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Vcggousl in altra parte ombrose grotte, 

 E spechi di freschissimo ritiro 

 Cui sopra, a- tardo pie, serpe la vite 

 Lussureggiante di purpurei grappi. 

 Mentre le mormoranti acque , o disperse 

 Cadono giù dalle pendici^ o i varj 

 Uuiscon rivoletti in chiaro lago. 

 Che al coronato margine di mirto 

 .Ficne innanzi il suo specchio cristallino. 

 S' ode cantar de' pinti augelli il coro , 

 Cui zefiro gentil , che spira odori 

 Di campi ^ di boschetti, il suono accorda 

 Delle tremole foi^lie susurrantì: 

 E intanto Pan l' imiversal Rettore 

 Con r Ore e con le Grazie unito in danza 

 Guida appo sé la Primavera eterna (i). 

 Non può negarsi, che hello non sia cpiesto irregolare o naturale giar- 

 dino , clie vogliam dirlo. La descrlzioue di quello del Tasso , che falla 



(i) Gli sì diletta della lingua e poesia 

 inglese , forse troverà qui voìenlicri f ori- 

 ginalo. 



So on he farfs , and to tlie hoi'der comes 



Of Fden , where deliciou^ P;!'.d.:.se , 



Now Dearer , crowus witb inclosure !;reen 



As was a rural mouiid , the cbampain head 



Of a steep wilderness , whose hairy sidt-s 



Whith lhick(.'t overprovvii , f^roitLS^ue and wild , 



Access deoy' d ; and ovtr beati iip jrew 



InsDperable beigbth of lofliesl sbade , 



Cedar , and Pine, and Fir , and brauL-bÌQ Palm, 



A Sylvnn sbade: yei bigher ihan ibeir tops 



Tbe vofd'rous wall of Paradise np spruDg : 



Wbich to our general Sire gave pro'ipect large 



Info bis nelhcr empire neigbb' riug round. 



And hìgber tban tbat wall a circlìng row 



Of goodliesl irees Ioaden with fairest frult, 



Itlossoms and fruits Ht once of gol Jen bue , 



Appear'd, wilh gay enamel' d colors mix' d : 



On whicb the san more giad impresi' d ]iis bearas 



Tbat iu fair eveniii^ clond , or bumìd bow 



'Wben God balh show' rd ihe eai'tb ; so lovcly seem' d 



Tbat landskip 



Sootbward and tbrough Eden went ariverlarge, 

 Nor ebang' d bis courie , bat tbi-ough the sbaggy bill 

 Pass'd nodernenth ingulf d : for God had tbrown 

 Tbat mnamaiu as bis garden mold high raii* d 

 Upon the rapìd cnrrent, wich thvoiigb veins 

 Of porons carrb wiili Kindly thirii up drawn , 

 Rose a fresh foaniain , and with many a ril! 

 Water' d tbe steep giade, and met the uetlior flood 

 Wbitb from bis dcrksome passagc now nppears , 

 And DOW diijded inio four mala siieams 



Rnn diverse , wand' ring many a famons realm 



And conntry , whereof bere nceds uo account ; 



But rather to rell hovv , if art could teli , 



How from that saphir fonnt the crispcd books, 



PoUiog OH orieut pciirl aod sands of gold , 



With mazy error under peudent shades 



Rnn nectar, visiting each plant , and fed 



FIow, TS, whorty of Paradise, wbich not nice art 



In beds and cnrionì knofi , bui nalurc boon 



Pour' d for profuse on bill band dale and plain , 



Both wbere tbe mornìng san first warmly siuote 



The open field , SLd where the unpierc'd shade 



Tmprown' d the noonlide bow' rs . Thnswas this place 



A happy rural seat of various view ; 



Grovts, whose fruifijurnisb' d with golden rind 



Hqng am^able , H^eporinn fables trae , 



IF trne , bere ouly, and of delìcioaa taste: 



Belwixt fhem lawns , or level downs , and flocks 



Grazing the tender herb , were interpos' d 



Or paluiy hilloc; or the flow' ry lap 



Of souit; irrigous valley spread her store. 



Flow' rs of ali bue and without iborn the rose : 



Anotber side, umhr^gcous grots and caves 



Of cool recess , o' er whicb the maciliag Tine 



Lays forth ber purple grape , and gently creeps 



Luxurianl ; niean while rourm'ring wates fall 



Down the slope hills , dispera" d , or in a lake ^ 



That lo fringed bank wilh m>Ttle crown'd 



Iter crysial niirror holds , unite iheìi streams. 



The birds iheir qnirc apply ; air, vernai airs , 



Breathing tbe smeli of field and greve , atlnnc 



Tbe tremblìng Icaves , while unirersal Pan 



Knit wilh ihe Graces and Hours in d>:tico 



Led ott th' eternai spring. Lib. IV. 



