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

John Milton
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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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See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing. ✨ John Milton (1801). Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711, p.77
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit. ✨ 'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 4
With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears. ✨ 'Lycidas' (1638) l. 142
How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.
Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love. ✨ John Milton, Elijah Fenton, Samuel Johnson (1821). Paradise lost, p.241

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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