John Milton

(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.

(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.

Execrable son! so to aspire
Above his brethren, to himself assuming
Authority usurp'd, from God not given.
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Execrable son! so to aspire
Above his brethren, to himself assuming
Authority usurp'd, from God not given.
He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl,
Dominion absolute; that right we hold
By his donation; but man over men
He made not lord; such title to himself
Reserving, human left from human free.

Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.

Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.

So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
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So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud
Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree
Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.

For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.

For spirits when they please
Can either sex assume, or both.