The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . he him ; male and femalecreated he them. But in the second narrative, wehave the fuller account of the moulding of Man outof the dust of the Earth, and, as an apparent after-thought, the unique creation of the Woman fromthe side of Adam. Then to the Guardian of the skies it seemedUnfitting that the first-born of Mankind,The trusted Keeper of the new-formed World,Should longer dwell alone in primal Man, Gods well-beloved given a helpmate by his Sovereign LordAs aid and comfort in his mortal life
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . he him ; male and femalecreated he them. But in the second narrative, wehave the fuller account of the moulding of Man outof the dust of the Earth, and, as an apparent after-thought, the unique creation of the Woman fromthe side of Adam. Then to the Guardian of the skies it seemedUnfitting that the first-born of Mankind,The trusted Keeper of the new-formed World,Should longer dwell alone in primal Man, Gods well-beloved given a helpmate by his Sovereign LordAs aid and comfort in his mortal life ;For as he softly slept, the Almighty tookA rib from Adams side, nor caused him from tJie wound there flowed no drop of blood,And therewith fashioned He a woman fair, * The first account is given in the first chapter of Genesis and thefirst three verses of the second chapter, which in the Anglican ver-sion, have been most absurdly divided from their context ; the secondaccount begins at the fourth verse of the second chapter and continuesto the end of the ^/j he soflly slept, the Al/nit^hty tool-A rib from Adams thereivith fashioned He a .coman fair. A Comparative Study i6i Inspired the form with life and placed withinA soul immortal, that at last, they seemedLike to the Angels in their sinless youthAnd peerless beauty clad. So sings Casdmon. The Eighth Book of Paradise Lost is chiefly oc-cupied with the continuation of the conferencebetween the Archangel Raphael and Adam, duringwhich the latter relates, among other things, howthe Deity formed and fashioned the Woman, andof his first meeting and nuptials with Eve. Mine eyes he closed, but open left the cellOf fancy, my eternal sight ; by as in a trance, methought I saw,Though sleeping, where I lay, and saw the ShapeStill glorious before whom awake I stood ;Who, stooping, opened my left side, and tookFrom thence a rib, with cordial spirits warm,And life-blood streaming fresh ; wide wa
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