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ifoundhoughtiedstill;</p>

andtotheheavenlyvisionthuspresud.</p>

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abovenkind,htthannkindhigher,</p>

surpassestfarnang;hoayi</p>

adorethee,authorofthisuniverse,</p>

andallthisgoodtonforwhosewellbeing</p>

soaly,andhhandssoliberal,</p>

thouhastprovidedallthings:bute</p>

iseenotakes.insolitude</p>

happiness,anenjoyalone,</p>

or,allenjoyifind</p>

thusipresutuous;andthevisiht,</p>

asilerebrightehusreplied.</p>

callestthousolitudeisnottheearth</p>

hvariousliviures,andtheair</p>

replenished,andalltheseatthynd</p>

toeandplaybeforetheeknothounot</p>

theirlanguageandtheirheyalsoknow,</p>

andreasonnotibly:hthese</p>

paradiselost</p>

229of374</p>

findpasti,andbearrule;thyrealslarge.</p>

sospaketheuniversallord,andseed</p>

so:i,plored,</p>

andhuledeprecation,thusreplied.</p>

letnothee,heavenlypower;</p>

ker,bepropitiouswhileispeak.</p>

hastthounotdeherethysubstitute,</p>

andtheseinferiourfarbehset</p>

angunequalssociety</p>

sort,ony,ortruedelight</p>

ustbetual,inproportiondue</p>

givenandreceived;but,indisparity</p>

theoeheotherstillress,</p>

otheither,butsoonprove</p>

tediousalike:offellowshipispeak</p>

suchasiseek,fittoparticipate</p>

allrationaldelight:hebrute</p>

annsort:theyrejoice</p>

eachhtheirkind,lionhlioness;</p>

sofitlythenpairsthouhastbined:</p>

chlessbirdhbeast,orfishhfowl</p>

sohtheoxtheape;</p>

a,aofall.</p>

ightyansdispleased.</p>

anidsubtlehappiness,isee,</p>

thoutothyselfproposest,inthee</p>

ofthyassociates,adandtaste</p>

nopleasure,thoughinpleasure,solitary.</p>

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paradiselost</p>

230of374</p>

seetotheesuffitlypossessed</p>

ofhappiness,ootalone</p>

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likeofhislike,hisigeltiplied,</p>

inunitydefective;hrequires</p>

llaterallove,anddearestaty.</p>

thouinthysecresyalthoughalone,</p>

bestpanie</p>

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