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She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub.

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The sum of earthly bliss.

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So well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.

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Accuse not Nature: she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.

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Oft times nothing profits more Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well manag'd.[238-1]

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Those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions.

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With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.

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My unpremeditated verse.

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Pleas'd me, long choosing and beginning late.

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Unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing.

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Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

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The work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint.

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Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.

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For solitude sometimes is best society, And short retirement urges sweet return.

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At shut of evening flowers.

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As one who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air.

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So gloz'd the tempter.

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Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest.

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Left that command Sole daughter of his voice.[239-1]

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Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.

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In her face excuse Came prologue, and apology too prompt.

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A pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between.

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Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.

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So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd His nostril wide into the murky air, Sagacious of his quarry from so far.

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How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible! how glad would lay me down As in my mother's lap!

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Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?--thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades?

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Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see.

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Moping melancholy And moon-struck madness.

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And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invok'd.

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So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap.

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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well: how long or short permit to heaven.[240-1]

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A bevy of fair women.

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The brazen throat of war.

_Paradise Lost.