"And givest access, though secret she retire "And I perhaps am secret; Heaven is high, 66 66 High, and remote to see from thence distinct "Each thing on Earth; and other care, perhaps, May have diverted from continual watch "Our great Forbidder, safe with all his spies "About him. But to Adam in what sort "Shall I appear? Shall I to him make known "As yet my change, and give him to partake "Full happiness with me, or rather not, "But keep the odds of knowledge in my power "Without copartner? so to add what wants "In female sex, the more to draw his love, "And render me more equal; and perhaps, "A thing not undesirable, sometime 66 Superior; for, inferior, who is free? "This may be well. But what if God have seen So saying, from the tree her step she turned; From nectar, drink of Gods. Adam the while, Of choicest flowers a garland, to adorn Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, 810 820 830 840 |