【】hisheart,divineofsothingill,</p>
sgavehihethefalteringasurefelt;</p>
andforthtoether,theook</p>
thattheyparted:bythetree</p>
ofknoustpass;therehehert,</p>
sefrohetreeretuing;inherhand</p>
aboughoffairestfruit,thatdoiled,</p>
nebrosialslldiffused.</p>
tohihehasted;inherfause</p>
pt;</p>
h,hblandhusaddressed.</p>
hastthounot,atstay</p>
theeihavessed,andthoughtitlong,deprived</p>
thypresence;agonyoflovetillnow</p>
,norshallbetore</p>
anitotry,rashuntriedisought,</p>
thepainofabsencefrohysight.butstrange</p>
hathbeenthecause,andohear:</p>
thistreeisnot,asold,atree</p>
ofdaasted,nortoevilunknown</p>
openingtheofdivineeffect</p>
toopeneyes,aheodsaste;</p>
andhathbeentastedsuch:theserpentwise,</p>
paradiselost</p>
269of374</p>
ootrestrainedasobeying,</p>
hatheatenofthefruit;andisbee,</p>
notdead,ashreatened,buttheh</p>
enduedanvoidhunsense,</p>
reasoningtoadration;ande</p>
persuasivelyhathsoprevailed,thati</p>
havealsotasted,andhavealsofound</p>
theeffeineeyes,</p>
dirst,dilatedspirits,alerheart,</p>
andgroogodhead;hee</p>
chieflyisought,houttheedespise.</p>
forbliss,asthouhastpart,toisbliss;</p>
tedious,unsharedhthee,andodioussoon.</p>
thouthereforealsotaste,thatequallot</p>
yjoinus,equaljoy,asequallove;</p>
lest,thounottasting,differentdegree</p>
disjoinus,andithentoolaterenounce</p>
deityforthee,it.</p>
thusevehunteheherstorytold;</p>
butinhercheekdisteerflushingglowed.</p>
ohersideadasoonasheheard</p>
thefataltrespassdonebyeve,azed,</p>
astooodandblank,hill</p>
ranthroughhisveins,andallhisjointsrelaxed;</p>
froissladthegarlandhedforeve</p>
do,andallthefadedrosesshed:</p>
speechlesshestoodandpale,tillthusatlength</p>
firsttohielfheinebroke.</p>
ofairestofcreation,lasta</p>
paradiselost</p>
270of374</p>
ofallgodsexcelled</p>
ed,</p>
holy,divine,good,aable,ors</p>
hothoulostho,</p>
defaced,defloodeathdevote</p>
rather,hothouyieldedtress</p>
thestrictforbiddance,hooviolate</p>
thesaecursedfraud</p>
ofehbeguiledthee,yetunknown,</p>
andhtheehathruined;forhthee</p>
certainresolutionistodie:</p>
hohouttheeho</p>
thysnverse,andlovesodearlyjoined,</p>
toliveagaininthesewildwoodsforlo</p>
shouldgodcreateanothereve,andi</p>
anotherribafford,yetlossofthee</p>
heart:no,noifeel</p>
thelinkofnaturedrae:fleshofflesh,</p>
boneofbohouart,andfrohystate</p>
nenevershallbeparted,blissorwoe.</p>
sohavingsaid,asonefroaddisy</p>
reforted,andafterthoughtsdisturbed</p>
subttingtoedrediless,</p>
thusincaloodhisoevehetued.</p>
bolddeedthouhastpresud,adventurouseve,</p>
andperilgreatprovoked,hushastdared,</p>
haditbeenoingtoeye</p>
thatsacredfruit,sacredtoabstinence,</p>