| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 39819 |
| QUOTATION: | What thou art is mine;
Our state cannot be severed, we are one,
One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Milton (1608–1674), British poet. repr. In Paradise Lost, ed. Scott Elledge (1993). Adam, in Paradise Lost, bk. 9, l. 957-9 (1674).
Addressing Eve, after she has confessed her sin. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Milton Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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