【】h,sofreshandgay,

yehills,anddales,yerivers,woods,andplains,

aliveandve,faircreatures,tell,

tell,ifyesaethus,howhere

notofself;bysogreatkerthen,

ingoodnessandinpoi:

tell,hoayikno,howadore,

frohavethatthusiveandlive,

ahatiaappierthaniknow.

husicalled,andstrayedikneher,

frorebeheld

thishappylight;ued,

onagreenshadybank,profuseofflowers,

pedolesleep

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firstfound,andhsoftoppressionseised

drousedseroubled,thoughithought

ithenyforrstate

insensible,andforthhtodissolve:

yheadadrea

whoseinoved

fancytobelieveiyethadbeing,

andlived:ohought,ofshapedivine,

andsaid,thynsion;rise,

firstn,ofninnurableordained

firstfathercalledbythee,iethyguide

tothegardenofbliss,thyseatprepared.

sosaying,bythehaookraised,

andoverfieldsanders,asinair

sothslidingeup

aountain;oplain,

auithgoodliesttrees

planted,hhatisaw

ofearthbeforesepleasantseed.eachtree,

loadenhfairestfruitthathungtotheeye

teting,stirredinsuddee

topludeat;iwaked,andfound

beforeneeyesallreal,asthedreabr>

hadlivelyshadowed:herehadnewbegun

yguide

uphither,froreesappeared,

presencedivine.rejoig,buthawe,

inadorationathisfeetifell

subss:hereared,andthousoughtestia

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saidldly,authorofallthisthouseest

above,orroundaboutthee,orbeh.

thisparadiseigivethee,untitthine

totillandkeep,andofthefruittoeat:

ofeverytreethatinthegardengrows

eatfreelyhgladheart;fearhereh:

butofthetreeis

kno

thepledgeofthyobediehyfaith,

adthegardenbythetreeoflife,

reerihee,shuntotaste,

andshuernsequence:forknow,

thedaythoueatestthereof,solend

transgressed,iablythoushaltdie,

frohatdayrtal;andthishappystate

shaltlose,expelledfroeoaworld

ofelyhepronounced

therigidinterdi,hresounds

yetdreadfulihoughine

nottoincur;butsoonhist

retued,andgraciouspurposethusrenewed.

notonlythesefairbounds,butalltheearth

totheeandtothyraceigive;aslords

possessit,andallthingsthatthereinlive,

orliveinsea,orair;beast,fish,andfowl.

insignbehold

aftertheirkinds;ibringtheoreceive

froheetheias,andpaytheefealty

hloe

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offishhintheireryresidence,

nothithersuoned,siheyotge

theirelent,todrahethinnerair.

asthushespake,eachbirdabehold

approagtheseweringlow