THE ARGUMENT. Raphael, at the request of Adam, relates how and wherefore this world was first created: that God, after the expelling of Satan and his Angels out of Heaven, declared his pleasure to create another world and other creatures to dwell therein; sends his Son with glory and attendance of Angels to perform the work of creation in six days: the Angels celebrate with hymns the performance thereof, and his reascension into Heaven. PARADISE LOST. BOOK THE SEVENTH. D Escend from Heav'n, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose voice divine Following, above th' Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing. 5 The meaning, not the name I call; for thou 16 Dismounted, on th' Aleian field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorn. Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere; 20 Standing on earth, not rapt above the pole, Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard Adam, by dire example, to beware Apostasy, by what befel in Heav'n To those apostates, lest the like befal Charg'd not to touch the interdicted tree, 45 If they transgress, and slight that sole command, So easily obey'd amid the choice |