How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
Such was that happy garden-state
When man there walked without a mate (57-58)
That may be the opinion of the speaker, but the Bible pretty blatantly says otherwise. It slides by, though, because this is yet another example of Marvell taking a traditional story and twisting it around to meet his needs. He gets away with being unorthodox because he's going about it in a witty way (although it's still probably for the best that he was dead when this was published).