Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate: Earth felt… — John Milton
Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe That all was lost.
Paradise Lost · 1667
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"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 9, I. 780.
Original citation
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 8, I. 780.