Levelled his evening rays: it was a rock 545 550 The unarmed youth of Heaven; but nigh at hand 555 In autumn thwarts the night, when vapours fired Gabriel! to thee thy course by lot hath given "Charge and strict watch, that to this happy place "No evil thing approach, or enter in. "This day, at height of noon, came to my sphere "A spirit, zealous, as he seemed, to know "More of the Almighty's works, and chiefly man, 560 535 570 575 580 "Well known from Heaven; and since meridian hour "No creature thence. If spirit of other sort, "So minded, have o'erleaped these earthly bounds "On purpose, hard thou know'st it to exclude 66 66 Spiritual substance with corporeal bar. 585 'But if within the circuit of these walks "In whatsoever shape he lurk, of whom "Thou tell'st, by morrow dawning I shall know." So promised he; and Uriel to his charge Returned on that bright beam, whose point now raised 500 Bore him slope downwards to the Sun, now fallen Beneath the Azorès; whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled Diurnal; or this less volúbil Earth, By shorter flight to the east, had left him there, 595 Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad: They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, 600 C05 Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw. When Adam thus to Eve: "Fair consort! the hour 610 "Of night, and all things now retired to rest, "Mind us of like repose; since God hath set "Labour and rest, as day and night, to men "Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, 66 66 "Now falling with soft slumberous weight, inclines 66 615 620 "And at our pleasant labour, to reform 625 "Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green, "Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown, "That mock our scant manuring, and require "More hands than ours to lop their wanton growth: 630 66 66 To whom thus Eve, with perfect beauty adorned: "God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more "All seasons, and their change,-all please alike. 66 66 His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile Earth "After soft showers; and sweet the coming on "Of grateful Evening mild; then silent Night, "With this her solemn bird, and this fair Moon, "And these the gems of Heaven, her starry train. "But neither breath of Morn, when she ascends "With charm of earliest birds; nor rising Sun "On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful Evening mild; nor silent Night, 66 635 640 645 650 "With this her solemn bird; nor walk by Moon, "In Nature and all things; which these soft fires 66 "Temper or nourish; or in part shed down "Their stellar virtue on all kinds that grow "On earth, made hereby apter to receive "Perfection from the sun's more potent ray. "These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, "Shine not in vain; nor think, though men were none, "That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise: "Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth 66 Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep; "All these, with ceaseless praise, his works behold "Both day and night. How often from the steep "Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard "Celestial voices, to the midnight air 66 (Sole, or responsive each to other's note,) 66 Singing their great Creator! Oft in bands 66 "While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk, 66 Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heaven." Chosen by the sovereign Planter, when he framed All things to Man's delightful use: the roof, 695 Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant wall: each beauteous flower, Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought 700 Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creature here, Bird, beast, insect, or worm, durst enter none; Such was their awe of man. In shadier bower, 705 More sacred and sequestered, though but feigned, 710 And heavenly quires the hymenean sung, 715 Thus, at their shady lodge arrived, both stood, 720 Both turned, and under open sky adored The God that made both sky, air, earth, and Heaven, Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole: "Thou also madest the night, 725 "Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day, 66 66 730 735 ENGLISH OR SAXON. A, on or in, as abed, ashore. Out, beyond or superiority, outrun. Over, eminence or excess, overtop, overthrow. Un, not; before a verb, to undo, unpleasant, untie. Up, motion upwards, as upright. With, from or against, withhold, withstand. LATIN. A, ab, abs, from or away, as avert, abhor, abstain. Ad, with its different forms, a, ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at, to, as adhere, ascend, accept, affect, aggravate, allot, announce, appear, arrest, assent, attend. Am, round about, ambient. Ante, before, antecedent. Circum, with its form circu, round about, circumference, circuit. Cis, on this side, cisalpine. Con, with its various forms, co, cog, col, com, cor, together, as convene, co-operate, cognate, collect, compose, correct. means not, as inactive, ignorant. Inter, between, intercept. Intro, within, introduce. Juxta, close to, juxtaposition. Ob, with its various forms, oc, of, op, in the way of, against, obstacle, occur, offer, oppose. Per or pel, through, thoroughly, perfect, pellucid. Post, after, postscript. Preter, beyond, preternatural. Pro, forth, for, forward, provoke, pronoun, proceed. Re, back or again, recede, repeat. Contra, which has sometimes the form Se, aside or apart, secede. counter, against, contradict, counter-Sine, with its forms, sim and sin, withact. out, sinecure, simple, sincere. Sub, with its forms, suc, suf, sug, sup, sus, under or after, as subject, succeed, suffuse, suggest, suppose, sus. tain. Subter, under, as subterfuge. Super, or sur, over or above, superfine, surprise. Trans, across, beyond, transfer. GREEK. Exo, or ex, without, exotic. Hyper, over and above, hypercritical. Hypo, under, hypocrite. Meta, change, metamorphosis. Para, beside, near to, parallel, parody. Peri, round, periphrasis. Syn, with its forms, sy, syl, sym, together, syntax, system, syllogism, sympathy. |