Paradise Lost Ⅶ 第2章 1

1,DEscend from Heavn Urania, by that name,If rightly thou art calld, whose Voice divine,Following, above th Olympian Hill I soare,,Above the flight of Pegasean wing.,The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou 5 ,Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top,Of old Olympus dwellst, but Heavnlie borne,,Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flowd,,Thou with Eternal Wisdom didst converse,,Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play 10 ,In presence of th Almightie Father, pleasd,With thy Celestial Song. Up led by thee,Into the Heavn of Heavns I have presumd,,An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire,,Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down 15 ,Return me to my Native Element:,Least from this flying Steed unreind, (as once,Bellerophon, though from a lower Clime),Dismounted, on th Aleian Field I fall,Erroneous there to wander and forlorne. 20 ,Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound,Within the visible Diurnal Spheare;,Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole,,More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchangd,To hoarce or mute, though falln on evil dayes, 25 ,On evil dayes though falln, and evil tongues;,In darkness, and with dangerspast round,,And solitude; yet not alone, while thou,Visitst my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn,Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, 30 ,Urania, and fit audience find, though few.,But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance,Of Bacchus and his Revellers, the Race,Of that wilde Rout that tore the Thracian Bard,In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks had Eares 35 ,To rapture, till the savage clamor dround,Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend,Her Son. So fail not thou, who thee implores:,For thou art Heavnlie, shee an empty dreame.

DEscend from Heavn Urania, by that name

If rightly thou art calld, whose Voice divine

Following, above th Olympian Hill I soare,

Above the flight of Pegasean wing.

The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou [ 5 ]

Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top

Of old Olympus dwellst, but Heavnlie borne,

Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flowd,

Thou with Eternal Wisdom didst converse,

Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play [ 10 ]

In presence of th Almightie Father, pleasd

With thy Celestial Song. Up led by thee

Into the Heavn of Heavns I have presumd,

An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire,

Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down [ 15 ]

Return me to my Native Element:

Least from this flying Steed unreind, (as once

Bellerophon, though from a lower Clime)

Dismounted, on th Aleian Field I fall

Erroneous there to wander and forlorne. [ 20 ]

Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound

Within the visible Diurnal Spheare;

Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole,

More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchangd

To hoarce or mute, though falln on evil dayes, [ 25 ]

On evil dayes though falln, and evil tongues;

In darkness, and with dangerspast round,

And solitude; yet not alone, while thou

Visitst my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn

Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, [ 30 ]

Urania, and fit audience find, though few.

But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance

Of Bacchus and his Revellers, the Race

Of that wilde Rout that tore the Thracian Bard

In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks had Eares [ 35 ]

To rapture, till the savage clamor dround

Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend

Her Son. So fail not thou, who thee implores:

For thou art Heavnlie, shee an empty dreame.