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    And God created the great Whales, and each

    Soul living, each that crept, which plenteously

    The waters geed by thir kindes,

    And every Bird of wing after his kinde;

    And saw that it was good, and blessd them, saying, [ 395 ]

    Be fruitful, multiply, and in the Seas

    And Lakes and running Streams the waters fill;

    An藏书网d let the Fowle be multiplyd on the Earth.

    Forthwith the Sounds and Seas, each Creek and Bay

    With Frie innumerable swarme, and Shoales [ 400 ]

    Of Fish that with thir Finns and shining Scales

    Glide uhe green Wave, in Sculles that oft

    Bank the mid Sea: part single or with mate

    Graze the Sea weed thir pasture, and through Groves

    Of Coral stray, or sp with quick glance [ 405 ]

    Show to the Sun thir wavd coats dropt with Gold,

    Or in thir Pearlie shells at ease, attend

    Moist nutriment, or under Rocks thir food

    In jointed Armour watooth the Seale,

    And bended Dolphins play: part huge of bulk [ 410 ]

    Wallowing unweildie, enormous in thir Gate

    Tempest the O: there Leviathan

    Hugest of living Creatures, on the Deep

    Stretcht like a Promontorie sleeps or swimmes,

    And seems a moving Land, and at his Gilles [ 415 ]

    Draws in, and at his Trunck spouts out a Sea.

    Mean while the tepid Caves, and Fens and shoares

    Thir Brood as numerous hatch, from the Egg that soon

    Bursting with kindly rupture forth disclosd

    Thir callow young, but featherd soon and fledge [ 420 ]

    They summd thir Penns, and s th air sublime

    With g despisd the ground, under a cloud

    In prospect; there the Eagle and the Stork

    On Cliffs and Cedar tops thir Eyries build:

    Part loosly wing the Region, part more wise [ 425 ]

    In d in figure wedge thir way,

    Intelligent of seasons, a forth

    Thir Aierie Caravan high over Seas

    Flying, and over Lands with mutual wing

    Easing thir flight; so stears the prudent e [ 430 ]

    Her annual Voiage, born on Wihe Aire,

    Floats, as they pass, fannd with unnumberd plumes:

    From Branch to Branch the smaller Birds with song

    Solacd the Woods, and spred thir painted wings

    Till Evn, nor then the solemn Nightingal [ 435 ]

    Ceasd warbling, but all night tund her soft layes:

    Others on Silver Lakes and Rivers Bathd

    Thir downie Brest; the Swan with Arched neck

    Between her white wings mantling proudly, Rowes

    Her state with Oarie feet: yet oft they quit [ 440 ]

    The Dank, and rising on stiff Pennons<q></q>, towre

    The mid Aereal Skie: Others on ground

    Walkd firm; the crested Cock whose clar<bdo>９９lｉb?</bdo>ion sounds

    The silent hours, and th other whose gay Traine

    Adorns him, colourd with the Florid hue [ 445 ]

    Of Rainbows and Starrie Eyes. The Waters thus

    With Fish replenisht, and the Aire, with Fowle,

    Evning and></a> Morn solemnizd the Fift day.

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