OF

JOHN MILTON.

EDITED BY

SIR EGERTON BRYDGES, BART.

WITH IMAGINATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY

J. M. W. TURN ER, ESQ. R. A.

Is not each great, éach amiable Muse
Of classic ages in our Milton met?
A genius universal as his theme;
Astonishing as Chaos; as the bloom
Of blowing Eden fair; as Heaven sublime !

THOMSON.

In either hand the hastening angel caught
Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate
Led them direct.

举

They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat,
Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate
With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms.

PARADISE Lost. Book XII.