...being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial life, to have thee by my side 485 Henceforth an individual solace dear ; Part of my...thee claim My other half:" With that thy gentle hand Seized mine : I yielded ; and from that time Bee How beauty is excell'd by manly grace, 490 And wisdom,...

...thou art, His flesh, his bone ; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, 25 Substantial life, to have thee by my side Henceforth...thee claim, My other half. With that thy gentle hand Seized mine : I yielded : and from that time see 30 How beauty is excelled by manly grace, And wisdom,...

...being I lent Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial life, to have thee by my side 485 Henceforth an individual solace dear ; Part of my...thee claim My other half:" With that thy gentle hand Seized mine : I yielded ; and from that time see How beauty is excell'd by manly grace, 490 And wisdom,...

...to give thee being I lent, Out of my side to thee, nearest my heart, Substantial life, to have thec thec claim My other half.' With that thy gentle hand Seiz'd mine ; I yielded, and from that time see...

...of him thou art, His flesh, his bone; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, neerest my heart Substantial Life, to have thee by my side Henceforth...my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half . . . (IV, 481-. "Bone of my Bone, Flesh of my Flesh" (VIII, 495) is a kind of refrain in the poem...

...of him thou art, His flesh, his bone; to give thee being I lent Out of my side to thee, neerest my heart Substantial Life, to have thee by my side Henceforth...my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half . . . [4.475-88] In Ovid's tale we see also a disturbance and a threatened disappearance of the fair...

...following criedst aloud, • Eeturn, fair Eve, Whom fiest thou? whom thou fliest, of him thou art. Part of my soul, I seek thee, and thee claim My other half.' " This will never cease to throb and thrill as long as man is man and woman is woman. Now owing to...

...to say it to. The other people there are not other people; their being is continuous with your own. 'Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim / My other half, as Adam says discovering Eve, who, because she feels just the same way, knows how he feels before he...

...his wife, Adam puns: "Sole partner and sole part of all these joys"; likewise Eve confesses to him, "Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim / My...other half: with that thy gentle hand / Seiz'd mine" (4.411,487-89). While they remain innocent, Adam and Eve are of one soul; their sexual union expresses...

...and precedence emerges from the phenomenon of sexual difference. Adam tells the newly created Eve: "Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim / My other half" (4:487-8). The gestures themselves advertise both the affective power of imagining another human as...