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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton
“Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost”
Paradise Lost, Book IX (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text)
The moment Eve eats the fruit, the whole creation registers the Fall.
Citation: "Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IX (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q11)
Portrait: Houghton EC65.M6427P.1667aa - Paradise Lost, 1667, John Milton, Public domain.
