...world, were yet to come. Surely no century in the history of the human race since our first parents, "hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way," has seen so great advancement in all the arts and sciences by which life is enriched and made easier...

...world, were yet to come. Surely no century in the history of the human race since our first parents, "hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way," > Charles Richard Williams But, however great the changes in the externals of existence, men remain...

...something fortunate in it for them, for us, some hope to overshadow any sorrow? Look at the lines: 'Some natural tears they dropped but wiped them soon;...and slow, / Through Eden took their solitary way.' " He slowed down a fraction and smiled shyly over "Eden" and then continued, "Even with the burden...

...away from their erstwhile “capital seat,” the Place they once claimed as their own: “The world was all before them, where to choose / Their place of rest, and providence their guide” (12.646—47). This new place is decidedly place in the lower case, the mobile, relative place of the...

...poem even ends on a positive personal note for Adam and Eve who have become reconciled to one another: “They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow / Through Eden took their solitary way” (xii.648—49). But the title still applies: Paradise Lost. Women Writers and the Faustian Theme In...

...expelled from Paradise by God, setting out on their journey into human history in the world at large: They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow, / Through Eden took their solitary way'. They have the world 'all before them'. Milton combines, in these final lines of his great epic, the...

...take mutual shape. This is powerfully dramatized by the manner in which they exit Eden, and the poem: "They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow, / Through Eden took their solitary way" (648-49), as once "hand in hand alone they passed / On to their blissful bower" (4.689-90). Hands linked...

...might regain place: The World was before them, where to choose Thir place of rest, and providence thir guide: They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took thir solitarie way (12.6.46—49) The challenge before Adam and Eve as their epic ends is to reroot...

...over bythas flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural sears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where so choose Their place of rest, and providence their guide: They hand in hand with wandering steps and...

...thronged and fiery arms. To which the last verses form the most striking contrast that can be imagined. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon....and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. The final couplet renews our sorrow; by exhibiting, with picturesque accuracy, the most mournful scene...