o ty ans displeasd.
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to t, in the choice [ 400 ]
Of tes, Adam, and taste
No pleasure, tarie.
t tate,
Seem I to tly possest
Of ? who am alone [ 405 ]
From all Eternitie, for none I know
Second to mee or like, equal much less.
o hold converse
Save ures whose
to me inferiour, infinite descents [ 410 ]
Beneat otures are to thee?
o attaine
ternal wayes
All s come s, Supream of things;
t perfet, and in thee [ 415 ]
Is no deficience found; not so is Man,
But in degree, the cause of his desire
By conversation o help,
Or solace s. No need t thou
S propagat, already infinite; [ 420 ]
And te, though One;
But Man by number is to manifest
ion, and beget
Like of iplid,
In unitie defective, which requires [ 425 ]
Collateral love, and deerest amitie.
though alone,
Best not
Social communication, yet so pleasd,
Canst raise ture to w [ 430 ]
Of Union or Communion, deifid;
I by conversing cannot t
From prone, nor in thir wayes complacence find.
thus I emboldnd spake, and freedom usd
Permissive, and acceptance found, which gaind [ 435 ]
tious voice Divine.