He loves the inferior creatures, and the face of nature.
NORTH.
The Iliad has been called a Song of War. I see in it—a Song of Peace. Think of all the fiery Iliad ending in—Reconciled Submission!
SEWARD.
"Murder Impossibility," and believe that there might have been an Iliad or a Paradise Lost in Prose.
NORTH.
It could never have been, by human power, our Paradise Lost. What would have become of the Seventh Book? This is now occupied with describing the Six Days of Creation. A few verses of the First Chapter of Genesis extended into so many hundred lines. The Book, as it stands, has full poetical reason. First, it has a sufficient motive. It founds the existence of Adam and Eve, which is otherwise not duly led to. The revolted Angels, you know, have fallen, and the Almighty will create a new race of worshippers to supply their place—Mankind.
SEWARD.
For this race that is to be created, a Home is previously to be built—or this World is to be created.
NORTH.