him well--so does thy God. 340

_Cain_. And so do I.

_Lucifer_. 'Tis well and meekly done.

_Cain_. Meekly!

_Lucifer_. He is the second born of flesh,
And is his mother's favourite.

_Cain_. Let him keep
Her favour, since the Serpent was the first
To win it.

_Lucifer_. And his father's?

_Cain_. What is that
To me? should I not love that which all love?

_Lucifer_. And the Jehovah--the indulgent Lord,
And bounteous planter of barred Paradise--
He, too, looks smilingly on Abel.

_Cain_. I
Ne'er saw him, and I know not if he smiles. 350

_Lucifer_. But you have seen his angels.

_Cain_. Rarely.

_Lucifer_. But
Sufficiently to see they love your brother:
_His_ sacrifices are acceptable.

_Cain_. So be they! wherefore speak to me of this?

_Lucifer_. Because thou hast thought of this ere now.

_Cain_. And if
I _have_ thought, why recall a thought that----
(_he pauses as agitated_)--Spirit!
_Here_ we are in _thy_ world; speak not of _mine_.
Thou hast shown me wonders: thou hast shown me those
Mighty Pre-Adamites who walked the earth
Of which ours is the wreck: thou hast pointed out 360
Myriads of starry worlds, of which our own
Is the dim and remote companion, in
Infinity of life: thou hast shown me shadows
Of that existence with the dreaded name
Which my sire brought us--Death;[cj] thou hast shown me much
But not all: show me where Jehovah dwells,
In his especial Paradise--or _thine_:
Where is it?

_Lucifer_. _Here_, and o'er all space.

_Cain_. But ye
Have some allotted dwelling--as all things;
Clay has its earth, and other worlds their tenants; 370
All temporary breathing creatures their
Peculiar element; and things which have
Long ceased to breathe _our_ breath, have theirs, thou say'st;
And the Jehovah and thyself have thine--
Ye do not dwell together?

_Lucifer_. No, we reign
Together; but our dwellings are asunder.

_Cain_. Would there were only one of ye! perchance