4 f' 136 PARADISE LOST. BooK V. Earth and the fea feed air ; the air thofe'fires Ethereal; and as loweft, firfl the mo'on ; Whence in her vilage round thole fpcts, unpurg'd Vapors, not yet into her lubflance turn'd. 42c1 Nor doth the moon no nourifhment exhale From her 'Ionia continent, to higher orbs. The fun, that light imparts to all, receives From all his alimental recompenfe, In humid exhalations ; and at ev'n 425 6ups with the ocean. Though in heav'n the trees Of life arnbrofial fruitage bear, and vines Yield Nectar ; though from off the boughs each morn We brufh mellifluous dews, and find the ground Cover'd with pearly grain yet God hath here 430- Varied his bounty lo with new delights, As may compare with heaven ; and to talk Think not I fhall be nice.---o down thcy fat, And to their viands fell, nor feerningly The Angel, nor in mill, (the common glofs 435 Of Theologians) but with keen difpatch Of real hunger, and concoctive heat To tranfubilantiate : what redounds, tranfpires Through fpirits with eafe : nor wonder ; if by fire Of footy coal the empiric alchymift 44 ©' Can tan, or holds it poffible to turn, Metals of droffieft ore to perfed gold, As from the Mine. Mean while at table Eve Mnifter'd naked, and their flowing cups With pleafant liquors crown'd. 0 innocence 445, Deferving Paradife ! if ever, then, 1 hen had the fens of God excufe t' have been Enarnor'd at that fight : but in thole hearts Love unlibidinous reign'd, nor jealoufie Was underflood, the injur'd lover's hell. 45e Thus when with meats and drinks they had fuffic'd, ot
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