‘nothing in this marvellous list’ says milton ‘was as fine as eden’and of course it hurts him to say it, and i don't think it's far fetched to detect that hurt and pain of that great sacrifice that john milton is making in the rhythm when we read ‘might with this paradise of eden strive’, or in the fact that he can't stop there, because i didn't — as you will have realized from bentley's comment — i didn't read you the whole passage.