So spake our general Moth eyes

    Of conjugal attraction unreprovd,

    And meek surrender, half imbracing leand

    On our first Fat [ 495 ]

    Naked met he flowing Gold

    Of resses

    Boty and submissive Charms

    Smild er

    On Juno smiles, whe Clouds [ 500 ]

    t sron lip

    iturnd

    For envie, yet h jealous leer maligne

    Eyd to hus plaind.

    Sigeful, sigormenting! two [ 505 ]

    Imparadist in one anothers arms

    thir fill

    Of bliss on bliss, wo ,

    fierce desire,

    Among our otorments not t, [ 510 ]

    Still unfulfilld h pain of longing pines;

    Yet let me not forget w I have gaind

    From t t seems:

    One fatal tree tands of Knowledge calld,

    Forbidden to taste: Knowledge forbiddn? [ 515 ]

    Suspicious, reasonless. hir Lord

    Envie t? can it be sin to know,

    Can it be deatand

    By Ignorance, is t tate,

    th? [ 520 ]

    O fair foundation laid wo build

    te thir minds

    ito knoo reject

    Envious commands, invented h designe

    to keep t exalt [ 525 ]

    Equal o be such,

    taste and die: w likelier can ensue?

    But first  walk round

    this Garden, and no corner leave unspid;

    A c c [ 530 ]

    Some  of ain side,

    Or in tird, from o draw

    furt. Live while ye may,

    Yet ill I return,

    S pleasures, for long o succeed. [ 535 ]

    So saying, ep urnd,

    But ion, and