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 WOMAN WOMAN And wander'd in the solitary shade. The Maker saw, took pity, and bestow'd Woman, the last, the best reserv'd of God. | author = Pope | work = Jarmary and May. L. 63. | note = | topic = | page = 893 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve) That ere the snakes, her sweet tongue could deceive And her enchanted hair was the first gold— And still she sits, young while the earth is old And, subtly of herself contemplative, Draws men to watch the bright net she can weave, Till heart and body and life are in its hold. Dante Gabrdj!l Rossetti—Lilith. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Goethe)