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PARADISE I.OST
BOOK IV
THE ARGLMEIST

Slan. now in prospect o í Edén, a nd nigh the place ivliere he
m usí now ailem pt llie huid enlerpri.se whieh he undertook
alone against G od a nd inand. fa l/s inio m a n í doubts with
him selí. a nd m a n í passions. f'ear. envy. a n d despair: huí al
Icnglli eonjirm s him selí in evil: journeys on lo Paradise. who.se
ouiw ard prospeei a nd situation i.s deserihed: overleap.s the
hounds: sii.s, in ¡he shape o ía cormorán!, on the Tree o f Life,
as liigliesi in tlic (¡arden, lo look ahout him . The (¡arden
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deserihed S a ta n 's ftrst sighl oí A dam a n d Eve: his wonder al
their e.xccHcnt íurm a n d happy State, huí w itli resolution to ;Oh advertencia, que aquel que conte
work their íall: over-hears their discutirse: ¡henee gathers that Los misterios, oyó sobre los Cielos
th e Tree o f K now -ledgew as forhidden them to eat o f under Cuando el dragón cayó segunda se/
penalty o fd ea th . a n d thereon tinteds to fo u n d his tem plation V. rabioso, se sino contra el hombre
hy sedueing them to transgress: then lea ves them a while. to
know flirther o f their State hy som e other m eans. M eanw hile
i riel, deseending on a sunheam . warn.s Gabriel, who liad in
eharge the gate o f Paradise. that so m e evil Spirit liad escapad
the Deep, a n d dow n to Paradise. diseovered altar h y his
íurious gestares in Aight eom ing on. . Id a m a n d Eve diseourse
o í going to their rest: their bow er deserihed: their evening
worship. Gabriel, draw ing fo n h liis hands ol niglit-watcli to
walk the round o f Paradise. appoinls tw o strong A ngels lo
.
A d a m ’s bower. test the evil Spiorit sh o u /d he there doing som e
harm lo A d a m or Eve s/eeping: there th e y fm d h im s al the car
o í Eve. tem pting her in a dream . a n d bring him . thoug/i
unwilling. to Gabriel: hy w hom questioned. he scornfully
answers: prepares resístam e: bar. hindered hy a sign fro m
H caven. Ilies out ol Paradise.

O FOR thai uarning. voice. which he who sau
Th'Apocalypse heard cr> in Heaven aloud.
Then \\hen the dragón, put to second rout.
Carne furious down to he revenged on men.