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Show Far more than I can fhow or you can fee, sha11 ^:\t£$tffi** *"*** ** *iJ* Uuf,ch On fo much Good produce, fromfo much 111 I T^^^Uand needing no defence From Sihs| is-.-did m y frailer Innocence. Their Joy fit&te, and with no forrow mixt, .Etettftiy :.ftands;permanent, andI fret, /Arid' Wheels no longer on the Poles of Time3 Secure from Fate, and more fecure from Crime Eve. Ravifh'd with Joy, I can but half repent The Sin which Heav'n makes happy in th Event. Raphael. Thusarm'd, meet firmly your approaching 111 : For, fee the Guards from yon far Ealtern Hill Already move, nor longer ftay afford; High in the Air they wave their flaming Sword, Your Signal to depart: N o w down amain They drive, and glide like Meteors through the Plain. Adam, Then farewel all 3 I will indulgent be To mine o w n eafe, and not look back to fee. W h e n what we love we ne'er muft meet again; To lofe the Thought, is to remove the Pain. Eve. Farewel, you happy Shades! Where Angels firft fhould practife Hymns, and ftring Their tuneful Harps, when they to Heav'n wou'd fing. Farewel, you Flow'rs, whofe Buds with early Care I watch'd, and to the cheerful Sun did rear: « W h o now fhall bind your Stems, or when you fall, With Fountains Streams your fainting Souls recal? A long farewel to thee, m y Nuptial Bow'r, Adorn'd with every fair and fragant Flow'r. And laft, farewel, farewel m y place of Birth; I go to wander in the lower Earth, As diftant as I can; for difpofleft, Fartheft from what I once enjoy'd is beft. Raphael. The rifing Winds urge the tempeftious Air; And on their Wings deformed Winter bear. The Beafts already feel the Change; and hence They fly, to deeper Coverts for defence; The feebler Herd before the ftronger run; For now the W a r of Nature is begun: But, part you hence in Peace, and having mourn'd your Sin, For outward Eden loft, find Paradife within. WX [E FINIS. ____ |
