【】svain,
thouhastrepelled;piouslytheythought
theetodinish,andfroheehdraw
thehyworshippers.whoseeks
tolessenthee,againsthispurposeserves
toherethyght:hisevil
thouusest,andfrohenreatestregood.
hisneadeherheaven
froeavefar,foundedinview
ontheclearhyaliheglassyse
ofalitudealstiears
nurous,aarperhapsaworld
ofdestinedhabitation;butthoukno
theirseasons:aheseatofn,
earth,fused,
theirpleasantden,
andsonsofn,godhaththusadvanced
createdinhisige,theretodwell
and;andinreorule
overhish,insea,orair,
andltiplyaraceofworshippers
holyandjust:thricehappy,iftheyknow
theirhappiness,andpersevereupright
sosungthey,andtheeyreanrung
hhalleluiahs:thushkept.
andthyrequestthinknohatasked
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hothishingsbegan,
anderywasdone
frohebeginning;thatposterity,
infordbythee,ghtknohouseekest
aught,notsurpassinghunasure,say.
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theangelended,andinadaear
slefthisvoice,thatheawhile
thoughthitillspeaking,stillstoodfixedtohear;
then,asnehusgratefullyreplied.
thankssuffit,orpence
equal,haveitorehee,divine
historian,huslargelyhastallayed
thethirstihadofknohsafed
thisfriendlyndessioe
things,elsebyunsearchable;nowheard
hdelight,and,asisdue,
hgloryattributedtothehigh
ethiofdoubtreins,
hysolutionresolve.
e,thisworld,
ofheavehnsisting;andpute
theirgnitudes;thisearth,aspot,agrain,
anatoantpared
andallheueredstars,thatseeoroll
spaprehensible,forsuch
theirdistanceargues,andtheirsretu
diual,relytoofficiatelight
roundthisopausearth,thispunctualspot,
onedayandnight;inallhervastsurvey
uselessbesides;reasoningioftadre,
hot
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suchdisproportions,hsuperfluoushand
sonynoblerbodiestocreate,
greatersonifold,tothisoneuse,
fhtappears,andontheirorbsiose
suchrestlessrevolutiondaybyday
repeated;hesedentaryearth,
thatbetterghtpassve,
servedbyrehanherself,attains
herendotion,andreceives,
astribute,suchasuessjoueybrought
ofinrporealspeed,herthandlight;
speed,todescribeberfails.
sospakeoursire,andbyhisuntenanceseed
enteringonstudiousthoughtsabstruse;heve
perceiviiredinsight,
herseat,
andgracethatoay,
rose,andongherfruitsandflowers,
tovisitho,
heursery;theyatheringsprung,
and,touchedbyherfairtendance,gladliergrew.