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Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

By John Milton

Adam and Eve (From “Paradise Lost,” Ninth Book, ll. 896–9)

O FAIREST of creation, last and best

Of all God’s works, creature in whom excelled

Whatever can to sight or thought be formed

Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet.