JOHN MARTIN K.L.

(1789-1854)

Milton's Paradise Lost Illustrations Gallery

Pandemonium CW 29

martin2 (170K)

Book 1 Line 710

Anon out of the earth a Fabrick huge
Rose like an Exhalation, with the sound
Of Dulcet Symphonies and voices sweet,
Built like a Temple, where PILASTERS round
Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid
With Golden Architrave; nor did there want
Cornice or Freeze, with bossy Sculptures grav'n,
The Roof was fretted Gold. Not BABILON,
Nor great ALCAIRO such magnificence
Equal'd in all thir glories,...
returnbutton (4K)