Carrol
Michael Smith wrote:
>
> On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:46:42 -0600
> Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Other candidates for beginnings and endings.
>
> .... For now, too nigh
> The Arch-Angel stood; and, from the other hill
> To their fixed station, all in bright array
> The Cherubim descended; on the ground
> Gliding meteorous, as evening-mist
> Risen from a river o’er the marish glides,
> And gathers ground fast at the labourer’s heel
> Homeward returning. High in front advanced,
> The brandished sword of God before them blazed,
> Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat,
> And vapour as the Libyan air adust,
> Began to parch that temperate clime; whereat
> In either hand the hastening Angel caught
> Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate
> Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast
> To the subjected plain; then disappeared.
> They, looking back, all th'eastern side beheld
> Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
> Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate
> With dreadful faces thronged, and fiery arms:
> Some natural tears they dropt, but wiped them soon;
> The world was all before them, where to choose
> Their place of rest, and Providence their guide:
> They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow,
> Through Eden took their solitary way.
>
> --
>
> Michael Smith
> mjs at smithbowen.net
> http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org
> http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com
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