...lyrical beauty from his blank verse in this extraordinary description of dawn in the Garden of Eden: Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With...this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers;...

...difficult as choosing the most perfect flower in the world. But who can resist John Milton's tribute? Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With...this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers;...

...concerning them, that none "without thee [is] sweet." Her speech reads: (17) Sweet is the breath of mom, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest Birds; pleasant...this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, But neither breath of Mom when she ascends With charm of earliest Birds,...

...of repetition, and building to the final half-line which proclaims Adam the essence of Eden for Eve: With thee conversing I forget all time. All seasons...this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers;...

...an exquisite celebration of perfect love. It is an audaciously extended figure of speech: With thec conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their...this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower. Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers;...

...the center giving the order its value: With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and thir change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn,...this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour, Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers; and...

...Devotion (Book 9) stand out as encapsulated pieces of lyrical poetry. Here are Eve's words in Book IV: With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons...this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour, Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers; and...

...Adam in Paradise Lost, Milton has a positive statement followed mmediately by a negative variation: Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet With...this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour, Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers; and...

...hand with wand'ring steps and slow Through Eden took their solitary way. John Milton PARADISE LOST Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With...this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew. John Milton PARADISE LOST The wolves did not know...

...Paradise Lost. Milton has a positive statement followed mmediately by a negative variation: Sweet is ihe breath of morn, her rising sweet With charm of earliest...this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour, Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers; and...