Lament not Eve, but patiently resigne

        justly t lost; nor set t,

        t hine;

        t lonely, hee goes [ 290 ]

        to follo bound;

        ive soile.

        Adam by the cold sudden damp

        Rec, and terd spirits returnd,

        to Michus his humble words addressd. [ 295 ]

        Celestial, whrones, or namd

        Of t, for such of shape may seem

        Prince above Princes, gently    tould

        t else in telling wound,

        And in perf end us; w besides [ 300 ]

        Of sorroion and despair

        Our frailtie    sustain, tidings bring,

        Departure from t

        Recess, and onely solatio

        Familiar to our eyes, all places else [ 305 ]

        Inable appeer and desolate,

        Nor knowing us nor known: and if by prayer

        Incessant I could o che will

        Of    cease

        to wearie h my assiduous cries: [ 310 ]

        But prayer against e Decree

        No more availes t the winde,

        Bloifling ba    breat forth:

        to    bidding I submit.

        t afflicts me, t departing hence, [ 315 ]

        As from his face I shall be hid, deprivd

        nance; ,

        itsafd

        Presence Divine, and to my Soe;

        On t ree [ 320 ]

        Stood visible, among these Pines his voice

        I    tain talkd:

        So many grateful Altars I would reare

        Of grassie terfe, and pile up every Stone

        Of lustre from the brook, in memorie, [ 325 ]

        Or moo Ages, and thereon

        Offer s smelling Gumms and Fruits and Flours:

        In yonder her orld where shall I seek

        appearances, or foot step-trace?
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