h,sofreshandgay,
yehills,anddales,yerivers,woods,andplains,andyethatliveandve,faircreatures,tell,
tell,ifyesaethus,howhere
notofself;bysogreatkerthen,
ingoodnessandinpoinent:
tell,hoayikno,howadore,
frohavethatthusiveandlive,
andfeelthatiaappierthaniknow
husicalled,andstrayedikneher,
frorebeheld
thishappylight;ued,
onagreenshadybank,profuseofflowers,
pensiveisatdolesleep
paradiselost
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firstfound,andhsoftoppressionseised
drousedsense,untroubled,thoughithought
ithenyforrstate
insensible,andforthhtodissolve:
yheadadrea
whoseinoved
fancytobelieveiyethadbeing,
andlived:oneca,thought,ofshapedivine,
andsaid,thynsion;rise,
firstn,ofninnurableordained
firstfathercalledbythee,iethyguide
tothegardenofbliss,thyseatprepared
sosaying,bythehandhetookraised,
andoverfieldsanders,asinair
sothslidingeup
aountain;opwasplain,
acircuithgoodliesttrees
planted,hhatisaw
ofearthbeforescarcepleasantseedeachtree,loadenhfairestfruitthathungtotheeye
teting,stirredinsuddenappetite
topluckandeat;iwaked,andfound
beforeneeyesallreal,asthedreabr >
hadlivelyshadowed:herehadnewbegun
yguide
uphither,frongthetreesappeared,
presencedivinerejoicing,buthawe,
inadorationathisfeetifell
subss:hereared,andthousoughtestia
paradiselost
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saidldly,authorofallthisthouseest
above,orroundaboutthee,orbeneath
thisparadiseigivethee,untitthine
totillandkeep,andofthefruittoeat:
ofeverytreethatinthegardengrows
eatfreelyhgladheart;fearherenodearth:
butofthetreeionbrings
kno
thepledgeofthyobedienceandthyfaith,
adthegardenbythetreeoflife,
reerihee,shuntotaste,
andshunthebittesequence:forknow,
thedaythoueatestthereof,solend
transgressed,inevitablythoushaltdie,
frohatdayrtal;andthishappystate
shaltlose,expelledfroenceintoaworld
ofelyhepronounced
therigidinterdiction,hresounds
yetdreadfulinneear,thoughinchoice
nottoincur;butsoonhisclearaspect
retued,andgraciouspurposethusrenewed
notonlythesefairbounds,butalltheearth
totheeandtothyraceigive;aslords
possessit,andallthingsthatthereinlive,
orliveinsea,orair;beast,fish,andfowl
insignbehold
aftertheirkinds;ibringtheoreceive
froheetheias,andpaytheefealty
hloe
paradiselost
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offishhintheireryresidence,
nothithersuoned,sincetheycannotchange
theirelent,todrahethinnerair
asthushespake,eachbirdandbeastbehold
approachingtheseweringlow
ent;eachbirdstoopedonhiswing
inadtheastheypassed,andunderstood
theiature,hsuchknowledgegodendued
suddenapprehension:butinthese
ifoundnotethoughtiedstill;
andtotheheavenlyvisionthuspresud
o,bye,forthouaboveallthese,
abovenkind,oraughtthannkindhigher,
surpassestfaang;hoayi
adorethee,authorofthisuniverse,
andallthisgoodtonforwhosewellbeing
soaly,andhhandssoliberal,
thouhastprovidedallthings:bute
iseenotakesinsolitude
happiness,anenjoyalone,
or,allenjoying,entfind
thusipresutuous;andthevisionbright,
asilerebrightened,thusreplied
callestthousolitudeisnottheearth
hvariouslivingcreatures,andtheair
replenished,andalltheseatthynd
toeandplaybeforetheeknothounot
theirlanguageandtheirheyalsoknow,
andreasonnotntetibly:hthese
paradiselost
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findpasti,andbearrule;thyrealslarge
sospaketheuniversallord,andseed
soordering:i,plored,
andhuledeprecation,thusreplied
letnothee,heavenlypower;
ker,bepropitiouswhileispeak
hastthounotdeherethysubstitute,
andtheseinferiourfarbeneathset
angunequalssociety
cansort,ony,ortruedelight
ustbetual,inproportiondue
givenandreceived;but,indisparity
theoneintense,theotherstillress,
cannotheither,butsoonprove
tediousalike:offellowshipispeak
suchasiseek,fittoparticipate
allrationaldelight:hebrute
annsort:theyrejoice
eachhtheirkind,lionhlioness;
sofitlythenpairsthouhastbined:
chlesscanbirdhbeast,orfishhfowl
sohtheoxtheape;
anhbeast,andleastofall
ightyansdispleased
aniceandsubtlehappiness,isee,
thoutothyselfproposest,inthechoice
ofthyassociates,adandtaste
nopleasure,thoughinpleasure,solitary
e,andthisstate
paradiselost
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seetotheesufficientlypossessed
ofhappiness,ootalone
frolleteity;fooneiknow
sendtoorlike,equalchless
hotoholdnverse,
saveade,andthose
toinferiour,infinitedescents
beneathothercreaturesaretothee
heceased;ilotain
thehighthanddepthofthyetealways
allhunthoughtseshort,supreofthings
thouinthyselfartperfect,andinthee
isnodefian,
butindegree;thecauseofhisdesire
bynversationhhisliketohelp
orsolacehisdefectsnoneedthatthou
shouldstpropagate,alreadyinfinite;
andthroughallnuersabsolute,thoughone:
butnbynueristonifest
hissingleierfection,andbeget
likeofhislike,hisigeltiplied,
inunitydefective;hrequires
llaterallove,anddearestaty
thouinthysecresyalthoughalone,
bestpanie
