XIX.

"But Heaven," as Cassio says, "is above all—[491]No more of this, then, let us pray!" We have

Souls to save, since Eve's slip and Adam's fall,

Which tumbled all mankind into the grave,

Besides fish, beasts, and birds. "The sparrow's fall

Is special providence,"[492] though how it gave

Offence, we know not; probably it perched

Upon the tree which Eve so fondly searched.

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