But surely Adam cannot be excused; Her fault though great, yet he was most to blame; What weakness offered, strength might have refused, Being lord o….

Our mother Eve, who tasted of the tree, Giving to Adam what she held most dear, Was simply good, and had no power to see..

Then let us have our libertyagain, And challenge to yourselves no sovereignty. You came not in the world without our pain, Make that a bar against yo….

Not Eve, whose fault was only too much love, Which made her give this present to her dear, That what she tasted he likewise might prove, Whereby his ….

Never shall my sad eyes again behold Those pleasures which my thoughts did then unfold..