《Paradise Lost Ⅹ》第8章


to end me? shall truth fail to keep her word;
justice divine not hastn to be just?
but death es not at call; justice divine
mends not her slowest pace for prayers or cries。
o woods; o fountains; hillocks; dales and bowrs; ' 860 '
with other echo late i taught your shades
to answer; and resound farr other song。
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whom thus afflicted when sad eve beheld;
desolate where she sate; approaching nigh;
soft words to his fierce passion she assayd: ' 865 '
but her with stern regard he thus repelld。
out of my sight; thou serpent; that name best
befits thee with him leagud; thy self as false
and hateful; nothing wants; but that thy shape;
like his; and colour serpentine may shew ' 870 '
thy inward fraud; to warn all creatures from thee
henceforth; least that too heavnly form; pretended
to hellish falshood; snare them。 but for thee
i had persisted happie; had not thy pride
and wandring vanitie; when lest was safe; ' 875 '
rejected my forewarning; and disdaind
not to be trusted; longing to be seen
though by the devil himself; him overweening
to over…reach; but with the serpent meeting
foold and beguild; by him thou; i by thee; ' 880 '
to trust thee from my side; imagind wise;
constant; mature; proof against all assaults;
and understood not all was but a shew
rather then solid vertu; all but a rib
crooked by nature; bent; as now appears; ' 885 '
more to the part sinister from me drawn;
well if thrown out; as supernumerarie
to my just number found。 o why did god;
creator wise; that peopld highest heavn
with spirits masculine; create at last ' 890 '
this noveltie on earth; this fair defect
of nature; and not fill the world at once
with men as angels without feminine;
or find some other way to generate
mankind? this mischief had not then befalln; ' 895 '
and more that shall befall; innumerable
disturbances on earth through femal snares;
and straight conjunction with this sex: for either
he never shall find out fit mate; but such
as some misfortune brings him; or mistake; ' 900 '
or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain
through her perversness; but shall see her gaind
by a farr worse; or if she love; withheld
by parents; or his happiest choice too late
shall meet; alreadie linkt and wedlock…bound ' 905 '
to a fell adversarie; his hate or shame:
which infinite calamitie shall cause
to humane life; and houshold peace confound。
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he added not; and from her turnd; but eve
not so repulst; with tears that ceasd not flowing; ' 910 '
and tresses all disorderd; at his feet
fell humble; and imbracing them; besaught
his peace; and thus proceeded in her plaint。
forsake me not thus; adam; witness heavn
what love sincere; and reverence in my heart ' 915 '
i beare thee; and unweeting have offended;
unhappilie deceavd; thy suppliant
i beg; and clasp thy knees; bereave me not;
whereon i live; thy gentle looks; thy aid;
thy counsel in this uttermost distress; ' 920 '
my onely strength and stay: forlorn of thee;
whither shall i betake me; where subsist?
while yet we live; scarse one short hour perhaps;
between us two let there be peace; both joyning;
as joynd in injuries; one enmitie ' 925 '
against a foe by doom express assignd us;
that cruel serpent: on me exercise not
thy hatred for this miserie befalln;
on me alreadie lost; mee then thy self
more miserable; both have sind; but thou ' 930 '
against god onely; i against god and thee;
and to the place of judgment will return;
there with my cries importune heaven; that all
the sentence from thy head removd may light
on me; sole cause to thee of all this woe; ' 935 '
mee mee onely just object of his ire。
she ended weeping; and her lowlie plight;
immovable till peace obtaind from fault
acknowledgd and deplord; in adam wraught
miseration; soon his heart relented ' 940 '
towards her; his life so late and sole delight;
now at his feet submissive in distress;
creature so faire his reconcilement seeking;
his counsel whom she had displeasd; his aide;
as one disarmd; his anger all he lost; ' 945 '
and thus with peaceful words upraisd her soon。
unwarie; and too desirous; as before;
so now of what thou knowst not; who desirst
the punishment all on thy self; alas;
beare thine own first; ill able to sustaine ' 950 '
his full wrauth whose thou feelst as yet lest part;
and my displeasure bearst so ill。 if prayers
could alter high decrees; i to that place
would speed before thee; and be louder heard;
that on my head all might be visited; ' 955 '
thy frailtie and infirmer sex forgivn;
to me mitted and by me exposd。
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but rise; let us no more contend; nor blame
each other; blamd enough elsewhere; but strive
in offices of love; how we may lightn ' 960 '
each others burden in our share of woe;
since this days death denounct; if ought i see;
will prove no sudden; but a slow…pact evill;
a long days dying to augment our paine;
and to our seed (o hapless seed!) derivd。 ' 965 '
to whom thus eve; recovering heart; replid。
adam; by sad experiment i know
how little weight my words with thee can finde;
found so erroneous; thence by just event
found so unfortunate; nevertheless; ' 970 '
restord by thee; vile as i am; to place
of new acceptance; hopeful to regaine
thy love; the sole contentment of my heart
living or dying; from thee i will not hide
what thoughts in my unquiet brest are risn; ' 975 '
tending to some relief of our extremes;
or end; though sharp and sad; yet tolerable;
as in our evils; and of easier choice。
if care of our descent perplex us most;
which must be born to certain woe; devourd ' 980 '
by death at last; and miserable it is
to be to others cause of misery;
our own begotten; and of our loines to bring
into this cursed world a woful race;
that after wretched life must be at last ' 985 '
food for so foule a m
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