The wound; and by degrees the helpless wretch
Resumed its careless life, and rose to drain
The mother's milk, who o'er it tremulous
Stood licking its reviving limbs with joy.
Behold, my son! said Adam, how from Evil
Springs Good![118]
Lucifer.What didst thou answer?
Cain.Nothing; for
He is my father: but I thought, that 'twere300
A better portion for the animal