Why else this double obje ht
Of flight pursud in th Air and ore the ground
One way the self-same hour? why in the East
Darkness ere Dayes mid-course, and M light
More orient in yoern Cloud that draws [ 205 ]
Ore the blew Firmament a radiant white,
And slow desds, with somthing heavnly fraught.
He errd not, for by this the heavnly Bands
Down from a Skie of Jasper lighted now
In Paradise, and on a Hill made alt, [ 210 ]
A glorious Apparition, had not doubt
And al fear that day dimmd Adams eye.
Not that mlorious, when the Angels met
Jacob in Mahanaim, where he saw
The field Paviliond with his Guardians bright; [ 215 ]
Nor that whi the flaming Mount appeerd
In Dothan, coverd with a Camp of Fire,
Against the Syrian King, who to surprize
One man, Assassin-like had levied Warr,
Warr unproclamd. The Princely Hierarch [ 220 ]
In thir bright stand, there left his Powers to seise
Possession of the Garden; hee alone,
To find where Adam shelterd, took his way,
Not unperceavd of Adam, who to Eve,
While the great Visitant approachd, thus spake. [ 225 ]
Eve, now expect great tidings, which perhaps
Of us will sooermin, or impose
New Laws to be observd; for I descrie
From yonder blazing Cloud that veils the Hill
One of the heavnly Host, and by his Gate [ 230 ]
None of the mea, some great Potentate
Or of the Thrones above, such Majestie
Is him ing? yet not terrible,
That I should fear, nor sociably mild,
As Raphael, that I should much fide, [ 235 ]
But solemn and sublime, whom not to offend,
With reverence I must meet, and thou retire.