Ocupation: Poet
Life: December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674
Birthday: December 9
Death: November 8
Should God create another Eve, and I Another Rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no no, I feel The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh, Bone of my Bone thou art, and from thy State Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
source: 'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 914
topic: Art, Loss, Ribs, Paradise Lost Book 1, Paradise Lost Book 9