...blindness, the first man quests for his scene of origin: Thou Sun, said I, fair Light, And thou enlight'n'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers,...that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then. (8.273-278) The visible...

...Adam himself remembers as his earliest emotion: Thou Sun, said I, faire Light, And thou enlight'nd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plaines And ye that live and move, fair Creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?...

...its fair prospect. Seeing its unnamed prospects, Adam prays: "Thou sun, said I fair light,/ And there enlightened earth, so fresh and gay,/ Ye hills and dales, Ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains,/ And ye that move first creatures" (PL, 8.270-76). Tess wants to be such a "first creature," one who names rather...

...tells Raphael, he addressed the sun overhead to leam "who I was, or where, or from what cause" (8.270). Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of my self; by some great maker then, In goodness and in power...

...My tongue obeyed, and readily could name Whate'er I saw. "Thou Sun," said I, "fair light, And them enlightened Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself;437 by some great Maker then In goodness and in power...

...of which we understand as systems of difference. Thou Sun, said I, fair Light, And thou enlight'n'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers,...and Plains And ye that live and move, fair Creatures ... (PL 8.273-6) Adam names elements of the landscape for the first time while placing them in relation...

...He looks upward and outward, rather than inward: Thou Sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay; Ye Hills and Dales, ye Rivers,...that live and move, fair Creatures, tell; Tell, if ye saw, how came 1 thus, how here? (8.273-77) Before this speech, his first impulse, having gazed toward...

...body, "limb by limb" (PL, v1n. 258-68). His study of the created world leads to his first utterance: Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of my self; by some great maker then, In goodness and in power...

...not; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake. My tongue oheyed and readily could name What e'er I saw. Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlightened...that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? (8.167-77) It is surprising to hear the newly created Adam speak...

...not; to speak I tried, and forthwith spake; My tongue obeyed, and readily could name What'er I saw. 'Thou sun,' said I, 'fair light, And thou enlightened earth, so fresh and gay, 275 Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell,...