"His words, like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about him at command."

"And from the bliss of Eden brought no more But tears for such as there had lived before."

"Who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?"

"Abashed the Devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely, saw and pined his loss."

"The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way."