...circling fire. — T. 88 650 655 PARADISE LOST. On either side a formidable shape ; The one seom'd woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many...bark'd With wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung "Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin, and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth...

...gates there sat On either side a formidable shape ; The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, G50 But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and...her middle round A cry of Hell-hounds never ceasing, barfc'd With wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung 655 A hideous peal : yet, when they list, would...

...with circling fire, Yet 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,3 Voluminous and vast ; a serpent arm'd ess With mortal sting : about her middle round signify...

...circling fire. — T. On either side a formidable shape ; The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, 650 But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal s*fing : about her middle round A cry of Hell-hounds never ceasing, bark'd With wide Cerberean mouths...

...of these "shapes": The one seem'd Woman to the waste, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fould 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 Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous Peal: yet,...

...Her left hand is raised further now, as if to stay Death's flaming dart. Milton tells us that Sin is foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting. [2.651-53] Interestingly, though, Milton's "foul" figure is given much that is visually attractive....

...seeming fairness. According to the poet's description, her shape . . . ended foul in many a scaly fould 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 Cerberian mouths full loud. . . .'*' Blake gives a literally...

...luring of Adam to the tree of knowledge is prefigured in Sin's seduction of her father, Satan. Sin "seem'd Woman to the •waist, and fair, / But ended foul in many a scaly fold / Voluminous and vast, and Serpent arm'd / With mortal sting" (PL II 650-53). In his despair Adam reminds Eve of her association...

...description of Fletcher's Sin, the dissembled woman's face and horrid serpentine back parts: The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting. (650-53) The figure also resembles Spenser's Errour (Faerie Queene 1.1.4)...

...adamantine rock, guarded by two formidable shapes who turn out to be Sin and Death personified. Sin seem'd Woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul...With mortal sting: about her middle round A cry of Hell Hounds never ceasing bark'd With wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous peal: yet,...