JOHN MARTIN K.L.

(1789-1854)

Milton's Paradise Lost Illustrations Gallery

Eve's Dream - Satan Aroused CW 36

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Book 4 Line 813

... up he starts
Discoverd and surpriz'd. As when a spark
Lights on a heap of nitrous Powder, laid [ 815 ]
Fit for the Tun som Magazin to store
Against a rumord Warr, the Smuttie graine
With sudden blaze diffus'd, inflames the Aire:
So started up in his own shape the Fiend.
Back stept those two fair Angels half amaz'd [ 820 ]
So sudden to behold the grieslie King; ....
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