| Mrs. Silver - 1846 - 356 pages
...lawn at break of day, And brush the dew-drops from the dell, That glisten in their nightly cell ; * " Earth felt the wound, and nature from her seat, Sighing...all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost I" Paradise Lost. Or with me climb the mountain's height Which first is kissed with rays of light,... | |
| John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...hand, in evil hour, 780 Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat : Earth felt the wound, & nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works,...slunk The guilty serpent ; and well might, for Eve, 785 Intent now wholly on her taste, nought else Regarded, such delight till then, as seem'd, In fruit... | |
| Thomas H. Holmes - 1847 - 72 pages
...scrupled not to eat, Against his better knowledge ; not deceived, But fondly overcome with female charms." "Earth felt the wound : and nature from her seat Sighing,...her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost." And now, alas, came that fatal knowledge which they desired, for the eyes of * Gen. iii. 6. C both... | |
| John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...mind ? So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reachLig to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat ! TBS Earth felt the wound ; and Nature from her seat, Sighing...Back to the thicket slunk The guilty Serpent ; and \vell might ; for Eve, Intent now wholly on her taste, nought else 785 Regarded ; such delight till... | |
| John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...mind ? So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat ! 780 Earth felt the wound ; and Nature from her seat, Sighing...guilty Serpent ; and well might ; for Eve, Intent now wholly on her taste, nought else 785 Regarded ;' such delight till then, as s lem'd, In fruit she never... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 430 pages
...fair work ! BLAIR. Her rash hand, in evil hour, Forth reaching to the Jruit, she pluck'd, she ate ! Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat, Sighing,...all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost ! MILTON. Thou man thy image mad'at, in dignity, In knowledge and in beauty like to thee; Placed in... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English essays - 1849 - 484 pages
...fruit : " So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate : Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing,...all her works gave signs of woe That all was lost ." Upon Adam's falling into the same guilt, the whole creation appears a second time in convulsions... | |
| John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...both body and mind?" So saying, her rash hand, in evil hour, Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her...guilty serpent, and well might; for Eve. Intent now wholly on her taste, nought else Regarded; such delight till then, as seem'd, In fruit she never tasted,... | |
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