“ Let none admire that riches grow in Hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane. ”
John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667). copy citation
| Author | John Milton |
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| Source | Paradise Lost |
| Topic | hell soil |
| Date | 1667 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26/pg26-images.html |
Context
“Ransacked the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew
Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold. Let none admire
That riches grow in Hell; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those
Who boast in mortal things, and wondering tell Of Babel, and the works of Memphian kings, Learn how their greatest monuments of fame And strength, and art, are easily outdone By Spirits reprobate, and in an hour” source
Opened into the hill a spacious wound, And digged out ribs of gold. Let none admire
That riches grow in Hell; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane. And here let those
Who boast in mortal things, and wondering tell Of Babel, and the works of Memphian kings, Learn how their greatest monuments of fame And strength, and art, are easily outdone By Spirits reprobate, and in an hour” source
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