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PARADISE LOST, BOOK
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To fill the earth, who shall with us extol
Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake,
And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep."
This said unanimous, and other rites
Observing none, but adoration pure
Which God likes best,' into their inmost bow'r
Handed
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they went; and eased
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the putting off
These troublesome disguises which we wear,
Straight side by side were laid, nor turned I ween"
Adam from his fair spouse, nor Eve the rites
Mysterious
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of connubial love refused:
Whatever hypocrites austerely talk
Of purity and place and innocence,
Defaming as impure what God declares
Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.
Our Maker bids increase,
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who bids abstain
But our destroyer, foe to God and man?
Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source
Of human offspring, sole propriety
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In Paradise of all things common else.
By thee adulterous lust was driv'n from men
Among the bestial herds to range, by thee
Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure,
Relations dear, and all the charities
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Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Far be it, that I should write thee sin or blame,
Or think thee unbefitting holiest place,
Perpetual fountain of domestic sweets,
Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced,
Present, or past, as saints and patriarchs used.
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Here Love his golden shafts employs,
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here lights
His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings,
Reigns here and revels; not in the bought smile
Of harlots, loveless, joyless, unendeared,
Casual fruition, nor in court amours,
Mixed dance, or wanton masque, or midnight ball,
Or serenade, which the starved
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lover sings
To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain.
These lulled by nightingales embracing slept,
And on their naked limbs the flow'ry roof
Show'red roses, which the morn repaired.
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Sleep on,
Blest pair; and O yet happiest if ye seek
No happier state, and know to know no more.
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Now had night measured with her shadowy cone
Halfway up hill this vast sublunar vault,
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5. Like many Puritans, Milton objected to set
forms of prayer, so Adam and Eve pray spontane-
ously (therefore sincerely), but also, paradoxically,
together. Their prayer develops variations on
Psalm 104.20-24.
6. Ephesians 5.32 calls the union of man and
woman a "mystery" paralleling that of Christ and
the church.
7. Genesis 1.28: "Be fruitful and multiply, and
replenish the earth."
hand in hand / spared
surmise
private
property
loves
deprived
replaced
8. Throughout history ("present or past"), Old and
New Testament worthies have "used" matrimony
as a noble estate.
9. The "golden shafts" (arrows) of Cupid produce
true love, his lead-tipped arrows, hate.
1. Know enough to be content with what you
know.
2. The conical shadow cast by the earth has moved
halfway up to its zenith, so it is 9
p.m.,
the end of
the first three-hour watch.

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