[Milton-L] Milton and Gardens: queries on JM's aesthetics

[alan horn]

> even for those who argue for labor in PL as "easy, pleasant, and creative,"

Does this take much of an argument? Eve calls the work "pleasant,"
Adam says they can handle it "with ease."

Interesting that some here can't seem to get their minds around the
idea that physical labor can be anything but drudgery.

Milton's Adam has a different view, even after his fall: "...with
labor I must earn / My bread; what harm? Idleness had been worse" (X,
1054-56).

Alan H.