...expulsion from that happy abode efface their sense of dependence upon Him, who had given them being ? As They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way— Had they no desire to ask pardoning mercy at the hand of the Lord? Whatever may be the proper answer...

...soon. The world was all before them, where to choose \ Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow,^ Through Eden took their solitary way. We forbear to prolong these extracts by the introduction of &ay passages from Milton's Sonnets, Lycidos,...

...heart as presented in the Scriptures ? Beginning with the history of Adam and Eve at that period, when They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps, and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way ; down to the closing chapter of the sacred canon, how is man represented ? The scriptural history...

...soon. The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. We forbear to prolong these extracts by the introduction of any passages from Milton's Sounds, Li/rii/a/t,...

...think the poem would end better with the passage here quoted, than with the two verses which follow. ' They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.' 378 THE SPECTATOR. [No- 369These two verses, though they have their beauty, fall very much below the...

...soon: The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. Milton. But know, whatever good or ill betides The rolling wheel of Fate, 'tis God who guides. From...

...soon; The world was all before them, where to ehoose Their plaee of rest, and Providenee their guide : They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. Milton's Paradise Lost. But me, not destin'd sueh delights to share, Uy prime of life in wandering...

...expulsion from that happy abode efface their sense of dependence upon Him, who had given them being ? As They hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way — might not, indeed, again enter that beautiful temple of nature, where first they inhaled the breath...

...The world was all before them, where to ehuse 646 Their plaee of rest, and Providenee their guide : They, hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. NOTES ON PARADISE LOST. BOOK I. Line 6. heav'nlg muse. By the heavenly muse we are not to understand...

...; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide : They, hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. MILTON. 144. THOU ART GONE TO THE GRAVE. THOU art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore thee,...