For t recalld [ 330 ]

    to life prolongd and promisd Race, I now

    Gladly be most skirts

    Of glory, and farr off eps adore.

    to wh regard benigne.

    Adam, t h. [ 335 ]

    Not this Rock onely; his Omnipresence fills

    Land, Sea, and Aire, and every kinde t lives,

    Fomented by ual power and warmd:

    All to possess and rule,

    No despicable gift; surmise not then [ 340 ]

    o these narrow bounds confind

    Of Paradise or Eden: this had been

    Peral Seate, from whence had spred

    All generations, and her come

    From all to celebrate [ 345 ]

    And reverence t Progenitor.

    But t lost, brought down

    to dhy Sons:

    Yet doubt not but in Vallie and in Plaine

    God is as here, and will be found alike [ 350 ]

    Present, and of his presence many a signe

    Still folloill compassing thee round

    iternal Love, his Face

    Express, and of eps track Divine.

    t beleeve, and be confirmd [ 355 ]

    Ere t, kno

    to s sure dayes

    to to th bad

    Expect to ending

    ito learn [ 360 ]

    true patience, and to temper joy h fear

    And pious sorrow, equally enurd

    By moderation eitate to beare,

    Prosperous or adverse: so s thou lead

    Safest t prepard endure [ 365 ]

    tal passage w comes. Ascend

    t Eve (for I  her eyes)

    o foresig,

    As once t, wo life was formd.