Chap. I . of GARDENING, &c. 95 



^' Fear, Shame, Contrition arid Prayer, to a 

 ^' perfed and compleat Repentance. 



Had they been fuiFer'd to have remain'd 

 there, 'twould have in fome raeafure alle- 

 viated the difmal Thoughts of Mortality, and 

 that uncertain future State tt> which they 

 were by their Difobedience deftin'd. That 

 oi Eve is of an effeminate nature, as lament- 

 ing for the Lofs of her Bower, c^c» 



Muft I then leave thee^ Paradife .<? Thus leave 

 Thee, native Soil .<? thofe happy Walks & Shades, 

 Fit Haunt of Gods, where I had hope tofpend 

 ^liety tho fad^ the Refpite of that Day 

 That miijl be mortal to us both ? Flowers^ 

 That never will in other Climate grow ! 

 My early Vifitationy and my lafi 

 At Ev% which I bred up with tender Hand 

 From the Jirji Opening Bud^and gave you Names! 

 Who now fl)all rear you to the Sun^ or rank 

 Tour Tribes .<? Or Water from theAmbrofial Font? 



Thee^ lajlly^ Nuptial Bew'r^ by me adorn d^ 

 With what to Sight or Smell was fweet -^from thee 

 How pall I part ! and whither wander down 

 Into a lower World to this obfcure 

 And wild ! How pall we breathe in other Air 

 Lefs piire^ accujlomed to Immortal Fruits ! 



That of Adam was of a more Manlike Na- 

 ture, being Reflexions on his Deprivation 

 From the Beatjfick Prefence of his God 5 as 

 follows : 



This 



