Thus at thir shadie Lodge arrivd, both stood [ 720 ]
Both turnd, and under opn Skie adord
The God that made both Skie, Air, Earth and Heavn
Which they beheld, the Moons resple Globe
And starrie Pole: Thou also madst the Night,
Maker Omnipotent, and thou the Day, [ 725 ]
Which we in our appointed work imployd
Have finisht happie in our mutual help
And mutual love, the of all our bliss
Ordaind by thee, and this delicious place
For us toe, where thy abundance wants [ 730 ]
Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground.
But thou hast promisd from us two a Race
To fill the Earth, who shall with us extoll
Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake,
And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep. [ 735 ]
This said unanimous, and other Rites
none, but adoration pure
Which God likes best, into thir inmost bowre
Hahey went; and easd the putting off
These troublesom disguises which wee wear, [ 740 ]
Strait side by side were laid, nor turnd I weene
Adam from his fair Spouse, he Rites
Mysterious of ubial Love refusd:
Whatever Hypocrites austerely talk
Of puritie and plad innoce, [ 745 ]
Defaming as impure what God declares
Pure, and ands to som, leaves free to all.
Our Maker bids increase, who bids abstain
But our Destroyer, foe to God and Man?
Haile wedded Love, mysterious Law, true source [ 750 ]
Of human , sole propriety,
In Paradise of all things on else.