《Paradise Lost Ⅴ》第5章

spirits　odorous　breathes：　flours　and　thir　fruit
mans　nourishment；　by　gradual　scale　sublimd
to　vital　spirits　aspire；　to　animal；
to　intellectual；　give　both　life　and　sense；　＇　485　＇
fansie　and　understanding；　whence　the　soule
reason　receives；　and　reason　is　her　being；
discursive；　or　intuitive；　discourse
is　oftest　yours；　the　latter　most　is　ours；
differing　but　in　degree；　of　kind　the　same。　＇　490　＇
wonder　not　then；　what　god　for　you　saw　good
if　i　refuse　not；　but　convert；　as　you；
to　proper　substance；　time　may　e　when　men
with　angels　may　participate；　and　find
no　inconvenient　diet；　nor　too　light　fare：　＇　495　＇
and　from　these　corporal　nutriments　perhaps
your　bodies　may　at　last　turn　all　to　spirit；
improvd　by　tract　of　time；　and　wingd　ascend
ethereal；　as　wee；　or　may　at　choice
here　or　in　heavnly　paradises　dwell；　＇　500　＇
if　ye　be　found　obedient；　and　retain
unalterably　firm　his　love　entire
whose　progenie　you　are。　mean　while　enjoy
your　fill　what　happiness　this　happie　state
can　prehend；　incapable　of　more。　＇　505　＇
to　whom　the　patriarch　of　mankind　replid；
o　favourable　spirit；　propitious　guest；
well　hast　thou　taught　the　way　that　might　direct
our　knowledge；　and　the　scale　of　nature　set
from　center　to　circumference；　whereon　＇　510　＇
in　contemplation　of　created　things
by　steps　we　may　ascend　to　god。　but　say；
what　meant　that　caution　joind；　if　ye　be　found
obedient？　can　we　want　obedience　then
to　him；　or　possibly　his　love　desert　＇　515　＇
who　formd　us　from　the　dust；　and　placd　us　here
full　to　the　utmost　measure　of　what　bliss
human　desires　can　seek　or　apprehend？
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Paradise　Lost　Ⅴ12
小说
to　whom　the　angel。　son　of　heavn　and　earth；
attend：　that　thou　art　happie；　owe　to　god；　＇　520　＇
that　thou　continust　such；　owe　to　thy　self；
that　is；　to　thy　obedience；　therein　stand。
this　was　that　caution　givn　thee；　be　advisd。
god　made　thee　perfet；　not　immutable；
and　good　he　made　thee；　but　to　persevere　＇　525　＇
he　left　it　in　thy　power；　ordaind　thy　will
by　nature　free；　not　over…ruld　by　fate
inextricable；　or　strict　necessity；
our　voluntarie　service　he　requires；
not　our　necessitated；　such　with　him　＇　530　＇
finds　no　acceptance；　nor　can　find；　for　how
can　hearts；　not　free；　be　trid　whether　they　serve
willing　or　no；　who　will　but　what　they　must
by　destinie；　and　can　no　other　choose？
myself　and　all　th　angelic　host　that　stand　＇　535　＇
in　sight　of　god　enthrond；　our　happie　state
hold；　as　you　yours；　while　our　obedience　holds；
on　other　surety　none；　freely　we　serve
because　we　freely　love；　as　in　our　will
to　love　or　not；　in　this　we　stand　or　fall：　＇　540　＇
and　som　are　falln；　to　disobedience　falln；
and　so　from　heavn　to　deepest　hell；　o　fall
from　what　high　state　of　bliss　into　what　woe！
to　whom　our　great　progenitor。　thy　words
attentive；　and　with　more　delighted　eare　＇　545　＇
divine　instructer；　i　have　heard；　then　when
cherubic　songs　by　night　from　neighbouring　hills
aereal　music　send：　nor　knew　i　not
to　be　both　will　and　deed　created　free；
yet　that　we　never　shall　forget　to　love　＇　550　＇
our　maker；　and　obey　him　whose　mand
single；　is　yet　so　just；　my　constant　thoughts
assurd　me　and　still　assure：　though　what　thou　tellst
hath　past　in　heavn；　som　doubt　within　me　move；
but　more　desire　to　hear；　if　thou　consent；　＇　555　＇
the　full　relation；　which　must　needs　be　strange；
worthy　of　sacred　silence　to　be　heard；
and　we　have　yet　large　day；　for　scarce　the　sun
hath　finisht　half　his　journey；　and　scarce　begins
his　other　half　in　the　great　zone　of　heavn。　＇　560　＇
thus　adam　made　request；　and　raphael
after　short　pause　assenting；　thus　began。
high　matter　thou　injoinst　me；　o　prime　of　men；
sad　task　and　hard；　for　how　shall　i　relate
to　human　sense　th　invisible　exploits　＇　565　＇
of　warring　spirits；　how　without　remorse
the　ruin　of　so　many　glorious　once
and　perfet　while　they　stood；　how　last　unfould
the　secrets　of　another　world；　perhaps
not　lawful　to　reveal？　yet　for　thy　good　＇　570　＇
this　is　dispenct；　and　what　surmounts　the　reach
of　human　sense；　i　shall　delineate　so；
by　likning　spiritual　to　corporal　forms；
as　may　express　them　best；　though　what　if　earth
be　but　the　shaddow　of　heavn；　and　things　therein　＇　575　＇
each　to　other　like；　more　then　on　earth　is　thought？
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Paradise　Lost　Ⅴ13
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as　yet　this　world　was　not；　and　chaos　wilde
reignd　where　these　heavns　now　rowl；　where　earth　now　rests
upon　her　center　poisd；　when　on　a　day
（for　time；　though　in　eternitie；　applid　＇　580　＇
to　motion；　measures　all　things　durable
by　present；　past；　and　future）　on　such　day
as　heavns　great　year　brings　forth；　th　empyreal　host
of　angels　by　imperial　summons　calld；
innumerable　before　th　almighties　throne　＇　585　＇
forthwith　from　all　the　ends　of　heavn　appeerd
under　thir　hierarchs　in　orders　bright
ten　thousand　thousand　ensignes　high　advancd；
standards　and　gonfalons　twixt　van　and　reare
streame　in　the　aire；　and　for　distinction　serve　＇　590　＇
of　hierarchies；　of　orders；　and　degrees；
or　in　thir　glittering　tissues　bear　imblazd
holy　memorials；　acts　of　zeale　and　love
recorded　eminent。　thus　when　in　orbes
of　circuit　inexpressible　they　stood；　＇　595　＇
orb　within　orb；　the　father　infinite；
by　whom　in　bliss　imbosomd　sat　the　son；
amidst　as　from　a　flaming　mount；　whose　top
brightness　had　made　invisible；　thus　spake。
hear　all　ye　angels；　progenie　of　light；　＇　600　＇
thrones；　dominations；　princedoms；　vertues；　powers；
hear　my　decree；　which　unrevokt　shall　stand。
this　day　i　have　begot　whom　i　declare
my　onely　son；　and　on　this　holy　hill
him　have　anointed；　whom　ye　now　behold　＇　605　＇
at　my　right　hand；　your　head　i　him　appoint；
and　by　my　self　have　sworn　to　him　shall　bow
all　knees　in　heavn；　and　shall　confess　him　lord：
under　his　great　vice…gerent　reign　abide
united　as　one　individual　soule　＇　610　＇
for　ever　happie：　him　who　disobeyes
mee　disobeyes；　breaks　union；　and　that　day
cast　out　from　god　and　blessed　vision；　falls
into　utter　darkness；　deep　ingulft；　his　place
ordaind　without　redemption；　without　end。　＇　615　＇
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