...mild ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glitt'ring star light, — without thee is sweet. But wherefore all night long...sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes '!" To whom our gen'ral artcestor reply'd : " Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve, These have their course to...

...this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring with dew ; nor fragrance after show'rs ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent night, With...; Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet. » «The variety of images in this passage is infinitely pleasing, and the recapitulation of each particular...

...charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful...night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glitt'ring starlight, without thee is sweet. But wherefore all night long shine these ? for whom This...

...charm of earliest Birds, nor rising Sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, floure, Glistring with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful...this her solemn Bird, nor walk by Moon, Or glittering Starr-light without thee is sweet. (IV, 639-656) Beginning and ending with "thee," her poem revolves...

...inexplicable copia of the firmament (8.15-38), he is appropriating the bedtime curiosity of Eve in Book 4: "But wherefore all night long shine these, for whom...This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes" (658-659)? Satan's dream-given answer to her query betrays the dark context impinging on such innocent...

...charm of earliest Birds, nor rising Sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, floure, Glistring with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful...this her solemn Bird, nor walk by Moon, Or glittering Starr-light without thee is sweet. [4.641-56] Brief examples of this sort of repetitive technique are...

...economy of cosmic dispensation: is it not wasteful for the stars to shine when no one beholds them? "But wherefore all night long shine these, for whom...This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes?" (IV. 657 - 58). Adam does not correct her for crossing the bounds of permissible knowledge, nor does...

...land, nor herb, fruit, flow'r. Glist'ring with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful Ev'ning mild, nor silent Night With this her solemn Bird,...Moon, Or glittering Star-light without thee is sweet. (4.639-56) Eve's rondo, with its gracious, dancelike measures,57 recalls the imagery of Milton's early...

...lyric is followed, moreover, by a question whose unanswerability implies her intellectual superiority: "But wherefore all night long shine these, for whom...This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes?" (4:657-8). Adam attempts to supply an answer, proposing that "Millions of spiritual Creatures walk...

...charm of earliest birds; nor rising Sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful...general ancestor replied: 'Daughter of God and Man, accomplished Eve, 660 Those have their course to finish round the Earth By morrow evening, and from...