So saying, from tree ep surnd,

    But first loo the power [ 835 ]

    t d hin, whose presence had infusd

    Into t sciential sap, derivd

    From Nectar, drink of Gods. Adam the while

    aiting desirous urn, had wove

    Of c Flours a Garland to adorne [ 840 ]

    resses, and her rural labours crown,

    As Reapers oft are  t Queen.

    Great joy o s, and new

    Solace in urn, so long delayd;

    Yet oft , divine of somthing ill, [ 845 ]

    Misgave ring measure felt;

    And forto meet , took

    t Morn ed; by tree

    Of Kno,

    Scarse from tree returning; in her hand [ 850 ]

    A boug fruit t downie smild,

    Neherd, and ambrosial smell diffusd.

    to ed, in her face excuse

    Came Prologue, and Apologie to prompt,

    will s. [ 855 ]

    t  my stay?

    t, and t it long, deprivd

    till now

    Not felt, nor swice, for never more

    Mean I to trie, , [ 860 ]

    t. But strange

    o heare:

    tree is not as old, a tree

    Of danger tasted, nor to evil unknown

    Opning t of Divine effect [ 865 ]

    to open Eyes, and make taste;

    And asted suc wise,

    Or not restraind as  obeying,

    n of t, and is become,

    Not dead, as nd, but th [ 870 ]

    Endud h human voice and human sense,

    Reasoning to admiration, and h mee

    Perswasively  I

    asted, and have also found

    ts to correspond, opener mine Eyes [ 875 ]

    Dimm erst, dilated Spirits, ampler ,

    And groo Godhee

    C,  thee can despise.