 They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before...  Paradise Lost - Page 296by John Milton - 1850 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nicholas Asher - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1993 - 488 pages
...advantages to leaving an overgrown Platonic paradise for a more desert landscape. They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy...by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped but wiped them soon; The world was all before... | |
 | Norman Yoffee, Andrew Sherratt - Social Science - 1993 - 156 pages
...Garden of Eden, the original cradle for human origins. The World was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They...with wandring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitarie way [my emphasis]. Contrast this with the scientific gloss provided by Sir John Lubbock two... | |
 | David Rosen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 260 pages
...disappear'd. They looking back, all th' Eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late thir happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming Brand, the Gate With dreadful...Faces throng'd and fiery Arms: Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wip'd them soon; The World was all before them, where to choose Thir place of rest, and... | |
 | James Hogg - Drama - 2004 - 592 pages
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