And when the

and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

So saying, her rash hand in evil hour

Forthreaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat!
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat,
Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe,
That all was lost.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

Amidst the thrilling leaves, Thy voice at evening's fall drew near;
Father! and did not man rejoice that blessed sound to hear?

Did not his heart within him burn, touched by the solemn tone?
Not so!-for, never to return, its purity was gone.

And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Could I turn to look

With these twain eyes of mine, now weeping fast, —

Now good for only weeping,

upon man,

Because I looked on him? Alas, alas!
And is not this much woe, to cry alas!

Speaking of joy? And is not this more shame,

To have made the woe myself, from all that joy?

To have stretched my hand, and plucked it from the tree,

And chosen it for fruit? Nay, is not this

Still more despair, - to have halved that bitter fruit,
And ruined, so, the sweetest friend I have,

Turning the GREATEST to mine enemy?

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. O unexpected stroke, worse than of death! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day

That must be mortal to us both.

And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of

the tree of life.

Therefore in sight of man bereft

The happy garden still was left;
The fiery sword that guarded, showed it too,
Turning all ways, the world to teach,
That though as yet beyond our reach,
Still in its place the tree of life and glory grew.

CHAPTER V.

BIRTH OF CAIN AND ABEL. - HOW THEY DIFFERED.

A

ABEL

ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare

Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

:

Tell, who began to breake the sacred band
Of blessed peace, wherein man liued at first:
Was 't not that Cain, who lifted vp his hand,
And with a murthrous mind (O wretch accurst!)
Brake peace, and foully slue his onely brother,

Though they had both one father and one mother?

And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his

brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

O the wrath of the Lord is a terrible thing!

Like the tempest that withers the blossoms of spring,
Like the thunder that bursts on the summer's domain,
It fell on the head of the homicide Cain.

And lo! like a deer in the fright of the chase,
With a fire in the heart, and a brand on his face,

He speeds him afar to the desert of Nod

A vagabond smote by the vengeance of God.

And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

The murderer from his Judge's presence fled:
Thence to the rising sun his offspring spread ;

But he, the fugitive of care and guilt,

Forsook the haunts he chose, the homes he built;
While filial nations hailed him sire and chief,
Empire nor honour brought his soul relief;
He found, where'er he roamed, uncheered, unblest,
No pause from suffering, and from toil no rest.

CHAPTER VI.

THE GENEALOGY AND THE AGES OF THE ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCHS.

THEN, good my lord, take to your royal self

This proffered benefit of dignity;

If not to bless us and the land withal,

Yet to draw forth your noble ancestry
From the corruption of abusing times,
Unto a lineal true-derivèd course.

HIS is the book of the generations of Adam.

In the day

that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years and he begat sons and daughters and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years and he died. And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enos and Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan and Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years and he died. And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared and Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters and all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

I am one,

Who finds within me a nobility,

That spurns the idle pratings of the great,