# Quote — John Milton, Paradise Lost

> They looking back, all th' Eastern side beheld
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> Of Paradise, so late thir happie seat,
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> Wav'd over by that flaming Brand, the Gate
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> With dreadful Faces throng'd and fierie Armes:
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> Som natural tears they drop'd, but wip'd them soon;
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> The World was all before them, where to choose
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> Thir place of rest, and Providence thir guide:
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> They hand in hand with wandring steps and slow,
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> Through EDEN took thir solitarie way.

- Author: [John Milton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton.md)
- Book: [Paradise Lost](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-milton/paradise-lost.md)
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> So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd
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> His nostril wide into the murky air,
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> Sagacious of his quarry from so far.

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> Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye,
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> In every gesture dignity and love.

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> To know
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> That which before us lies in daily life
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> Is the prime wisdom.

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