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…

- Emilia Lanier

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.

- Emilia Lanier

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…

- Emilia Lanier

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

- Emilia Lanier

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 …

- Emilia Lanier