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cxxvii.

But sweeter still than this, than these, than all,
Is first and passionate love -- It stands alone,
Like Adam's recollection of his fall;
The tree of knowledge has been pluck'd -- all's known --
And life yields nothing further to recall
Worthy of this ambrosial sin, so shown,
No doubt in fable, as the unforgiven
Fire which Prometheus filch'd for us from heaven.

Canto 1, Don Juan -- Lord Byron