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Rh  And my fair Son here howt me, the dear pledge Of dalliance had with thee in Heav’n, and joys 820 Then weet, now ad to mention, through dire change Befalln us unforeeen, unthought of, know I come no enemie, but to et free From out this dark and dimal houe of pain, Both him and thee, and all the heav’nly Hot Of Spirits that in our jut pretenes arm'd Fell with us from on high: from them I go This uncouth errand ole, and one for all My elf expoe, with lonely teps to tread Th’ unfounded deep, & through the void immene 830 To earch with wandring quet a place foretold Should be, and, by concurring igns, ere now Created vat and round, a place of blis In the Pourlieues of Heav’n, and therein plac't A race of uptart Creatures, to upply Perhaps our vacant room, though more remov'd, Leat Heav’n urcharg'd with potent multitude Might hap to move new broiles: Be this or aught Then this more ecret now deign'd, I hate To know, and this once known, hall oon return, 840 And bring ye to the place where Thou and Death Shall dwell at eae, and up and down uneen Wing ilently the buxom Air, imbalm'd With odours; there ye hall be fed and fill'd Immeaurably, all things hall be your prey. He ceas'd, for both eemd highly plead, and Death Grinnd horrible a gatly mile, to hear His famine hould be fill'd, and blet his mawe Detin'd to that good hour: no les rejoyc'd His mother bad, and thus bepake her Sire.