Which he hath fent propitious, fome great good Prefaging, fince with forrow and heart's diftrefs 615 Wearied I fell asleep: but now lead on! I carry hence; though all by me is loft, 620 So fpake our mother Eve; and Adam heard Well pleas'd, but answer'd not: for now too Th' Arch-Angel ftood; and from the other hill Ris'n from a river, o'er the marifh glides; 630 blaz'd; Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat, 635 Began to parch that temperate clime: whereat In either hand the haft'ning Angel caught Our ling'ring parents, and to th' eastern gate Wav'd over by that flaming brand; the gate 645 The world was all before them, where to chufe Their place of reft, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and flow, Through Eden took their folitary way. The End. 1 PARADISE REGAIN'D. BOOK I. I who ere while the happy garden fung, By one man's firm obedience fully try'd foil'd In all his wiles, defeated and repuls'd, 5 Thou Spirit who ledft this glorious eremite Into the defert, his victorious field, Against the spiritual foe, and brought'st him By proof th' undoubted Son of God, inspire, As thou art wont, my prompted fong else mute, |