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This further confolation yet secure

1 carry hence; though all by me is loft,
Such favour I unworthie am voutsaft,
By me the promis'd feed shall all restore.

So fpake our mother Eve, and Adam heard
Well pleas'd, but answer'd not; for now too nigh
Th'archangel ftood, and from the other hill
To their fixt station, all in bright array
The cherubim defcended; on the ground
Gliding meteorous, as ev'ning mist
Ris'n from a river o're the marish glides,
And gathers ground fast at the labourer's heel
Homeward returning. High in front advanc't,
The brandifht sword of God before them blaz'd
Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat,
And vapour as the Libyan air aduft,

Began to parch that temperate clime; whereat
In either hand the hastning angel caught
Our lingring parents, and to th'eastern gate
Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast
To the subjected plain; then disappeer'd.
They looking back, all th'eastern fide beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happie feat,

Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate
With dreadful faces throng'd and fierie armes :
Some natural tears they drop'd, but wip'd them soon ;
The world was all before them, where to choofe
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide:
They hand in hand with wandring steps and flow,
Through Eden took their folitarie way.

THE END.

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