it is described in
a,
beautiful Passage of the Tenth Book; and likewise by the Vision wherein Adam at the close of the Poem sees his Off-spring triumphing over his great Enemy, and himself restored to a happier Paradise than that from which he fell.
There is another Objection against Milton's Fable, which is indeed almost the same with the former, tho' placed in a different Light, namely, That the Hero in the
Paradise Lost
is unsuccessful, and by no means a Match for his Enemies.
gave Occasion to Mr. Dryden's Reflection, that the Devil was in reality Milton's Hero