To whom thus Michael. Judge not what is best By pleasure, though to nature seeming meet, 605 Created, as thou art, to nobler end Holy and pure, conformity divine. Those tents thou saw’st so pleasant, were the tents179 Of wickedness, wherein shall dwell his race Who slew his brother; studious they appear 610 Of arts that polish life, inventors rare, Unmindful of their Maker, though his Spirit Taught them, but they his gifts acknowledged none. Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget; For that fair female troop thou saw’st, that seemed 615 Of goddesses, so blithe, so smooth, so gay, Yet empty
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