JOHN MARTIN K.L.

(1789-1854)

Milton's Paradise Lost Illustrations Gallery

The Angels Guarding Paradise At Night CW 37

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Book 4 Line 866

... O friends, I hear the tread of nimble feet
Hasting this way, and now by glimps discerne
Ithuriel and Zephon through the shade,
And with them comes a third of Regal port,
But faded splendor wan; who by his gate [ 870 ]
And fierce demeanour seems the Prince of Hell,
Not likely to part hence without contest;
Stand firm, for in his look defiance lours. ....
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