...locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad : She, as a veil, down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevelled ; but in wanton ringlets waved, As the vine curls her tendrils. MILTON. 14. — SATAN'S...

...modern punctuation would interrupt the flow of ideas. For example, a passage about Eve's hair: She as a veil down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses wore Disshevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied Subjection,...

...partly the description which Milton gives of Eve in Book IV, especially in the following passage: She as a Veil down to the slender Waist, Her unadorned golden Tresses wore Dishevel'd, but in wanton Ringlets wav'd, As the Vine curls her Tendrils... (Book IV, 304-307) No less...

...softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. (Bk. IV, 1. 295-299) 73 She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied Subjection,...

...from Eve herself, whose apparent wantonness underscores the antithetical nature of the place: Shee as a veil down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevell'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd As the Vine curls her tendrils, which impli'd Subjection,...

...details suffusing Eve's hair and behavior undercut the subordination they are meant to declare: Shee as a veil down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevell'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd As the Vine curls her tendrils, which impli'd Subjection,...

...locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clust'ring, but not beneath his shoulders broad: She as a veil down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied Subjection,...

...Milton's famous description of the "wanton ringlets" of Eve's hair in book 4 of Paradise Lost — "Shee as a veil down to the slender waist / Her unadorned golden tresses wore / Dishevell'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd / As the Vine curls her tendrils" — followed by a parallel...

...Locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clust'ring, but not beneath his shoulders broad: Shee as a veil down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevell'd, but in wanton ringlets wav'd (IV.295-306) Though Joseph's hair is just one of a number...

...majesty" (290) but, fourteen lines later, describes Eve but not Adam as in effect partially clothed: She as a veil down to the slender waist Her unadorned golden tresses wore Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved As the vine curls her tendrils, which implied Subjection....