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PARADISE LOST UBRO VIII
Thus I cmboldened spakc. and frcedom used
Permissive. and acceptance found. which gained
This answer from the gracious Voice Divine:-
“Thus far to try thce. Adam. I was plcascd.
And l'ind thce knowing not of beasts alone.
Which thou hast rightly named. bul of thyself-
Expressing well the spirit within thee free. 440
My image. not imparted to the brute:
Whosc fellowship. therefore. unmeet for thee.
Good reason was thou freeIy shouldst dislike.
And be so minded still: I. ere thou spak'st.
Knew it not good for Man to be alone.
And no such company as then thou saw'st
Intended thee-for trial ónix brought.
To see how thou couldst judge of fit and mect.
What next I bring shall picase thee. be assured.
Thv likeness. thy fit help. thy other self. 450
Thy wish exactly to thy heart's desire."
'He ended. or I heard no more: for now
My earthly. by his heavenly overpowered.
Which it had long stood under. strained to the height
In that celestial colloquy sublime.
As with an object that excels the sense.
Dazzled and spent. sunk down. and sought repair
Of sleep. which instantly fell on me. called
By Nature as in aid. and dosed mine eyes.
Mine eyes he dosed. but open left the cell 460
Of fanev. my internal sight: by which.
Abstract as in a trance, methought I saw.
Though sleeping. where 1la>. and saw the Shape
Still glorious before whoni awake I stood:
Who. stooping. opened my left side. and took
From (henee a rib. with cordial spirits warm.
And life-blood streaming fresh: wide was the wound.
But suddenly with llesh fillcd up and healed.
The rib he formed and fashioned with his hands:
Under his forming hands'a creature grew. 470
Manlike. but different sex. so lovely fair
That what seemed fair in all the world seemed now
Mean, or in her summed up. in her contained.
And in her looks. which from that time infused
Asi hable con audacia y libremente.
Permitido, aceptado y recibiendo
Tal respuesta de la Divina voz:
"Hasta aquí me ha placido. Adan. probarle
Y veo que conoces bien las bestias
\ las que bien nombraste, y a ti mismo.
Mostrando el libre espíritu que tienes.
Que es mi imagen y no se da a los brutos:
Por ello no te va su compañía.
Con ra/on los rechazas libremente
Y piensas aun asi. Yo. antes que hablaras.
Sabia que no es bueno que estes solo.
Compañero no hallaste a nadie entonces
Que fuera como tu f ue solo prueba
Para ver si juzgabas bien lo digno.
Lo que ahora traeré te placera:
Tu imagen y tu ayuda y tu otro yo.
El exacto deseo de tu alma."
Termino y no oí mas. porque ya entonces
Mi ser arrebatado por el suyo.
Pues tanto me esforcé en aquella altura
De sublime coloquio celestial.
Superado el sentido por completo.
Deslumbrado, me hundí, busque reparo
En sueño repentino que me entro
Natural y cerre estos ojos míos.
Él mis ojos cerró, dejando abierta
La visión interior, la fantasía
Y pensé que veía, como en trance.
Dormido y en el suelo, vi a la Forma
Gloriosa ante la cual yo estaba atento.
Se inclinó, abrió nn costado y me sacó
Una costilla cálida de espíritu
Que chorreaba sangre. Gran herida
Que se llena y se cura de repente.
Con sus manos modela la costilla:
Surgió una creatura de entre ellas.
Humana, de otro sexo, tan hermosa
Que lo hermoso de antes parecía
Sin valor o en su forma contenido.
Y en su aspecto que entonces ya infundía