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ACT THE FIRST.

SCENE THE SECOND.

LUCIFER.

WHO from

my dark abyfs

Calls me to gaze on this excefs of light?

What miracles unfeen

Shew'st thou to me, O God?

Art thou then tired of refidence in Heav'n ?

Why haft thou raised on earth

This lovely paradise,

And wherefore placed in it

Two earthly demi-gods of human mould?

Say, thou vile architect,

Forming thy works of duft,

What will befal this naked helpless man,
The fole inhabitant of glens and woods?
Does he then dream of treading on the stars?
Heav'n is impoverish'd, and I, alone
The cause, enjoy the ruin I produced:
Let him unite above

Star upon ftar, moon, fun,

And let his Godhead toil

To re-adorn and re-illume his heav'n 1;

Since in the end derifion

Shall prove his works, and all his efforts, vain; For Lucifer alone was that full light,

Which fcatter'd radiance o'er the plains of

Heav'n.

But

Ma queste faci hor fue fon ombre e fumi,
O de' gran lumi miei, baftardi lumi
Il ciel che che fi fia faper non voglio,

Che che fi fia queft' huom' faper non curo,
Troppo oftinato e duro,

E'l mio forte pensiero,

In mostrarmi implacabile, e fevero,
Contra il ciel, contra l' huom, l' angelo, e Dio.

ATTO

But these his present fires are shade and smoke, Base counterfeits of my more potent beams;

I reck not what he means to make his heav'n,

Nor care I what this creature man may be,
Too obftinate and firm

Is my undaunted thought

In proving that I am implacable,

'Gainst heav'n, 'gainst man, the angels, and their God.

ACT

AT TO TER Z A.

SCENA PRIM A.

A DA MO, E V A.

OMIA compagna amata,

O di questa mia vita
Vero cor, cara vita;

Si frettolofa a dunque ali vibrando
Peregrina inceffante

Per ritrovar Adamo,

Solinga andavi errando?

Eccolo; che l' imponi? Parla homai

Tanto indugi? deh chiede; o Dio, che fai?

O cariffimo Adamo,

EVA.

O mia fcorta, o mio duce

Ch' à rallegrar ch' a folazzar m' induce;
Sol' io 'te defiava,

E tra fi grati horrori,

Solo te ricercava.

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The very heart and foul,

Haft thou, with fuch excefs of tender hafte,

With ceaseless pilgrimage,

To find again thy Adam

Thus folitary wandered?

Behold him, fpeak, what are thy gentle orders?

Why dost thou pause? O God, what art thou doing?

EVE.

Adam, my best beloved,

My guardian and my guide,

Thou fource of all my comfort, all my joy,

Thee, thee alone I wish,

And in these pleasing horrors

Thee only have I fought.

ADAM.

Since thou may'st call thy Adam

(Most beautiful companion)

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