 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
 | Legislators - 1996 - 160 pages
...breath of life, and the man became a living soul." God then gave Adam a helpmate, Eve, and from [8] They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld of...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... | |
 | Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - Literary Collections - 1996 - 332 pages
...scene that presents itself on their looking behind them. They, looking back, all th' eastern cliff beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved...gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms. To which the last verses form the most striking contrast that can be imagined. Some natural tears they... | |
 | William Wells Brown, Hannah Webster Foster - Fiction - 1996 - 362 pages
...Eden: "They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld / Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the Gate / With dreadful...throng'd and fiery arms. / Some natural tears they dropped, but wip'd them soon; / The world was all before them, where to choose / Their place of rest,... | |
 | Kay Gilliland Stevenson, Margaret Seares - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 214 pages
...lines describing Adam and Eve beginning a new life: The World was All before them, where to choose Their place of Rest, and Providence their guide: They...steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. (12.646-49) In the eighteenth century, this passage was much discussed. Addison proposed amelioration... | |
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