. Poetical works of James Montgomery . ckward swayd his passd; I calld him, and we bore our SireTo neighbouring shades from noons afflictive fire :Ere long he woke to feeling, with a half unclosed his hesitating eye ;Strangely and timidly he peerd around,Like men in dreams whom sudden lights confound:— Is this a new Creation ?—Have I passdThe bitterness of death V—He lookd sorrowful!— No ; men and trees appear ;Tis not a new Creation—pain is here :From Sins dominion is there no release ?Lord ; let thy Servant now depart in peace.—Hurried remembrance crowding oer
. Poetical works of James Montgomery . ckward swayd his passd; I calld him, and we bore our SireTo neighbouring shades from noons afflictive fire :Ere long he woke to feeling, with a half unclosed his hesitating eye ;Strangely and timidly he peerd around,Like men in dreams whom sudden lights confound:— Is this a new Creation ?—Have I passdThe bitterness of death V—He lookd sorrowful!— No ; men and trees appear ;Tis not a new Creation—pain is here :From Sins dominion is there no release ?Lord ; let thy Servant now depart in peace.—Hurried remembrance crowding oer his so vHe knew us ; tears of consternation stoleDown his pale cheeks :— Seth!—Enoch!—^Wherc is Eve?How could the spouse her dying consort leave ? Eve lookd that moment from their cottage-doorIn quest of Adam, where he toild before ;He was not there; she calld him by his name ;Sweet to his ear the well-known accents came;—Here am L answerd he, in tone so we who held him scarcely heard him speak VOL. I. 13. But, resolutely bent to rise, in vain He struggled till he swoond away with pain. Eve caird again, and, turning towards the shade, Helpless as infancy, beheld him laid ; She sprang, as smitten with a mortal wound, Forward, and cast herself upon the ground At Adams feet; half rising in despair. Him from our arms she wildly strove to tear; Repelld by gentle violence, she pressd His powerless hand to her convulsive breast, And kneeling, bending oer him, full of fears. Warm on his bosom showerd her silent tears. Light to his eyes at that refreshment came, They opend on her in a transient flame ; And art thou here, my Life ! my Love ! he cried, Faithful in death to this congenial side ? Thus let me bind thee to my breaking heart, One dear, one bitter moment, ere we part. —Leave me not, Adam! leave me not below; With thee I tarry, or whh thee I go, She said, and yielding to his faint embrace, Clung round his neck, and wept upon his face. Alarming rec
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