THE FIRST LOVE OF ADAM AND EVE from Paradise Lost by: John Milton (1608-1674) Share28 Tweet1 0 Share68 HUS talking, hand in hand alone they passed On to their blissful bower. It was a place Chosen by the sov'reign Planter, when he framed All things to Man's delightful use; the roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant wall; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine, Rear'd high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than the stone Of costliest emblem: Other creature here, Beast, bird, insect, or worm, durst enter none; Such was their awe of Man. In shadier bower More sacred and sequestered, though but feigned Pan or Sylvanus never slept, nor nymph, Nor Faunus haunted. Here, in close recess, With flowers, garlands, an