Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ADAM AND EVE, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON


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ADAM AND EVE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When adam fell asleep in paradise
Last Line: Towards lilith by the brooks of paradise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible


WHEN Adam fell asleep in Paradise
He made himself a helpmeet as he dreamed;
And, lo! she stood before his waking eyes,
And was the woman that his vision seemed.

She knelt beside him there in tender awe
To find the living fountain of her soul,
And so in either's eyes the other saw
The light they missed in Heaven, and knew the goal.

Thrice-blessed Adam, husband of thine Eve!
She brought thee for her dowry death and shame;
She taught thee one may worship and deceive;
But yet thy dream and she were still the same;
Nor ever in the desert turned thine eyes
Towards Lilith by the brooks of Paradise.





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