 Return, fair Eve, Whom fliest thou ? whom thou fliest, of him thou art, His flesh, his bone; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial life, to have thee by my side Henceforth an individual solace dear: Part of my...  The Net of Nemesis: Studies in Tragic Bond/age - Page 77by August J. Nigro - 2000 - 194 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 pages
...his wife, Adam puns: "Sole partner and sole part of all these joys"; likewise Eve confesses to him, "Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim / My other half: with that thy gentle hand / Seiz'd mine" (4.411,487-89). While they remain innocent, Adam and Eve are of one soul; their sexual... | |
 | James Turner - 1993 - 368 pages
...and precedence emerges from the phenomenon of sexual difference. Adam tells the newly created Eve: "Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim / My other half" (4:487-8). The gestures themselves advertise both the affective power of imagining another human as... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial Me, to have thee by my side Part of my soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half." With that thy gende hand Seized mine: I yielded, and from that time see How beauty is excelled by manly grace 490... | |
 | Valeria Finucci, Regina Schwartz - 1994 - 281 pages
...winning soft, less amiably mild, / Than that smooth wat'ry image" (4.479-80). Henceforth, she obeys: "I yielded, and from that time see / How beauty is excell'd by manly grace" (4.489-90). Having thus capitulated to male desire, she becomes vulnerable to the host of male gazes... | |
 | Bonnie Wheeler - 1993 - 372 pages
...beholds him in her own hierarchy of wit and love. with that thy gentle hand Seisd mine, I yeilded, and from that time see How beauty is excelld by manly grace And wisdom, which alone is truly fair.22 The primary figure acts; the secondary figure articulates the act's significance. This pattern... | |
 | André Verbart - 1995 - 322 pages
...thee, nearest my heart Substamial Life, to have thee by my side Henceforth an individual solace dear; Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half: with that thy gemle hand Seisd mine, I yielded, and from that time see '' Genesis 3.20 says: "And Adam called his... | |
 | John Barrell - 1995 - 384 pages
...thee, neerest my heart Substantial Life, to have thee by my side Henceforth an individual solace dear; Part of my soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half. (Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 483-8). 17 The meaning of the word in both these passages is perhaps... | |
 | Kristen E. Kvam, Linda S. Schearing, Valarie H. Ziegler - 1999 - 540 pages
...give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, neerest my heart Henceforth an individual solace dear; Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half: with that thy gentle hand Seisd mine, I yeilded, and from that time see How beauty is excelld by manly grace 490 And wisdom, which alone is... | |
 | Anna Julia Cooper - 1998 - 374 pages
...Thou following criedst aloud, "Return, fair Eve, Whom fliest thou? whom thou fliest, of him thou art. Part of my soul, I seek thee, and thee claim My other half." This will never cease to throb and thrill as long as man is man and woman is woman. Now owing to the... | |
 | Kristin A. Pruitt, Charles Durham, Charles W. Durham - 2000 - 324 pages
...voice: Return fair Eve Whom fli'st thou? whom thou fli'st, of him thou art, His flesh, his bone . . . Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half: with that thy gentle hand Seis'd mine, I yeilded. (4.481-89) Just as the two halves constitute the total being, the two perspectives constitute... | |
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