JOHN MARTIN K.L.

(1789-1854)

Milton's Paradise Lost Illustrations Gallery

Adam Hearing The Voice Of The Almighty CW 44

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Book 10 Line 108

... Where art thou Adam, wont with joy to meet
My coming seen far off? I miss thee here,
Not pleas'd, thus entertaind with solitude, [ 105 ]
Where obvious dutie erewhile appear'd unsaught:
Or come I less conspicuous, or what change
Absents thee, or what chance detains? Come forth.
He came, and with him Eve, more loth, though first
To offend, discount'nanc't both, and discompos'd; [ 110 ]
Love was not in thir looks, either to God
Or to each other, but apparent guilt,
And shame, and perturbation, and despaire,
Anger, and obstinacie, and hate, and guile.
Whence Adam faultring long, thus answer'd brief. [ 115 ]

I heard thee in the Garden, and of thy voice
Affraid, being naked, hid my self. ....
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