Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Paradise Lost (1667; twelve-book version 1674); Exact wording and attribution checked. Book IX: the narrator personifies Earth and Nature grieving when Eve eats the forbidden fruit.
- Paradise Lost (1667; twelve-book version 1674)
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