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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton
“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”
Paradise Lost, Book XII (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text)
The last lines of the poem, as Adam and Eve leave Paradise together.
Citation: "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" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book XII (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q14)
Portrait: Houghton EC65.M6427P.1667aa - Paradise Lost, 1667, John Milton, Public domain.
