Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
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Part IIThomas Moore
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Thomas Moore
The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.
William James
Ye patient fields, rejoice!
The blessing that ye pray for silently
Is come at last; for ye shall no more fade,
Nor see your flow'rets droop like famishing babes
Upon your comfortless breasts.Hartley Coleridge
(Sylvia) In the beginning Eve was alone in Eden. (Eve) Everything is so beautiful and amicable. (Serpent) I bet deep down, you wish you had an irritating companion. (pp. 94-95)
Nicole Hollander
The Bible has come under fire for making woman the fall guy in man's cosmic drama. But in casting a male conspirator, the serpent, as God's enemy, Genesis hedges and does not take its misogyny far enough. The Bible defensively swerves from God's true opponent, chthonian nature. The serpent is not outside Eve but in her. She is the garden and the serpent.
Camille Paglia
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