Note 354 — BOOK IX[283]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Cf. Milton, Paradise Lost, II., 752-760.
"All on a sudden miserable pain Surprised thee; dim thine eyes, and dizzy swum In darkness, while thy head flames thick and fast Threw forth; till on the left side opening wide, Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright, Then shining heavenly fair, a goddess arm'd Out of thy head I sprung: amazement seized All the host of heaven; back they recoil'd afraid At first, and cal I'd me Sin."—T.