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Jehovah—
Adam!

Adam—
I will not hear thee more thou Spiritual Voice
Is this Death?

Jehovah—
Adam!

Adam—
It is in vain: I will not hear thee
Henceforth! Is this thy Promise that the Womans Seed
Should bruise the Serpents head: Is this the Serpent? Ah!
Seven times, O Eve thou hast fainted over the Dead. Ah! Ah!

Eve revives
Eve—
Is this the Promise of Jehovah! O it is all a vain delusion
This Death & this Life & this Jehovah!

Jehovah—
Woman: lift thine eyes

A Voice is heard coming on
Voice—
O Earth cover not thou my Blood! cover not thou my Blood

Enter the Ghost of Abel
Eve—
Thou Visionary Phantasm thou art not the real Abel.

Abel—
Among the Elohim a Human Victim I wander I am their House
Prince of the Air & our dimensions compass Zenith & Nadir
Vain is thy Covenant O Jehovah I am the Accuser & Avenger
Of Blood O Earth Cover not thou the Blood of Abel

Jehovah—
What Vengeance dost thou require

Abel—
Life for Life! Life for Life!

Jehovah—
He who shall take Cains life must also Die O Abel
And who is he? Adam wilt thou, or Eve thou do this

Adam—
It is all a Vain delusion of the all creative Imagination
Eve come away & let us not believe these vain delusions
Abel is dead & Cain slew him! We shall also Die a Death
And then! what then? be as poor Abel a Thought: or as
This! O what shall I call thee Form Divine! Father of Mercies
That appearest to my Spiritual Vision: Eve seest thou also.

Eve—
I see him plainly with my Minds Eye. I see also Abel living:
Tho terribly afflicted as We also are, yet Jehovah sees him