Eve to Adam

John Milton (1608–1674)

From “Paradise Lost,” Book XII.

WITH sorrow and heart’s distress

Wearied, I fell asleep. But now lead on;

In me is no delay; with thee to go,

Is to stay here; without thee here to stay,

Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me

Art all things under heaven, all places thou,

Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.

This further consolation, yet secure,

I carry hence; though all by me is lost,

Such favor I unworthy am vouchsafed,

By me the promised Seed shall all restore.