Of Heaven's high-seated top, the imperial throne Hath Omnipresence), and the work ordain'd, Fuming from golden censers, hid the mount. Thy power! what thought can measure thee, or tongue Who can impair thee, Mighty King, or bound To manifest the more thy might: his evil Thou usest, and from thence createst more good. Of amplitude almost immense, with stars Their pleasant dwelling-place. Thrice happy Men, And worship him; and in reward to rule So sung they, and the empyréan rung From the beginning; that posterity, Inform'd by thee, might know: If else thou seek'st Aught, not surpassing human measure, say. DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL, R.A. ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM FINDEN: PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE, PICCADILLY. JAN. 1.1822. PARADISE LOST. BOOK VIII. Adam inquires concerning celestial motions; is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge: Adam assents: and, still desirous to detain Raphael, relates to him what he remembered since his own creation; his placing in Paradise; his talk with God concerning solitude and fit society; his first meeting and nuptials with Eve; his discourse with the Angel thereupon; who, after admonitions repeated, departs. THE Angel ended, and in Adam's ear Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear; Things, else by me unsearchable; now heard With glory attributed to the high Creator! Something yet of doubt remains, |