...then soars Up to the fiery concave, towering high. As when, far off at sea, a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from...bring Their spicy drugs : they on the trading flood 640 Through the wide Ethiopian to the Cape Ply, stemming nightly toward the pole : so seemed Far off...

...sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Ternate or Tidore, whence merchants bring Their spicy drags ; they on the trading flood Through the wide Ethiopian...the Cape Ply, stemming nightly toward the Pole: so seemed Far off the flying Fiend." Here is the full strength of the imagination involved in the word...

...darkened so, yet shone Above them all the Archangel." "As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from...the Cape Ply, stemming nightly toward the pole: so seemed Far off the flying fiend." " On the other side, Satan, alarmed, Collecting all his might, dilated...

...far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bcngala or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore, whence merchants...the Cape Ply, stemming nightly toward the pole: .so seemed Far off the flying fiend." " On the other side, Satan, alarmed, Collecting all his might, dilated...

...concave towering high. As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by sequinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of...the Cape, Ply stemming nightly toward the pole: so seemed Far off the flying Fiend. At last appear Hell-hounds, high reaching to the horrid roof, And...

...descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala. or the isles Of Ternate or Tidore. whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs:...Through the wide Ethiopian to the Cape Ply. stemming nighlly toward the Pole: so seemed Far off the flying Fiend'.' Here is the full strength of the imagination...

...who later appears as vast as an island mountain) to an entire fleet, which far off at sea Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from...Ethiopian to the Cape Ply stemming nightly toward the Pole.54 Several of the most vivid characters of Renaissance epic are imitated from, or partly inspired...

...Winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the lles Of Ternate and Tidore, whence Merchants bring Thir spicie Drugs: they on the trading Flood Through the wide...to the Cape Ply stemming nightly toward the Pole. [2.636-42] Here again the mention of drugs may seem to suggest a harmful possibility: but whatever...

...descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Temate and Tidore, whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs:...the Cape Ply stemming nightly toward the pole. So seemed Far off the flying fiend. (2.636-43) This simile is the first to develop the comparison between...

...Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala or the Isles Of Ternate or Tydore, whence Merchants bring Their spicy drugs; they on...the Cape Ply, stemming nightly toward the Pole: so seemed Far off the flying Fiend. Here is the full strength of the imagination involved in the word,...