelongershiveringunderfears,
thatshodeath,andhavethepower,
ofnyodietheshortestchoosing,
destruhdestrutodestroy
sheendedhere,orvehentdespair
brokeofftherest:sochofdeathherthoughts
hadeained,asdyedhercheekshpale.
butadahsuselnothingswayed,
tobetterhopeshisreattentivend
labhadraised;andthustoevereplied.
eve,thyoflifeandpleasuresee
tueihingresubli
andexcellent,thanindntes;
butselfdestruthereforesought,refutes
thatexplies,
notthy,butanguisha
forlossoflifeandpleasureoverloved.
orifthouvetdeath,asutstend
ofsery,sothinkingtoevade
thepenaltypronounced;doubtnotbutgod
hathedhisvengefulire,thanso
tobeforestalled;chreifearlestdeath,
sosnatched,ptusfrohepain
topay;rather,suts
ofntucyhehighest
tokedeathinuslive:theusseek
sosaferresolutiohinks
ihaveinvieindhheed
paradiselost
316of374
partofoursentehatthyseedshallbruise
theserpentshead;piteousandsunless
beant,iure,randfoe,
satan;heserpent,hathntrived
againstusthisderushhishead
wouldberevengeindeed
bydeathbroughtonourselves,orchildlessdays
resolved,asthouproposest;soourfoe
shalscapehispunishntordained,andwe
insteadshalldoubleoursuponourheads.
iohenofviolence
againstourselves;andwilfulb
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