So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair that ever since in lov…

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So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair that ever since in love's embraces met -- Adam, the goodliest man of men since born his sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve. ✨ John Milton (1749). Paradise Lost. A Poem. In Twelve Books [Book I. - VI.]: 1, p.254
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So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair that ever since in love's embraces met -- Adam, the goodliest man of men since born his sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve. ✨ John Milton (1749). Paradise Lost. A Poem. In Twelve Books [Book I. - VI.]: 1, p.254

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