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First Line: Give me the fruit of eden's knowledge-tree
Last Line: In exile glad, despising paradise.
Subject(s): Exiles; Knowledge; Sonnet (as Literary Form)


Give me the fruit of Eden's knowledge-tree
At whose roots Euphratean waters flow;
For he that eats thereof shall ever know
And hold in skilful hands the master key
That turns each complex lock of mystery.
He hears the cryptic sound of long ago
Waft yet a puff from cosmic gulfs and throw
Its echo waves across time's endless sea.
Eternal Powers, grant me to know and eat
That fruit to clear my dull, uncertain eyes;
Then shall it be to me both bread and meat.
Though earth be thistle-cursed and thorns arise,
Yet shall I walk unscathed on steady feet
In exile glad, despising paradise.





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