Sin receiving the Key of Hell.
——Down they fell,
Driven headlong from the pitch of heav'n, down
Into this deep, and in the general fall
I also: at which time this powerful key
Into my hand was giv'n. Book II. v. 771.
In the possession of Samuel Cartwright, Esq.
Picture XLII.
Satan's first Address to Eve.
——Eve separate he spies,
Veil'd in a cloud of fragrance, where she stood,
Half spy'd, so thick the roses blushing round
About her glow'd, oft stooping to support
Each flower of tender stalk, &c.
He bolder now, uncall'd, before her stood,
But as in gaze admiring—
His gentle dumb expression turn'd at length
The eye of Eve—— Book IX. v. 424, 523.
Picture XLIII.
Adam and Eve meeting after her Seduction.
——By the tree
Of knowledge he must pass, there he her met,
Scarce from the tree returning; in her hand
A bough of fairest fruit——
——in her face excuse
Came prologue, and apology too prompt,
Which with bland words at will she thus addressed.
——The Serpent wise
Hath eaten of the fruit, and is become
Endued with human voice, and human sense.
——I
Have also tasted, and have also found
——opener mine eyes,
Dim erst, dilated spirits, ampler heart,
And growing up to Godhead——