...unconsum'd. | Before the gates | there sat, On either side, \ a formidable shape ; | The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair ; | But ended foul in...many a scaly fold | Voluminous and vast, | a serpent, arm'd With mortar! sting ; | about Aer middle round | A cry of hell-hounds, never ceasing, bark'dj...

...Around them greenest hydras twisting, rolled Their volumes." HELL. CAST, ix: 40. •' The one seemed woman, to the waist, and fair, But ended foul, in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast." PL, n: 650. And where the resemblance is not so palpahle, we find in Dante gems of thought, which Milton...

...fire, Yet unconsumed. Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape ; The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many...sting ; about her middle round A cry of hell-hounds, never ceasing, barked With wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous peal. Far less abhorred...

...fire, Yet unconsum'd. Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape ; The one seem'd : 'Not * I lose my all. ) Come ! with thy looks, thy words, relieve my woe ; Those still at leas arm'd With mortal sting: About her middle round A cry of Hell-hounds never ceasing bark'd With wide...

...fire, Yet unconsumed. Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape ; The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair ; But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast; a serpent arm'd With mortal sting: about her middle round A cry of hell-hounds never-ceasing, bark'd, With wide...

...luxurious aristocracy. England reminds one of Milton's description of sin — fair to the waist, But ending foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast ! a serpent armed With mortal sting. The progeny of want. guilt and misery, that kennel in her womb, never cease wailing and barking. But...

...woman,) the daughters of Lear, the spouse of Macbeth, the old lady recorded by Milton, that " Secm'd woman to the waist and fair, But ended foul in many a snaky fold," who met the fallen angel at a particular gate ; female ghouls (if there are any) and various...

...fire, Yet unconsumed. Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable shape ; The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many...sting ; about her middle round A cry of hell-hounds, never ceasing, barked With wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous peal. Far less abhorred...

...an almost prophetic comparison of the great poet, descriptive of a kindred personage, who " seemed woman to the waist and fair ; But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast ; a serpent arm'd With mortal sting. About her middle round A cry of hell-hounds never ceasing bark'd With wide...

...into the <к> /ton. Before the gate there sat, On cither side, a formidable iho.pt. The one seemed woman — to the waist, and fair , But ended foul,...a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast ; — a serpent arm'd With mortal stings. The of Aer shape, If shape It might be eall'd, that shape had non*, Or substance...