Lætior. At fpeculæ jam defcendamus ab arcè Aeriâ; nam venit ineluctabilis hora;
Migrandum eft; en! dudum ifto mihi monte locati Caftra movere parant Vigiles: en! dira corufcat Fulgor atrox gladii, flammæque a fronte minaces.
Non jam fas cunctari; age, fomnos rumpe maritæ: Olli ego turbatos animi per mollia Auctus
Somnia compofui, placidæ prænuntia pacis; Ipfa dabit jam fponte manus. Tu tempore dextro, Participem facias, tibi quæ data, lucis; at unum Hoc iterum atque iterum repetas, ut pectore in alto Figatur ftabilita fides, de Semine ituram
Fœmineo diffusa hominum per fæcla salutem.
Hinc lucem ad fummam, quæ fera accedet, eandem Ufque fidem colite unanimes; deflete peractum Haud luctu immerito crimen; fed pleniùs altâ Lætitiâ exhilarent faufti folatia finis.
Conticuit; montifque fimul faftigia linquunt:
Of fpeculation; for the hour precife
Exacts our parting hence: and fee! the Guards, By me incamp'd on yonder hill, expect Their motion; at whose front a flaming fword, In fignal of remove, waves fiercely round. We may no longer ftay: go, waken Eve; Her alfo I with gentle dreams have calm'd, Portending good; and all her fpirits compos'd To meek fubmiffion; thou at feason fit
Let her with thee partake what thou haft heard; Chiefly, what may concern her faith to know, The great deliverance by her Seed to come, For by the woman's Seed, on all mankind: That ye may live, which will be many days, Both in one faith unanimous, though fad, With caufe, for evils paft: yet much more cheer'd
With meditation on the happy end.
Deinde alacri çelerans ftudio præcurrit Adamus Conjugis ad thalamum: dimiferat illa foporem, Hisque virum excipiens dictis haud tristibus infit:
Unde redis, quòque hinc dudum via duxit, Adame, Haud animi me fallit; ineft Deus ipse sopori Scilicet, & liquidam pandunt infomnia lucem: Qualia mî, præfaga boni, Indulgentia mifit Numinis; ex quo me laffam, exhauftamque dolore, Sternebam fomno. Quin duc age protinus; in me Nulla mora; hic, alibi eft, quocunque folo, Paradifus, Tu modò te comitem dederis mihi: Te fine, Conjux, Non hic, non alibi eft, non terrarum omnibus oris. Tu mihi res cunctæ, loca cuncta fub ætheris axe, Unicus; ob mea qui fcelera hinc dimitteris exul. Hæc tamen, hæc abeunti animum folatia mulcent Fidentem: Quanquam per me omnia perdita latè, Defluxit tanta immeritæ mihi gratia cœlo, Per me promiffum reparârit ut omnia Semen.
He ended; and they both defcend the hill: Defcended, Adam to the bow'r, where Eve Lay fleeping, ran before; but found her wak'd; And thus with words not fad she him receiv'd: Whence thou return'ft, and whither went'ft, I know:
For God is alfo in fleep, and dreams advise; Which he hath fent propitious, fome great good Prefaging; fince with forrow, and heart's diftrefs Wearied I fell asleep. But now lead on;
In me is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling: thou to me Art all things under heav'n, all places thou; Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further confolation yet fecure
I carry hence; though all by me is loft, Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd, By me the promis'd Seed fhall all reftore.
So fpake our mother Eve; and Adam heard Finierat.
Dixerat: & lætis dicta auribus haufit Adamus; At nil refpondit: namque ollis maximus Hofpes Jam propior ftetit; adverfique a culmine montis Flammea præfcriptam stationem adiere Cherubum Agmina, fufpenfis per humum labentia plantis. -Ut nebula, ex fluviis se effundens vespere sero, Pervolitat denfas liquido pede lapfa paludes, Agricolamque premit reducem, calcemque fuburget. Undantes a fronté faces fublime vibratus Numinis evomuit gladius, ceù crine cometa Terribili lugubre rubens, cœlique benignam Temperiem invertit: torrenti incanduit atrox Igne vapor, quantus fitientibus incubat Afris. Corripit inde manu noftros utrâque Parentes Nuntius, increpitatque moras; portamque ad eoam Ducit agens, celsâque iterum de rupe jacentem Ocius in campum; tenues dein fugit in auras. Convertere oculos; latèque plagas Paradifi
Well-pleas'd, but anfwer'd not: for now too nigh
Th' Arch-angel ftood; and from the other hill To their fix'd station, all in bright array, The Cherubim defcended; on the ground Gliding meteorous; as ev'ning mist,
Ris'n from a river, o'er the marish glides;. And gathers ground faft at the laborer's heck, Homeward returning. High in front advanc'd,
The brandish'd fword of God before them blaz'd, Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat, And vapors as the Libyan air adust, Began to parch that temperate clime: whereat In either hand the haft'ning Angel caught Our lingring parents; and to th' eastern gate Led them direct; and down the cliff as fast, To the fubjected plain; then difappear'd. They looking back, all theaftern fide beheld
Eoas, fua tam nuper lætiffima rura,
Flammivomo mucrone vident ardefcere; formifque
Obfeffam horrificis portam, & flagrantibus armis.
Naturæ imperio lacrimas mifere, repente
Deterfas: Patuit fpatiofis tractibus orbis
Terrarum, requiem optatam dulcifque receffus Quà peterent fibi cunque loca; & Deus adfuit auspex. Tum vaga, lentaque, ducentes veftigia, palmis
Connexis, folos Edeni abiere per agros.
Of Paradife, fo late their happy feat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms, Some natural tears they drop'd, but wip'd them foon:
The World was all before them, where to chufe A Their place of reft, and Providence their guide. They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and flow, Through Eden took their folitary way.
P. 39. v. 9. maxima. p. 63, v. 6. ratio. p. 184. v. 4. carmine. p. 208. poft v. 12 infere-
videt: vigil exferit omnes
ardent avida ufque tueri,-
Calum oculos, nempe ut luftret te fumma Voluptas Suavibus illecebris, miroque attracta lepore.
Inceffum, fi nemo Natura! quam cuncta
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