The Poetical Works of John Milton


google search for The Poetical Works of John Milton

Return to Master Book Index.

Page
624 625 626 627 628

Quick Jump
1 198 395 593 790

In either hand the hastning Angel caught  
Our lingring Parents, and to th' Eastern Gate  
Let them direct, and down the Cliff as fast  
To the subjected Plaine; then disappeer'd.  
They looking back, all th' Eastern side beheld  
Of Paradise, so late thir happie seat,  
640  
Wav'd over by that flaming Brand, the Gate  
With dreadful Faces throng'd and fierie Armes:  
Som natural tears they drop'd, but wip'd them soon;  
The World was all before them, where to choose  
Thir place of rest, and Providence thir guide:  
They hand in hand with wandring steps and slow,  
Through Eden took thir solitarie way.  
Notes:  
Argument: The Angel.... seed] Thence from the Flood relates,  
and by degrees explains who that seed 1667.  
1
-5 These five lines were added in the Second Edition (1674) when  
the original tenth book was divided into an eleventh and twelfth.  
The End.  
Transcriber's Note: Title page of first edition of Paradise  
Regained follows:  
626  


Page
624 625 626 627 628

Quick Jump
1 198 395 593 790