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PARADISE LOST LIBRO VIII
Kncw nol. lo speak I tricd. and Ibrthwiih spake:
Mv longuc obcycd. and rcad¡I> could ñame.
Whatc'er I saw. “Thou Sun." said I. “fair light.
And ihou enlightcned Earlh. so l'rcsh and gay.
Ye hills and dales, ye rivers. woods. and plains.
And ye thal live and move. fair creatures. tell.
Tell. il'ye saw. how carne I thus. how herc?
Not of myself: hy some greal Maker ihen.
In goodncss and in power pre-eminent.
Tell me. how may I know him. how adore. 280
From whom I have that thus I move and Uve.
And feel that I am happier than I know?"
While thus I called. and strayed I knew not whither.
From where I First drew air. and First beheld
This happv light. when answer nonc returned.
()n a grecn shady hank. protuse of tlovvers
Pensive I st me down. There gentle sleep
First found me. and with soft oppression seized
Mv drowsed sense. untrouhled. though I thought
I then was passing to my former State 290
Insensible, and forthwith to dissol ve:
When suddenly stood at my head a dream.
Whose inward apparition gently moved
My faney to believe I yet had being.
And li ved. One carne, methought. of shape divine.
And said. “Thy mansión wants thee. Adam: rise.
First Man. of trien innumerable ordained
First lather! called by thee. I come thy guide
To the garden of bliss. thy seat prepared."
So saying. bv the hand he took me. raised. 300
And over fields and waters. as in air
Smooth sliding without step. last led me up
A woody mountain. whose high top was plain.
A circuit wide. enclosed. with goodliest trees
Planted, with walks. and bowers. that what I saw
Of Earth before scarce pleasant seemed. Each tree
Loaden with fairest fruit. that hung to the eye
Tempting. stirred in me sudden appetite
To pluck and eat; whereat I waked. and found
Before mine eyes all real, as the dream 310
Had lively shadowed. Here had new begun
l o ignoraba. Yo quise hablar \ hable:
Mi lengua obedeció v pude nombrar
Cada cosa: "Tú Sol", dije. “Lu/ bella"
"Tú Tierra iluminada, alegre > fresca.
(\ihnas. valles ríos, bosques, llanos.
Hermosas creaturas que os movéis.
Decidme, si sabéis, como yo vine:
No fui yo. sino Alguien quien me hi/o
En bondad v poder muv eminente-
¿Cómo puedo adorarle y conocerle?
Por El yo vivo asi y asi me muevo
Y soy yo mas feliz que lo que pienso."
Hablando asi me iba desviando
De donde respiré v de donde vi
La luz feliz. Al no tener respuesta.
En verde, umbría, orilla, con mil llores
Me senté pensativo. Un suave sueño
Me entró por vez primera poseyendo
Tranquilo mis sentidos. Yo creía
Que volvía a mi estado primitivo
Insensible y. después, a disolverme:
De pronto un sueño vino a mi cabeza
C'uva interior imagen persuadía
A mi imaginación que yo aun vivía.
Con divina apariencia alguien llego
Y dijo: "Adán, tu casa espera. Surge
Primer hombre, de innumerables hombres
Primer Padre: Llamaste. Soy tu guia
Al jardín del placer que ya le espera."
Me cogió de la mano, levantóme
Y por campos, por aguas, por el aire.
Resbalando, sin pasos, me condujo
A un monte umbrío con la cima llana.
Amplio cerco con arboles magníficos
Caminos y enramadas. Lo que viera
Antes de eso era menos: Arboledas
De bellísimo fruto ante los ojos
Tentaban excitando el apetito
A coger y comer. Ví al despertar
que todo era real como aquel sueño
Vivamente mostró. Reiniciaria