Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess …

John Milton
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Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far. ✨ 'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 12, l. 581
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