Morning approach'd, Eve relates to Adam her troublesome dream; he likes it not, yet comforts her: They come forth to their day labors: Their morning hymn at the door of their bower. God to render man inexcufable sends Raphael to admonish him of his obedience, of his free eftate, of his enemy near at hand, who he is, and why his enemy, and whatever elfe may avail ADAM to know. Raphael comes down to Paradife, his appearance describ'd, his coming discern'd by ADAM afar off fitting at the door of his bower; he goes out to meet him, brings him to his lodge, entertains him with the choiceft fruits of Paradife got together by Eve; their discourse at table: Raphael performs his meffage, minds ADAM of his ftate and of his enemy; relates at ADAM's request who that enemy is, and how he came to be fo, beginning from his first revolt in Heaven, and the occafion thereof; how he drew his legions after him to the parts of the north, and there incited them to rebel with him, perfuading all but only Abdiel a Seraph, who in argument diffuades and oppofes him, then forfakes him. 347 NOW BOOK V. W morn her rofy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, fow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, fo custom'd, for his fleep Was aery light from pure digeftion bred, And temp'rate vapors bland, which th' only found 5 1. Now morn her rofy steps] This is the morning of the day after Satan's coming to the earth; and as Homer makes the morning with rofy fingers, pododaxlun Hws, Iliad. 1. 477. the rofy-finger'd morn, fo Milton gives her rofy fteps, and VI. 3. a rofy band. The morn is firft gray, then rofy upon the nearer approach of the fun. And he is faid to fow the earth &c. by the fame fort of metaphor as Lucretius fays of the fun, II. 211. et lumine conferit arva. Mr. Thyer adds that the fame allegorical defcription he remembers to have feen fomewhere in Shakefpear, and more poetically exprefs'd: -The morn in faffron robe Of much of the propriety of Milton's Jovi'd the earth with orient pearl, fince the dew-drops have fomething of the shape and appearance of fcatter'd feeds. 5.which th' only found &c.] Which refers to fleep, and not to vapors the fubftantive immediately preceding. I mention this becaufe it has been mistaken. It is certainly more proper to fay that the found of leaves and fong of birds difperfed fleep than vapors. The expreffion only found (as Dr. Pearce rightly obferves) feems the fame with that in VII. 123. Only omnifcient; in both which places only fignifies alone; the only found, for there was none other; and it is to be understood as meant of the matin forg of the birds, as well as of Walks o'er the dew of yon high the found of leaves and fuming rills. eaftern hill. And he obferves that Lucretius's metaphor lumine conferit arva wants Fuming rills, for fumes or teams rife from the water in the morning according to ver. 186. Ye |