 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - Poetry - 2003 - 388 pages
...Eve at the moment of decision in Eden: So forcibly within my heart I feel The bond of Nature draw roe to my own; My own in thee; for what thou art is mine. 12. Everything in the poem, of course, depends on the way in which this speech of Adam's is read. Mr.... | |
 | Francis Blessington - Epic poetry, English - 2004 - 161 pages
...sinning. He knows when Eve appears that her flushed face signals shame. His justification is helplessness: So forcible within my heart I feel The Bond of Nature...own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our State cannot be sever'd, we are one, One Flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself. (9.955-59) The bond... | |
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Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee,... 
