...have entered its form before assuming that of a serpent to betray man : — " Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree, and highest there that grew, Sat like a Cormorant." From living exclusively upon fish, its flesh, as I have been informed by those who have had the courage...

...grand Thief into God's fold, — So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew; and on the tree of Life, (The middle tree and highest there that grew,) 195 Sat like a cormorant : yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who liv'd...

...grand thief into God's fold : So since into His church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flow, and on the tree of life, The middle tree, and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who liv'd ; nor on tho virtue thought...

...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that g row, 196 Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them...

...grand thief into GOD'S fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest- there that grew, Sat like a cormorant ; yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death 1 An evil spirit, who, loving Sarah, of...

...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew ; and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, 195 Sat like a cormorant; yet not true life Thereby regained, but sat devising death To them who lived...

...grand thief into God's fold ; So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant : yet not true life Thereby regain'd, but sat devising death To them who liv'd ; nor on the virtue...

...revenge. Booh iv. Line 122. Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Arabie the blest. Booh iv. Line 162. And on the Tree of Life The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant. Booh iv. Line 194. A heaven on earth. Booh iv. Line 208. Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the...

...cormorant, a fateful and ominous comparison for any bird : — "Thence up he Hew ; and on the tree of iifc, The middle tree, and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant." Milton, however, displays a wonderful knowledge of natural history, for he knew what few probably now...

...ospreys or crooked-taloned falcons for their young (TT 2 1 7). 1 Cf. " Thence up he [Satan] flew, and on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant." Milton, Paradise Lost, iv. 194. 384 GOSHAWK The goshawk l is the lightest, swiftest of flying things...