The Poetical Works of John Milton


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And thy request think now fulfill'd, that ask'd  
How first this World and face of things began,  
And what before thy memorie was don  
From the beginning, that posteritie  
Informd by thee might know; if else thou seekst  
Aught, not surpassing human measure, say.  
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51. Bentley's emendation of soul for fowl should be noted.  
See Genesis i. 30 A. V. margin.  
63 stations] station 1674  
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The End of the Seventh Book  
BOOK VIII.  
THE ARGUMENT.  
Adam inquires concerning celestial Motions, is doubtfully answer'd and  
exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledg: Adam assents,  
and still desirous to detain Raphael, relates to him what he remember'd  
since his own Creation, his placing in Paradise, his talk with God  
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