Paradise Lost

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To whom the Angel with
contracted brow.
Accuse not Nature, she hath
done her part;
Do thou but thine; and be not
diffident
Of Wisdom; she deserts thee
not, if thou
Dismiss not her, when most
thou needest her nigh,
By attributing overmuch to
things

VIII, 560-565

Paradise Lost

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Adam, mis-thought of her to
thee so dear?
To whom with healing words
Adam replied.
Daughter of God and Man,
immortal Eve!
For such thou art; from sin
and blame entire:
Not diffident of thee do I
dissuade
Thy absence from my sight, but
to avoid

IX, 289-294

Paradise Lost

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Not diffident of thee do I
dissuade
Thy absence from my sight, but
to avoid
The attempt itself, intended
by our foe.
For he who tempts, though in
vain, at least asperses
The tempted with dishonour
foul; supposed
Not incorruptible of faith,
not proof

IX, 293-298