TheSixt,andofCreationlastarose

    WithEevningHarpsandMattin,whenGodsaid,[450]

    LetthEarthbringforthSoullivinginherkinde,

    CattelandCreepingthings,aoftheEarth,

    EatheirkiheEarthobeyd,andstrait

    opningherfertileWoombteemdataBirth

    Innumerousliviures,perfetformes,[455]

    Limbdandfullgrown:outofthegrounduprose

    AsfromhisLairethewildeBeastwherehewonns

    InForrestwilde,inThicket,Brake,orDen;

    AmoreesinPairstheyrose,theywalkd:

    TheCattelintheFieldsandMeddowesgreen:[460]

    Thoserareandsolitarie,theseinflocks

    PasturingatondinbroadHerdsupsprung.

    ThegrassieClodsnowCalvd,nopeerd

    TheTawnieLion,pawingtogetfree

    Hishinderparts,thenspringsasbrokefromBonds,[465]

    AndRampantshakeshisBrindedmain;theOunce,

    TheLibbard,ayger,astheMoale

    Rising,thecrumbldEarthabovethemthrew

    InHillocks;theswiftStagfromunderground

    Boreuphisbranghead:scarsefromhismould[470]

    Behemothbiggestborhupheavd

    Hisvastness:FleecttheFlodbleatingrose,

    AsPlants:ambiguousbetweenSeaandLand

    TheRiverHorseandscalieCrocodile.

    Atoncecameforthwhatevercreepstheground,[475]

    IorWorme;thosewavdthirlimberfans

    Fs,andsmallestLisexact

    InalltheLiveriesdemerspride

    WithspotsofGoldandPurple,azureandgreen:

    Theseasalihirlongdimensiondrew,[480]

    Streakingthegroundwithsinuoustraotall

    MinimsofNature;someofSerpentkinde

    Wondrousihandcorpulen