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The Garden of Eden.
In Eden's garden, such was God's decree,
God the great parent of eternity!
Where rising oaks their ample shade extend;
And rip'ning fruits the loaded branches bend;
Where various flowers their mingled sweets exhale;
Expanded wide by Zephyrs gentle gale;
O'er shining pebbles slide the circling rills,
And swift cascades come rushing from the hills.
God the great parent of eternity!
Where rising oaks their ample shade extend;
And rip'ning fruits the loaded branches bend;
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Expanded wide by Zephyrs gentle gale;
O'er shining pebbles slide the circling rills,
And swift cascades come rushing from the hills.
Here Adam, bless'd with more than mortal ease,
Bloom'd like the flow'rs, and flourish'd like the trees;
Calm as the stream, his equal reason flow'd,
He look'd on Nature, and he thought on God:
Strong as the earth, with health and vigour blest,
Serene his labour, undisturb'd his rest:
He liv'd undaunted, for he knew no ill;
Woman unborn, then, man had been so still:
Such his beginning—but his latter doom,
Alas! I feel the exercise to come.
Bloom'd like the flow'rs, and flourish'd like the trees;
Calm as the stream, his equal reason flow'd,
He look'd on Nature, and he thought on God:
Strong as the earth, with health and vigour blest,
Serene his labour, undisturb'd his rest:
He liv'd undaunted, for he knew no ill;
Woman unborn, then, man had been so still:
Such his beginning—but his latter doom,
Alas! I feel the exercise to come.
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