in Diana's service. Raphael arrives in the garden of Eden like the god Mercury, shaking his plumes and giving out "Heavenly fragrance". And the garden itself is compared to:that fair field
Of Enna, where Proserpin gathering flowers
Her self a fairer flower by gloomy
Dis
Was gathered, which cost Ceres all that pain
To seek her through the world . . .
These have always been my favourite lines in Paradise Lost, with their astonishing leap out of the Christian and into a pagan world picture.
from The Guardian: The devil's advocate
~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments :
Post a Comment