Milton on My Mind by ida fasel

Author:ida fasel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

Under his forming hands a Creature grew

Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair,

That what seem’d fair in all the World, seem’d now

Mean, or in her summa up, in her contain’d

And in her looks, which from that time infus’d

Sweetness into my heart, unfelt before,

And into all things from her Air inspir’d

The spirit of love and amorous delight.

(VIII. 470-77)

Eve, under the guidance of an Unseen Presence taking her to Adam, falls in love with her image in water they pass. Her first impression of Adam is not favorable: “Less winning soft, less amiably mild,” and she tries to break free. But Adam is too quick for her:

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