Paradise Lost Handout

E28C (Habeeb)

Paradise Lost Handout

Excerpt from Book VIII:

Here had new begunMy wandring, had not hee who was my GuideUp hither, from among the Trees appeer\'d,Presence Divine.Rejoycing, but with awIn adoration at his feet I fellSubmi: he rear\'d me, & Whom thou soughtst I am,Said mildely, Author of all this thou seestAbove, or round about thee or beneath.This Paradise I give thee, count it thineTo Till and keep, and of the Fruit to eate:Of every Tree that in the Garden growesEate freely with glad heart; fear here no dearth:But of the Tree whose operation bringsKnowledg of good and ill, which I have setThe Pledge of thy Obedience and thy Faith,Amid the Garden by the Tree of Life,

Remember what I warne thee, shun to taste,And shun the bitter consequence: for know,The day thou eat\'st thereof, my sole commandTransgrest, inevitably thou shalt dye;

From that day mortal, and this happie StateShalt loose, expell\'d from hence into a WorldOf woe and sorrow.(311-332)

Excerpt from Book IV:

That day I oft remember, when from sleepI first awak\'t, and found my self repos\'d

Under a shade on flours, much wondring whereAnd what I was, whence thither brought, and how.Not distant far from thence a murmuring soundOf waters iu\'d from a Cave and spreadInto a liquid Plain, then stood unmov\'dPure as th\' expanse of Heav\'n; I thither wentWith unexperienc\'t thought, and laid me downeOn the green bank, to look into the cleerSmooth Lake, that to me seemd another Skie.As I bent down to look, just opposite,

A Shape within the watry gleam appeerdBending to look on me, I started back,

It started back, but pleasd I soon returnd,Pleas\'d it returnd as soon with answering looksOf sympathie and love, there I had fixt

Mine eyes till now, and pin\'d with vain desire,Had not a voice thus warnd me, What thou seest,What there thou seest fair Creature is thy self,With thee it came and goes: but follow me,And I will bring thee where no shadow staiesThy coming, and thy soft imbraces, heeWhose image thou art, him thou shall enjoyInseparablie thine, to him shalt beareMultitudes like thy self, and thence be call\'dMother of human Race: what could I doe,But follow strait, invisibly thus led?

Till I espi\'d thee, fair indeed and tall,Under a Platan, yet methought le faire,Le winning soft, le amiablie milde,Then that smooth watry image; back I turnd,Thou following cryd\'st aloud, Return fair EVE,Whom fli\'st thou? whom thou fli\'st, of him thou art,His flesh, his bone; to give thee being I lentOut of my side to thee, neerest my heartSubstantial Life, to have thee by my sideHenceforth an individual solace dear;

Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claimMy other half: with that thy gentle handSeisd mine, I yeilded, and from that time seeHow beauty is excelld by manly grace

And wisdom, which alone is truly fair.(449-491)

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