...her acceptance when she says to Adam: . . . but now lead on; In mee is no delay; with thee to goe, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. (XII,...

...Adam and to God, as she speaks the last words of man in paradise: In mee is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. This further...

...with thee to goe, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. (XII, 614-619) In the final passage of the epic introduction to Book III, the contrasts...

...since, with sorrow and heart's distress, Wearied I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; a paragraph (1. 15) 47 And death i think is no parenthesis (1. 16) MoAB; MoAmPo; No Heaven, all places thou, (Bk. XII, 1. 610-617) 108 Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them...

..."fBJut now lead on," Eve tells Adam, toward the close of the poem: In mee is no delay; with thee to goe, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. (12.615-19;...

...institution of postlapsarian marriage. "Lead on," she tells Adam, "In mee is no delay; with thee to go, / Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, / Is to go hence unwilling." Adam "answer'd 334 not," responding with respectful silence to the quiet authority of Eve's submissive...

...with thee to goe, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. (12.615 19; italics added) From now on, each member of the pair - and all of their descendents...

...sorrow and hearts distress Wearied I fell asleep: but now lead on; In mee is no delay; with thee to goe, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. (XII.6I0-19)...

...spoken by a human character in Paradise Lost, profoundly significant and given to Eve, is 'restore': though all by me is lost, Such favour I unworthy am vouchsafed, By me the promised seed shall all restore. (xn.62i—3) In the first word of Adam to Eve, this theme is quietly...

...Paradise. When Eve awakes from her restful sleep, she is prepared to leave with Adam. "With thee to go,/ Is to stay here; without thee here to stay,/ Is to go hence unwilling." These words echo those of Ruth in the Bible who says, "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou...