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Which he hath sent propitious, some great good
Presaging, since with sorrow' and heart's distress
Wearied I fell asleep: but now lead on;
In me is no delay; with thee to go,

Is to stay here; without thee here to stay,
Is to go hence unwilling thou to me
Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou,
Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence.
This further consolation yet secure

I carry hence; though all by me is lost,
Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd,
By me the promis'd Seed shall all restore."

So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard

615

620

620

Well pleas'd, but answer'd not; for now too nigh 625
Th' arch-angel stood; and from the other hill
To their fix'd station, all in bright array
The cherubim descended; on the ground
Gliding meteorous, as evening mist
Ris'n from a river o'er the marish glides,
And gathers ground fast at the lab'rer's heel
Homeward returning. High in front advane'd,
The brandish'd sword of God before them blaz'd,
Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat,
And vapour as the Lybian air adust,
Began to parch that temp'rate clime; whereat
In either hand the hast'ning angel caught
Our ling'ring parents, and to th' eastern gate
Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast
To the subjected plain; then disappear❜d.
They, looking back, all th' eastern side beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate
With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms:

635

640

Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose 646 Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They, hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.

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INDEX.

Note, The numeral letters refer to the Book, the figures
to the Line.

AARON and Moses, their mission to Egypt, xii. 170
Abdiel, a Seraph, his opposition to Satan, respecting
the revolt of the Angels, v. 803. his fidelity, v. 896.
abandons the party of Satan, vi. 1. soliloquy on view.
ing him at their head. vi. 114. his conquest of Ariel,
Arioch, and Ramiel, vi. 369

Abel and Cain, their story, xi. 429

Abraham and the Patriarchs, story of, xii. 113
Adam and Eve, general description of them, iv. 288.
more minutely described, iv. 295. their state of inno-
cence, iv. 312 492 738. v. 211 303. viii. 510, enter-
tainment of the angel Raphael, v. 313 391. their
nuptial bed described, iv. 708, their behaviour after
the fall, and on finding themselves naked, ix. 1004
1051. attempt to avoid God, x. 97. appear before
him, x. 109. their expulsion from Paradise, xii. 265
Adam, his discourse with Eve on the prohibition of
the tree of knowledge, iv. 411. on viewing her sleep-
ing, v. 8. his answer to her dream relative to Sa-
tan's first temptation, v. 94. his discourse in the
bower with Raphael, v. 460. his creation and do.
minion, ix. 524. his first view of the Divine Pre-
sence, &c. viii. 311. his speech to God on his soli-
tude in Paradise, viii. 357. his passion for Eve, viii.
521. discourses with her on Satan's subtlety, ix.
from 205 to 384. soliloquy on her transgression, ix.
896. resolves to die with her, ix. 907. eats the for
bidden fruit, ix. 996. solicits her to submit to sexual
pleasures, and their consequences, ix. 1011 1016.
speech to her on their fall, &c. ix. 1067. the sen-
tence on him, x. 197. reflects on the immortality of
the soul, &c. x. 782. his resolution against the ad-
vice of Eve to commit suicide, x. 1028. behaviour

on receiving the message for their expulsion, xi.

263

Adramelech and Asmalia, fallen angels, their defeat,
vi. 365

Amarant, a flower, transplanted to Heaven, iii. 352
Ambition censured, ii. 482.

Angels obey God from choice, v. 535. engagement of
the celestial party against Satan, vi. 202 634. their
song on the creation, vii. 180 252 557 602. their re-
ascent to Heaven on Adam's fall, xi. 17. appointed
to drive Adam from Paradise, xi. 127. execution of
that office, xii. 626.

defeat and expulsion
transformed into ser-

Angels, the fallen, their names, i. 374. pursuits, ii.
528. engagement, vi. 202.
from Heaven, vi. 831-877.
pents, &c. x. 519 547

Apostles, their mission, &c, xii. 439. their successors
described, xii. 508

Azazel, Satan's standard bearer, i. 534

Babel, its building, and the confusion of languages
thence arising, xii. 38 48

Battle between the angels described, vi. 202 to 877
Beelzebub described, ii. 299. excites an attempt on
the world, ii. 245

Belial, speeches of, ii. 119. vi. 620

Blasts, originated from the fall of Adam, x. 692
Bridge from the gates of Hell over Chaos to the world,

X. 293

Cain and Abel, their story, xi. 429
Cham, his story, xii. 101

Chance, explosion of the general idea respecting it, ii.

909

Chaos described, ii. 890. vii. 210. its limits since the
fall of the Angels, ii. 998. its state before that event,

V. 577

Church, hirelings in it compared with the devil in
Paradise, iv. 192

Conjugal love praised, iv. 750 765. definition of it, viii.
589. a reciprocal duty, ix. 357

Conjugal union, its reasons and obligations, viii. 494.
ix. 955 961

Conscience, the umpire of God in man, iii. 194. its
terrors, iv. 23. x. 842. censure of laws to enforce it,
xii. 515

Creation, the universal, description of it, iii. 708. vii.

221

Creatures in Paradise described, iv. 340. their discord
a consequence of the fall, x. 707

Dagon, a fallen angel, some account of, i. 457
Damned, description of the vicissitudes of their for
ments, ii. 596

David, why his throne is eternal, xii. 320

Day and night in Heaven, description of, vi. 4
Death and Sin, their post at the gates of Hell, before
the fall, ii. 688. their union, x. 249. their meeting
with Satan on his return to Hell, x. 326. their arri-
val at Paradise, x. 585. subsequent conduct in the
world, x. 610

Death, description of, ii. 666. its parentage, ii. 727. its
birth, ii. 777. its answers to Sin, x. 264 596

Death. of the body, its causes and variety, xi. 466 to
493. its terrors more imaginary than real, xi. 469.
the gate of life, xii. 571

Death, eternal, considerations on, x. 808
Deluge, see Noah

Despair, its degrees, &c. iv. 108

Devils, why excluded from grace, iii. 129

Discord censured, ii. 496, the daughter of Sin, x. 707
Dominion, absolute amongst men, unjustifiable, xii. 64
Dreams, illusory, iv. 799. natural, v. 110. divine, xii.

611

Eagle, a bird of prey, one effect of Adam's fall, xi. 185
Earth, its creation, iii. 715. vii. 231. its separation
from the waters described, vii. 276. speculations on
its motion, or that of the heavens, censured, viii. 70,

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