WHEN Adam fell asleep in Paradise He made himself a helpmeet as he dreamed; And, lo! she stood before his waking eyes, And was the woman that his vision seemed. She knelt beside him there in tender awe To find the living fountain of her soul, And so in either's eyes the other saw The light they missed in Heaven, and knew the goal. Thrice-blessed Adam, husband of thine Eve! She brought thee for her dowry death and shame; She taught thee one may worship and deceive; But yet thy dream and she were still the same; Nor ever in the desert turned thine eyes Towards Lilith by the brooks of Paradise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS by RUDYARD KIPLING FONTENOY, 1745: 2. AFTER THE BATTLE, EARLY DAWN, CLARE COAST by EMILY LAWLESS SATIRE: 3. TO SIR FRANCIS BRIAN by THOMAS WYATT THE LAST LULLABY by HENRY BATAILLE THE FOUR ZOAS: NIGHTS THE THIRD AND FOURTH by WILLIAM BLAKE SONG: THE DEATH OF THE ROSE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT LOVE POEMS: 3 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |