Paradise Regained - The Second Book Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Mean while the new baptiz'd who yet remain'd	A
At Jordan with the Baptist and had seen	B
Him whom they heard so late expresly call'd	C
Jesus Messiah Son of God declar'd	D
And on that high Authority had believ'd	E
And with him talkt and with him lodg'd I mean	B
Andrew and Simon famous after known	F
With others though in Holy Writ not nam'd	G
Now missing him thir joy so lately found	H
So lately found and so abruptly gone	I
Began to doubt and doubted many days	J
And as the days increas'd increas'd thir doubt	K
Sometimes they thought he might be only shewn	I
And for a time caught up to God as once	L
Moses was in the Mount and missing long	M
And the great Thisbite who on fiery wheels	N
Rode up to Heaven yet once again to come	O
Therefore as those young Prophets then with care	P
Sought lost Eliah so in each place these	Q
Nigh to Bethabara in Jerico	M
The City of Palms non and Salem Old	R
Mach rus and each Town or City wall'd	C
On this side the broad lake Genezaret	C
Or in Perea but return'd in vain	I
Then on the bank of Jordan by a Creek	M
Where winds with Reeds and Osiers whisp'ring play	S
Plain Fishermen no greater men them call	T
Close in a Cottage low together got	C
Thir unexpected loss and plaints out breath'd	C
Alas from what high hope to what relapse	U
Unlook'd for are we fall'n our eyes beheld	C
Messiah certainly now come so long	M
Expected of our Fathers we have heard	C
His words his wisdom full of grace and truth	V
Now now for sure deliverance is at hand	C
The Kingdom shall to Israel be restor'd	C
Thus we rejoyc'd but soon our joy is turn'd	C
Into perplexity and new amaze	J
For whither is he gone what accident	C
Hath rapt him from us will he now retire	W
After appearance and again prolong	M
Our expectation God of Israel	X
Send thy Messiah forth the time is come	O
Behold the Kings of the Earth how they oppress	Y
Thy chosen to what highth thir pow'r unjust	C
They have exalted and behind them cast	C
All fear of thee arise and vindicate	C
Thy Glory free thy people from thir yoke	M
But let us wait thus far he hath perform'd	C
Sent his Anointed and to us reveal'd him	Z
By his great Prophet pointed at and shown	I
In publick and with him we have convers'd	C
Let us be glad of this and all our fears	A2
Lay on his Providence he will not fail	B2
Nor will withdraw him now nor will recall	T
Mock us with his blest sight then snatch him hence	C2
Soon we shall see our hope our joy return	I
Thus they out of their plaints new hope resume	D2
To find whom at the first they found unsought	C
But to his Mother Mary when she saw	E2
Others return'd from Baptism not her Son	I
Nor left at Jordan tydings of him none	I
Within her brest though calm her brest though pure	F2
Motherly cares and fears got head and rais'd	C
Some troubl'd thoughts which she in sighs thus clad	C
O what avails me now that honour high	G2
To have conceiv'd of God or that salute	C
Hale highly favour'd among women blest	C
While I to sorrows am no less advanc't	C
And fears as eminent above the lot	C
Of other women by the birth I bore	H2
In such a season born when scarce a Shed	C
Could be obtain'd to shelter him or me	I2
From the bleak air a Stable was our warmth	J2
A Manger his yet soon enforc't to flye	G2
Thence into Egypt till the Murd'rous King	M
Were dead who sought his life and missing fill'd	C
With Infant blood the streets of Bethlehem	K2
From Egypt home return'd in Nazareth	L2
Hath been our dwelling many years his life	M2
Private unactive calm contemplative	N2
Little suspicious to any King but now	I
Full grown to Man acknowledg'd as I hear	O2
By John the Baptist and in publick shown	I
Son own'd from Heaven by his Father's voice	P2
I look't for some great change to Honour no	I
But trouble as old Simeon plain fore told	C
That to the fall and rising he should be	I2
Of many in Israel and to a sign	I
Spoken against that through my very Soul	Q2
A sword shall pierce this is my favour'd lot	C
My Exaltation to Afflictions high	G2
Afflicted I may be it seems and blest	C
I will not argue that nor will repine	I
But where delays he now some great intent	C
Conceals him when twelve years he scarce had seen	I
I lost him but so found as well I saw	E2
He could not lose himself but went about	C
His Father's business what he meant I mus'd	C
Since understand much more his absence now	I
Thus long to some great purpose he obscures	R2
But I to wait with patience am inur'd	C
My heart hath been a store house long of things	S2
And sayings laid up portending strange events	T2
Thus Mary pondering oft and oft to mind	C
Recalling what remarkably had pass'd	C
Since first her Salutation heard with thoughts	U2
Meekly compos'd awaited the fulfilling	M
The while her Son tracing the Desert wild	C
Sole but with holiest Meditations fed	C
Into himself descended and at once	L
All his great work to come before him set	C
How to begin how to accomplish best	C
His end of being on Earth and mission high	G2
For Satan with slye preface to return	I
Had left him vacant and with speed was gon	I
Up to the middle Region of thick Air	P
Where all his Potentates in Council sate	C
There without sign of boast or sign of joy	V2
Sollicitous and blank he thus began	I
Princes Heavens antient Sons thereal Thrones	L
Demonian Spirits now from the Element	C
Each of his reign allotted rightlier call'd	C
Powers of Fire Air Water and Earth beneath	W2
So may we hold our place and these mild seats	L
Without new trouble such an Enemy	I2
Is ris'n to invade us who no less	L
Threat'ns then our expulsion down to Hell	X2
I as I undertook and with the vote	C
Consenting in full frequence was impowr'd	C
Have found him view'd him tasted him but find	C
Far other labour to be undergon	I
Then when I dealt with Adam first of Men	I
Though Adam by his Wives allurement fell	X2
However to this Man inferior far	Y2
If he be Man by Mothers side at least	C
With more then humane gifts from Heaven adorn'd	C
Perfections absolute Graces divine	I
And amplitude of mind to greatest Deeds	L
Therefore I am return'd lest confidence	L
Of my success with Eve in Paradise	L
Deceive ye to perswasion over sure	F2
Of like succeeding here I summon all	T
Rather to be in readiness with hand	C
Or counsel to assist lest I who erst	C
Thought none my equal now be over match'd	C
So spake the old Serpent doubting and from all	T
With clamour was assur'd thir utmost aid	C
At his command when from amidst them rose	L
Belial the dissolutest Spirit that fell	X2
The sensuallest and after Asmodai	C
The fleshliest Incubus and thus advis'd	C
Set women in his eye and in his walk	M
Among daughters of men the fairest found	C
Many are in each Region passing fair	P
As the noon Skie more like to Goddesses	L
Then Mortal Creatures graceful and discreet	C
Expert in amorous Arts enchanting tongues	L
Perswasive Virgin majesty with mild	C
And sweet allay'd yet terrible to approach	Z2
Skill'd to retire and in retiring draw	E2
Hearts after them tangl'd in Amorous Nets	L
Such object hath the power to soft'n and tame	A3
Severest temper smooth the rugged'st brow	I
Enerve and with voluptuous hope dissolve	B3
Draw out with credulous desire and lead	C
At will the manliest resolutest brest	C
As the Magnetic hardest Iron draws	L
Women when nothing else beguil'd the heart	C
Of wisest Solomon and made him build	C
And made him bow to the Gods of his Wives	L
To whom quick answer Satan thus return'd	C
Belial in much uneven scale thou weigh'st	C
All others by thy self because of old	C
Thou thy self doat'st on womankind admiring	M
Thir shape thir colour and attractive grace	L
None are thou think'st but taken with such toys	L
Before the Flood thou with thy lusty Crew	C3
False titl'd Sons of God roaming the Earth	D3
Cast wanton eyes on the daughters of men	I
And coupl'd with them and begot a race	L
Have we not seen or by relation heard	C
In Courts and Regal Chambers how thou lurk'st	C
In Wood or Grove by mossie Fountain side	C
In Valley or Green Meadow to way lay	S
Some beauty rare Calisto Clymene	I
Daphne or Semele Antiopa	E3
Or Amymone Syrinx many more	H2
Too long then lay'st thy scapes on names ador'd	C
Apollo Neptune Jupiter or Pan	I
Satyr or Fawn or Silvan But these haunts	L
Delight not all among the Sons of Men	I
How many have with a smile made small account	C
Of beauty and her lures easily scorn'd	C
All her assaults on worthier things intent	C
Remember that Pellean Conquerour	H2
A youth how all the Beauties of the East	C
He slightly view'd and slightly over pass'd	C
How hee sirnam'd of Africa dismiss'd	C
In his prime youth the fair Iberian maid	C
For Solomon he liv'd at ease and full	F3
Of honour wealth high fare aim'd not beyond	C
Higher design then to enjoy his State	C
Thence to the bait of Women lay expos'd	C
But he whom we attempt is wiser far	H2
Then Solomon of more exalted mind	C
Made and set wholly on the accomplishment	C
Of greatest things what woman will you find	C
Though of this Age the wonder and the fame	A3
On whom his leisure will vouchsafe an eye	G2
Of fond desire or should she confident	C
As sitting Queen ador'd on Beauties Throne	I
Descend with all her winning charms begirt	C
To enamour as the Zone of Venus once	L
Wrought that effect on Jove so Fables tell	X2
How would one look from his Majestick brow	H2
Seated as on the top of Vertues hill	G3
Discount'nance her despis'd and put to rout	C
All her array her female pride deject	C
Or turn to reverent awe for Beauty stands	L
In the admiration only of weak minds	L
Led captive cease to admire and all her Plumes	L
Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy	C
At every sudden slighting quite abasht	C
Therefore with manlier objects we must try	G2
His constancy with such as have more shew	C3
Of worth of honour glory and popular praise	L
Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd	C
Or that which only seems to satisfie	B3
Lawful desires of Nature not beyond	C
And now I know he hungers where no food	C
Is to be found in the wide Wilderness	L
The rest commit to me I shall let pass	L
No advantage and his strength as oft assay	I2
He ceas'd and heard thir grant in loud acclaim	A3
Then forthwith to him takes a chosen band	C
Of Spirits likest to himself in guile	H3
To be at hand and at his beck appear	H2
If cause were to unfold some active Scene	I
Of various persons each to know his part	C
Then to the Desert takes with these his flight	C
Where still from shade to shade the Son of God	C
After forty days fasting had remain'd	C
Now hungring first and to himself thus said	C
Where will this end four times ten days I have pass'd	C
Wandring this woody maze and humane food	C
Nor tasted nor had appetite that Fast	C
To Vertue I impute not or count part	C
Of what I suffer here if Nature need not	C
Or God support Nature without repast	C
Though needing what praise is it to endure	H2
But now I feel I hunger which declares	L
Nature hath need of what she asks yet God	C
Can satisfie that need some other way	S
Though hunger still remain so it remain	I
Without this bodies wasting I content me	I2
And from the sting of Famine fear no harm	I3
Nor mind it fed with better thoughts that feed	C
Mee hungring more to do my Fathers will	G3
It was the hour of night when thus the Son	I
Commun'd in silent walk then laid him down	I
Under the hospitable covert nigh	B3
Of Trees thick interwoven there he slept	C
And dream'd as appetite is wont to dream	J3
Of meats and drinks Natures refreshment sweet	C
Him thought he by the Brook of Cherith stood	C
And saw the Ravens with their horny beaks	L
Food to Elijah bringing Even and Morn	I
Though ravenous taught to abstain from what they brought	C
He saw the Prophet also how he fled	C
Into the Desert and how there he slept	C
Under a Juniper then how awakt	C
He found his Supper on the coals prepar'd	C
And by the Angel was bid rise and eat	C
And eat the second time after repose	L
The strength whereof suffic'd him forty days	L
Sometimes that with Elijah he partook	M
Or as a guest with Daniel at his pulse	L
Thus wore out night and now the Herald Lark	M
Left his ground nest high towring to descry	H2
The morns approach and greet her with his Song	M
As lightly from his grassy Couch up rose	L
Our Saviour and found all was but a dream	J3
Fasting he went to sleep and fasting wak'd	C
Up to a hill anon his steps he rear'd	C
From whose high top to ken the prospect round	C
If Cottage were in view Sheep cote or Herd	C
But Cottage Herd or Sheep cote none he saw	L
Only in a bottom saw a pleasant Grove	B3
With chaunt of tuneful Birds resounding loud	C
Thither he bent his way determin'd there	H2
To rest at noon and entr'd soon the shade	C
High rooft and walks beneath and alleys brown	I
That open'd in the midst a woody Scene	I
Natures own work it seem'd Nature taught Art	C
And to a Superstitious eye the haunt	C
Of Wood Gods and Wood Nymphs he view'd it round	C
When suddenly a man before him stood	C
Not rustic as before but seemlier clad	C
As one in City or Court or Palace bred	C
And with fair speech these words to him address'd	C
With granted leave officious I return	I
But much more wonder that the Son of God	C
In this wild solitude so long should bide	C
Of all things destitute and well I know	I
Not without hunger Others of some note	C
As story tells have trod this Wilderness	L
The Fugitive Bond woman with her Son	I
Out cast Nebaioth yet found he relief	B3
By a providing Angel all the race	L
Of Israel here had famish'd had not God	C
Rain'd from Heaven Manna and that Prophet bold	C
Native of Thebes wandring here was fed	C
Twice by a voice inviting him to eat	C
Of thee these forty days none hath regard	C
Forty and more deserted here indeed	C
To whom thus Jesus what conclud'st thou hence	L
They all had need I as thou seest have none	I
How hast thou hunger then Satan reply'd	C
Tell me if Food were now before thee set	C
Would'st thou not eat Thereafter as I like	M
The giver answer'd Jesus Why should that	C
Cause thy refusal said the subtle Fiend	C
Hast thou not right to all Created things	L
Owe not all Creatures by just right to thee	I2
Duty and Service nor to stay till bid	C
But tender all their power nor mention I	B3
Meats by the Law unclean or offer'd first	C
To Idols those young Daniel could refuse	L
Nor proffer'd by an Enemy though who	C3
Would scruple that with want opprest behold	C
Nature asham'd or better to express	L
Troubl'd that thou shouldst hunger hath purvey'd	C
From all the Elements her choicest store	H2
To treat thee as beseems and as her Lord	C
With honour only deign to sit and eat	C
He spake no dream for as his words had end	C
Our Saviour lifting up his eyes beheld	C
In ample space under the broadest shade	C
A Table richly spred in regal mode	C
With dishes pill'd and meats of noblest sort	C
And savour Beasts of chase or Fowl of game	A3
In pastry built or from the spit or boyl'd	C
Gris amber steam'd all Fish from Sea or Shore	H2
Freshet or purling Brook of shell or fin	I
And exquisitest name for which was drain'd	C
Pontus and Lucrine Bay and Afric Coast	C
Alas how simple to these Cates compar'd	C
Was that crude Apple that diverted Eve	B3
And at a stately side board by the wine	I
That fragrant smell diffus'd in order stood	C
Tall stripling youths rich clad of fairer hew	C3
Then Ganymed or Hylas distant more	H2
Under the Trees now trip'd now solemn stood	C
Nymphs of Diana's train and Naiades	L
With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn	I
And Ladies of th' Hesperides that seem'd	C
Fairer then feign'd of old or fabl'd since	L
Of Fairy Damsels met in Forest wide	C
By Knights of Logres or of Lyones	L
Lancelot or Pelleas or Pellenore	H2
And all the while Harmonious Airs were heard	C
Of chiming strings or charming pipes and winds	L
Of gentlest gale Arabian odors fann'd	C
From their soft wings and Flora's earliest smells	L
Such was the Splendour and the Tempter now	H2
His invitation earnestly renew'd	C
What doubts the Son of God to sit and eat	C
These are not Fruits forbidden no interdict	C
Defends the touching of these viands pure	H2
Thir taste no knowledge works at least of evil	X
But life preserves destroys life's enemy	I2
Hunger with sweet restorative delight	C
All these are Spirits of Air and Woods and Springs	L
Thy gentle Ministers who come to pay	S
Thee homage and acknowledge thee thir Lord	C
What doubt'st thou Son of God sit down and eat	C
To whom thus Jesus temperately reply'd	C
Said'st thou not that to all things I had right	C
And who withholds my pow'r that right to use	L
Shall I receive by gift what of my own	I
When and where likes me best I can command	C
I can at will doubt not as soon as thou	H2
Command a Table in this Wilderness	L
And call swift flights of Angels ministrant	C
Array'd in Glory on my cup to attend	C
Why shouldst thou then obtrude this diligence	L
In vain where no acceptance it can find	C
And with my hunger what has thou to do	C
Thy pompous Delicacies I contemn	I
And count thy specious gifts no gifts but guiles	L
To whom thus answer'd Satan malecontent	C
That I have also power to give thou seest	C
If of that pow'r I bring thee voluntary	I2
What I might have bestow'd on whom I pleas'd	C
And rather opportunely in this place	L
Chose to impart to thy apparent need	C
Why shouldst thou not accept it but I see	I2
What I can do or offer is suspect	C
Of these things others quickly will dispose	L
Whose pains have earn'd the far fet spoil With that	C
Both Table and Provision vanish'd quite	C
With sound of Harpies wings and Talons heard	C
Only the importune Tempter still remain'd	C
And with these words his temptation pursu'd	C
By hunger that each other Creature tames	L
Thou art not to be harm'd therefore not mov'd	C
Thy temperance invincible besides	L
For no allurement yields to appetite	C
And all thy heart is set on high designs	L
High actions but wherewith to be atchiev'd	C
Great acts require great means of enterprise	L
Thou art unknown unfriended low of birth	D3
A Carpenter thy Father known thy self	B3
Bred up in poverty and streights at home	K3
Lost in a Desert here and hunger bit	C
Which way or from what hope dost thou aspire	H2
To greatness whence Authority deriv'st	C
What Followers what Retinue canst thou gain	I
Or at thy heels the dizzy Multitude	C
Longer then thou canst feed them on thy cost	C
Money brings Honour Friends Conquest and Realms	L
What rais'd Antipater the Edomite	C
And his Son Herod plac'd on Juda's Throne	I
Thy throne but gold that got him puissant friends	L
Therefore if at great things thou wouldst arrive	B3
Get Riches first get Wealth and Treasure heap	E3
Not difficult if thou hearken to me	I2
Riches are mine Fortune is in my hand	C
They whom I favour thrive in wealth amain	I
While Virtue Valour Wisdom sit in want	C
To whom thus Jesus patiently reply'd	C
Yet Wealth without these three is impotent	C
To gain dominion or to keep it gain'd	C
Witness those antient Empires of the Earth	D3
In highth of all thir flowing wealth dissolv'd	C
But men endu'd with these have oft attain'd	C
In lowest poverty to highest deeds	L
Gideon and Jephtha and the Shepherd lad	C
Whose off spring on the Throne of Juda sat	C
So many Ages and shall yet regain	I
That seat and reign in Israel without end	C
Among the Heathen for throughout the World	C
To me is not unknown what hath been done	I
Worthy of Memorial canst thou not remember	H2
Quintius Fabricius Curius Regulus	L
For I esteem those names of men so poor	H2
Who could do mighty things and could contemn	I
Riches though offer'd from the hand of Kings	L
And what in me seems wanting but that I	B3
May also in this poverty as soon	I
Accomplish what they did perhaps and more	H2
Extol not Riches then the toyl of Fools	L
The wise mans cumbrance if not snare more apt	C
To slacken Virtue and abate her edge	L3
Then prompt her to do aught may merit praise	L
What if with like aversion I reject	C
Riches and Realms yet not for that a Crown	I
Golden in shew is but a wreath of thorns	L
Brings dangers troubles cares and sleepless nights	L
To him who wears the Regal Diadem	K2
When on his shoulders each mans burden lies	L
For therein stands the office of a King	M
His Honour Vertue Merit and chief Praise	L
That for the Publick all this weight he bears	L
Yet he who reigns within himself and rules	L
Passions Desires and Fears is more a King	M
Which every wise and vertuous man attains	L
And who attains not ill aspires to rule	M3
Cities of men or head strong Multitudes	L
Subject himself to Anarchy within	I
Or lawless passions in him which he serves	L
But to guide Nations in the way of truth	V
By saving Doctrine and from errour lead	C
To know and knowing worship God aright	C
Is yet more Kingly this attracts the Soul	Q2
Governs the inner man the nobler part	C
That other o're the body only reigns	L
And oft by force which to a generous mind	C
So reigning can be no sincere delight	C
Besides to give a Kingdom hath been thought	C
Greater and nobler done and to lay down	I
Far more magnanimous then to assume	D2
Riches are needless then both for themselves	L
And for thy reason why they should be sought	C
To gain a Scepter oftest better miss't	C

John Milton

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