The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . om learn and zealously obeyHis Angels word. Take then this fruit in handBite it and taste ; thy mind will be enlargedThy form far fairer, for the Sovereign GodThy Lord, Himself this help hath sent to theeFrom Heavens high Kingdom. Then Adam spake :(The God-created Man majestic stood) When here I heard the mighty God, the LordOf Triumph, speak in strong and trenchant me keep inviolate His commandsAnd gave this bride, this Wife of beauteous mien,To be the sharer of my blissful home,He charged me to bewa
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . om learn and zealously obeyHis Angels word. Take then this fruit in handBite it and taste ; thy mind will be enlargedThy form far fairer, for the Sovereign GodThy Lord, Himself this help hath sent to theeFrom Heavens high Kingdom. Then Adam spake :(The God-created Man majestic stood) When here I heard the mighty God, the LordOf Triumph, speak in strong and trenchant me keep inviolate His commandsAnd gave this bride, this Wife of beauteous mien,To be the sharer of my blissful home,He charged me to beware lest through deceitMy will should be seduced and I should tasteThe Tree of Death ; since he who near his heartShould cherish ought of sin should meet his doomIn blackest Hell. I know not, (since with liesThou mayest come and dark designing thought),Whether or not thou art in very deed,A messenger from Heaven ; for to say truth,Nought do I recognise in all thy wordsOr ways or subtle hints—nought do I seeIn this thy journey here, or in thy speechTo prove thy mission X The Temptation and Fall of Man 2 11 I know full wellWhat He Himself, the great Protector, saidWhen last I saw Him here, that all His wordsShould be revered and cherished lovinglyAnd all His precepts strictly be obeyed.—Unlike art thou to any of His hostThat ever I have seen, nor dost thou showEen slightest token from our gracious Lord,Assuring pledge of His divine , I will neer obey, so hie thee the Almighty God, who wrought me thusWith His creative arms and placed me hereWith loving hands, in Him I firmly His high Realm, if such His sovereign Will,He can endow His creatures with all goodWithout His vassals aid. In this section of the narrative, the two versionsdiffer very widely, not only in minor points but ini\\Q motif oi the entire story; and, in our opinion,Caedmons conception of the character assumed bythe Tempter and of his mode of attack, evinces fargreater natur
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