But rise, let us no more contend, nor blame
Eac strive
In offices of Love, n [ 960 ]
Eachers burden in our share of woe;
Since t, if ought I see,
ill prove no sudden, but a slo evill,
A long days dying to augment our paine,
And to our Seed (O hapless Seed!) derivd. [ 965 ]
to w, replid.
Adam, by sad experiment I know
tle weighee can finde,
Found so erroneous, t event
Found so unfortunate; nevertheless, [ 970 ]
Restord by to place
Of neance, o regaine
tentment of my
Living or dying, from t hide
ts in my unquiet brest are risn, [ 975 ]
tending to some relief of our extremes,
Or end, t tolerable,
As in our evils, and of easier choice.
If care of our descent perplex us most,
be born to certain woe, devourd [ 980 ]
By Deat last, and miserable it is
to be to others cause of misery,
Our oten, and of our Loines to bring
Into this cursed orld a woful Race,
t after c be at last [ 985 ]
Food for so foule a Monster, in thy power
It lies, yet ere Conception to prevent
t, to being yet unbegot.
C, Childless remaine:
So Deat, and wo [ 990 ]
Be forcd to satisfie his Ravnous Maw.
But if t ,
Conversing, looking, loving, to abstain
From Loves due Rites, Nuptial imbraces s,
And o languis hope, [ 995 ]
Before t object languishing
ith like desire, which would be miserie
And torment less t we dread,
t once to free
From us make s, [ 1000 ]
Let us seek Deat found, supply
ith our own hands his Office on our selves;
and we longer shivering under feares,
t s Deathe power,
Of many o die test choosing, [ 1005 ]
Destruction ruction to destroy.