A recollection of the
glorious days in the Garden.
Book I. Chapter XI.
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Then Adam and Eve felt
themselves burning with thirst, and heat, and sorrow.
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And Adam said to Eve,
"We shall not drink of this water, even if we were to die. O Eve,
when this water comes into our inner parts, it will increase our
punishments and that of our children, that shall come after us."
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Both Adam and Eve then
withdrew from the water, and drank none of it at all; but came and
entered the Cave of Treasures.
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But when in it Adam could not
see Eve; he only heard the noise she made. Neither could she see Adam,
but heard the noise he made.
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Then Adam wept, in deep
affliction, and smote upon his breast; and he arose and said to Eve,
"Where art thou?"
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And she said unto him,
"Lo, I am standing in this darkness."
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He then said to her,
"Remember the bright nature in which we lived, while we abode in
the garden!
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"O Eve! remember the
glory that rested on us in the garden. O Eve! remember the trees that
overshadowed us in the garden while we moved among them.
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"O Eve! remember that
while we were in the garden, we knew neither night nor day. Think of
the Tree of Life, from below which flowed the water, and that shed
lustre over us! Remember, O Eve, the garden-land, and the brightness
thereof!
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"Think, oh think of that
garden in which was no darkness, while we dwelt therein.
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"Whereas no sooner did
we come into this Cave of Treasures than darkness compassed us round
about; until we can no longer see each other; and all the pleasure of
this life has come to an end."
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