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Tlie blessed pair who roam in flow'ry Eden ! 

 Who save the great Omnipotent ooidd frame 

 Two beings thus sublimely interfused ! 

 Body, with living spirit— two-fold angels. 

 The body, beautiful in shape and power, 

 Proves the Creator's skill most pregnant in 

 The god-like face, the mirror of the mind. 

 I saw the reflex of the human soul 

 Blaze from his countenance. Whatever lovely 

 The body can possess — etherealised, 

 Tliere spai-Ides with intense effidgence bright. 

 Divinity gives radiance to man's eyes. 

 The rational soul his bosom makes her tlirone. 

 And while his subjects to the turfy sod 

 Gaze dumbly, man alone 

 Bears proudly his superior head towards 

 His liigh Creator — breathing hymns of praise. 

 Beelzebib — Good cause to praise him for such bounteous gifts ! 

 Ajollyon — He governs like a God whom all must serve. 

 The viewless soul consists of spirit, not 

 Material substance. She, complete and strong, 

 Reigns in each member, makes the brain her court, 

 Lives for eternity, and never fears 

 Decay or injury. Knowledge and prudence, 

 Freewill and virtue, form her heritage : 

 Her majesty all ranks of spirit must 

 Confess. 

 Beual — Still thou namest not 



His rib — his beauteous bride, 

 Apollyon— I hid my face. 



Veiling, with trembling wings, these ravished eyes 

 When I beheld lier. Adam led her on 

 Through a green forest. Often would he pause 

 To gaze upon her. Then a holy flame 

 EnkintUing his pure bosom, he would melt 

 In joy and kiss his wife, and she her husband, 

 Witli fires of love no language can express — 

 Felicity which angels cannot compass. 

 How poor is unity ! Alas, we are wrong'd — 

 For what is Hoav'n without the grace of woman ! 

 Beelzebub — Thus will in flux of time's unebbiug sea. 



Millions of men arise. 

 Apollvon — Even so ordains 



Th' eternal fiat! By a sense divine, 

 A vivid impress of the beautiful. 

 Implanted in the brain and vital tissues, 

 Flooding all passions, feelings, hopes, and fears, 

 In transports exquisite these lovers are 



