Filia quà Cereris periit, dum gramine molli Formofos legeret flores formofior ipfa :
Non his vel Daphnes filva aurea, Orontis ad alta Flumina, Caftaliique arcana oracula fontis; Tritonifve almis humescens Nyfa fluentis,
Qua Chamus Pater (hunc Gentes Ammona Jovemque Dixerunt Lybicum) puerum cum matre tenellum Celabat, metuens furias fraudesque Novercæ. Nec vero eximio contenderit ipfe decore
Mons Amara (Ethiopum reges quà solibus uftam Tutantur fobolem) rutilis ad nubila faxis Ascendens; iter æftivæ, quam longa, diei. Hic Satanas nullâ mentem dulcedine tactus Delicias vidit varias, loca læta, beatos Indigenas, & cuncta novi miracula mundi.
At Bini, quêis forma aderat præftantior, atque Os Erectum, nudæ Par majestatis honore Veftitum ingenuo, rerum patuere Tyranni,
Her felf a fairer Flow'r, by gloomy Dis Was gather'd; which coft Ceres all that pain To feek her through the world: nor that fweet Grove Of Daphne by Orontes, and th' infpir'd Caftalian Spring, might with this Paradise Of Eden ftrive: nor that Nyfeian Isle Girt with the River Triton, where old Cham, (Whom Gentiles Ammon call, and Lybian Jove) Hid Amalthea, and her florid Son
Young Bacchus, from his Stepdame Rhea's eye:
Nor where Abaffin Kings their Iffue guard, Mount Amara (though this by fome fuppos'd True Paradife) under the Ethiop Line By Nilus head, enclos'd with fhining Rock, A whole day's journey high; but wide remote From this Affyrian Garden: where the Fiend Saw undelighted all delight, all kind Of living Creatures, new to fight, and ftrange, Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native Honour clad,
Et digni patuere. Parentis imagine magni
Altior induerat claros Sapientia vultus,
Sancta Fides, firma Integritas, Pietafque fupremum
Sponte colens fine lege Patrem: hinc Reverentia major Subfequitur, verumque Decus. Sed difpare Sexu
Diverfæ elucent Dotes. Hic ad ardua dona
Confilii ingentis, Virtutisque ausa severæ Compofitus; blandis Illa Artibus apta placendi; Unius Hic fub jura DEI, Sponfi Illa Deique. Huic Frons magna patens & Lumina celfa fatentur Imperium fublime; altoque à vertice fufa, Ordinibus divifa æquis, hyacinthina pendet Cæfaries; denfo & defcendens agmine, latè Marmoreâ cervice humerifque recumbit in amplis. Illam aureæ fine more comæ, fine lege vagantes, Ufque etiam medium, quâ parte gracillima, corpus Ceu velo decorant, luduntque hinc inde folutis Orbibus, ut tenera inflectit fibi germina Vitis.
In naked Majefty feem'd Lords of all; And worthy feem'd: for in their looks Divine The Image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, Wisdom, Sanctitude fevere and pure, Severe; but in true filial freedom plac'd; Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their Sex not equal feem'd: For contemplation He and valour form'd; For Softnefs She, and sweet attractive Grace;
He, for God only; fhe, for GOD in Him. His fair large Front and Eye fublime declar'd Abfolute rule; and Hyacinthin Locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Cluftring, but not beneath his shoulders broad. She, as a veil, down to the flender waist Her unadorned golden treffes wore Disfhevel'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd, As the Vine curls her tendrils: which imply'd
Scilicet his fignis ultro fefe ipfa marito
Ceffuram oftendit; modo mollibus Ille decorum Imperiis reprimat faftum, moderamine leni
Dulce reluctantem fuperans & dulce morantem. Tempore non illo membra illa arcana latebant; Necdum inhoneftus Honor tentârat corda, Pudorque Infamis, Scelerum proles. Heu Nomina falsa Virtutum, vanisque leves prætextibus Umbræ, Quantum res hominum ftudio turbâstis inani! Flos vitæ vitalis abit; fugit optima morum Simplicitas; puræ perierunt Gaudia mentis.
Sic curfum nudi duxere, nec ora Seraphum Nec fummi metuere DEI; nam pectore puro Nil fibi confcivere, ulnis per mutua nexis Impliciti; quales non deinde amplexibus unquam Junxit Amor; post se natis formofior Ille, Illa fuper cunctas longe pulcherrima natas. Gramineo tum membra toro posuere sub umbrâ
Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway; And by her yielded, by him beft receiv'd: Yielded with coy fubmiffion, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Nor those mysterious parts were then conceal'd; Then was not guilty Shame, dishonest Shame Of Nature's Works, Honour dishonourable, Sin-bred, how have ye troubled all mankind With fhews instead, mere fhews, of feeming Pure;
And banish'd from man's life his happiest life, Simplicity, and spotless innc cenee!
So pafs'd they naked on, nor fhun'd the fight Of GoD or Angel; for they thought no ill. So hand in hand they pafs'd, the loveliest pair That ever fince in love's embraces met; Adam the goodlieft man of men fince born His Sons; the fairest of her Daughters Eve. Under a tuft of shade, that on a green
Verticis arborei, zephyris ftrepitante canoris Propter aquæ rivum egelida; hortenfifque laboris Sat tantum exacto, placidis fruerentur ut auris Lætius, & requies lentis magis alma placeret, Utque fiti melius fuadente fameque falubri Gauderent, cœnæ accumbunt; fructufque revellunt Nectareos, fructus, quos ipfa volentia dextris Germina tendebant, molli ut federe reclines In ripâ, variorum illufâ flore colorum. Pomorum pafcuntur opes, lymphafque cavato Cortice fufcipiunt rivis falientibus haustas, Unde ardens reftincta fitis. Nec mollia deerant Blandimenta, joci, illecebræ, rifufque placentes, Par decet ut tenerum, felici fœdere junctos, Sola fuper lætis carpentes otia campis.
At Pecudes circum variæ (quêis deinde feroces Acceffere animi) quot Deferta avia, Silvæ, Quot Saltus aut Antra tenent, faliere petulcæ.
Stood whifp'ring foft, by a fresh fountain fide They fat them down; and after no more toil Of their sweet gard'ning labour, than fuffic'd To recommend cool Zephyr, and made ease More easy, wholsome thirft, and appetite More grateful; to their Supper-Fruits they fell: Nectarine Fruits, which the compliant boughs Yielded them, fide-long as they fat recline On the foft downy bank damask'd with flow'rs.
The favoury pulp they chew, and in the rind, Still as they thirfted, scoop the brimming stream. Nor gentle purpose, nor endearing fmiles Wanted, nor youthful dalliance, as beseems Fair couple, link'd in happy nuptial League, Alone as they. About them frisking plaid All Beafts of th' Earth, fince wild, and of all chase,
In Wood, or Wildernefs, Foreft, or Den;
Ipfe Leo exercet lufus, Hædumque tenellum Unguibus innocuis agitat; cum Tigribus Urfi Informes, Pardi Lyncefque, abnormibus una Mifcentur choreis: quin magnâ mole laborans Sese Elephas vasto contorquet corpore, lætos Concilians rifus, facilemque Probofcida flectit. Tum Serpens variæ verfans longa agmina caudæ Errabat finuofus, inextricabile textum Subdolus involvens, & fraudis figna futuræ, Jam minus obfervata, dabat. Pars altera campo Strata jacet temere, & depaftas ruminat herbas Securum recubans; molles petit altera fomnos: Pronus in Oceanum nam Sol temone ruebat Præcipiti, & fummo tacitæ prænuntia noctis Sidera furgebant cœlo. Dein lumina mæsta Obtutu longum Satanas defixus in uno Hæc tandem trifti obluctans vix protulit ore: Heu
quæ oculos ingrata meos Spectacla morantur ?
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