Chapter XII: Book I: v. 781

PICTURE V.

SATAN encount'ring DEATH, SIN interposing.

----And now great deeds
Had been achiev'd, whereof all Hell had rung,
Had not the snaky Sorceress that sat
Fast by Hell gate, and kept the fatal key,
Ris'n, and with hideous outcry rush'd between.
----She finish'd, and the subtle Fiend his lore
Soon learn'd, now milder.----
Book II. v. 722, 815.

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PICTURE VI.

The Birth of SIN.

All on a sudden miserable pain
Surpris'd thee, dim thine eyes, and dizzy swam
In darkness, while thy head flames thick and fast
Threw forth, till on the left side opening wide,
Likest to thee in shape and count'nance bright,
Then shining heav'nly fair, a Goddess arm'd
Out of thy head I sprung.----
Book II. v. 752.

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PICTURE VII.

SIN pursued by DEATH.

----I fled, and cry'd out Death;
I fled, but he pursued----
----And swifter far
Me overtook.----
Book II. v. 787.

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PICTURE VIII.

LAPLAND ORGIES, the Hell-hounds round SIN compared to those that

----follow the night-hag, when call'd
In secret, riding through the air she comes,
Lur'd with the smell of infant blood, to dance
With Lapland witches, while the lab'ring moon
Eclipses at their charms.----
Book II. v. 662.

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PICTURE IX.

SATAN'S ascent from Hell.

----At last his sail-broad vans
He spreads for flight, and in the surging smoke
Uplifted spurns the ground.----
Book II. v. 927.

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PICTURE X.

A GRYPHON pursuing an ARIMASPIAN. A comparison of SATAN'S exertions
to force his way through the realm of CHAOS.

As when a Gryphon through the wilderness
With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale,
Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth
Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd
The guarded gold: so eagerly the Fiend----
Book II. v. 943.

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PICTURE XI.

SATAN bursts from CHAOS.

He ceas'd; and Satan stay'd not to reply,
But----
Springs upward like a pyramid of fire.
Book II. v. 1010.

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PICTURE XII.

ULYSSES between SCYLLA and CHARYBDIS. An exemplification of SATAN
straitened in his passage to Light.

----Harder beset
Than when Ulysses on the larboard shunn'd
Charybdis, and by th' other whirlpool steer'd
So he with difficulty and labour hard
Mov'd on, with difficulty and labour he.
Book II. v. 1019.

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PICTURE XIII.

ADAM and EVE first discovered by SATAN.

Under a tuft of shade that on a green
Stood whisp'ring soft, by a fresh fountain side
They sat them down.
Nor gentle purpose, nor endearing smiles
Wanted, nor youthful dalliance as beseems
Fair couple, link'd in happy nuptial league,
Alone as they----
----aside the 'Spirit' turn'd
For envy, yet with jealous leer malign
Ey'd them askance.----
Book IV. v. 325, 337, 502.

PICTURE XIV.

SATAN surprised at the ear of EVE, starting from the touch of
ITHURIEL'S Spear.

Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear
Touch'd lightly;----
----up he starts
Discovered and surpris'd. As when a spark
Lights on a heap of nitrous powder,----
----the smutty grain
With sudden blaze diffus'd inflames the air:
So started up in his own shape the Fiend.
Back stept those two fair Angels half amaz'd
So sudden to behold the grisly king.
Book IV. v. 810.

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PICTURE XV.--A SKETCH.

SATAN discovering his fate in the Scale aloft, flying from GABRIEL
and the Angelic Squadron.

----On th' other side Satan alarm'd
Collecting all his might dilated stood.----
----The Fiend look'd up, and knew
His mounted scale aloft: nor more; but fled
Murm'ring, and with him fled the shades of night.
Book IV. v. 985, 1013.

PICTURE XVI.

The Dream of EVE, fancying to have tasted the fruit from the Tree
of interdicted Knowledge, with

One shap'd and wing'd like one of those from Heaven.
----Forthwith up to the clouds
With him I flew, and underneath beheld
The earth outstretch'd immense----
----Suddenly
My guide was gone, and I, methought, sunk down,
And fell asleep;----