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A REFLECTION by THOMAS HOOD

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN EVE UPON THE FIRST OF MEN
Last Line: THAT ADAM WAS NOT ADAMANT!
Subject(s): ADAM & EVE; APPLES; BIBLE; FRUIT; PITY; SIN; WOMEN; EVE;

When Eve upon the first of Men
The apple press'd with specious cant
Oh! what a thousand pities then
That Adam was not adamant!



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