----The Serpent wise Hath eaten of the fruit, and is become Endued with human voice, and human sense. ----I Have also tasted, and have also found ----opener mine eyes, Dim erst, dilated spirits, ampler heart, And growing up to Godhead---- On the other side, Adam Astonied stood and blank---- From his slack hand the garland wreath'd for Eve Down dropt---- Book IX. v. 848. * * * * * ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT. PICTURE XLIV. WINTER carrying off a Maid. O fairest flow'r, no sooner blown but blasted! Soft silken primrose, fading timelessly! Summer's chief honour, if thou hadst out-lasted Bleak Winter's force that made thy blossom dry; For he, being amorous, on that lovely dye That did thy cheek envermeil, thought to kiss; But kill'd, alas! and then bewail'd his fatal bliss. * * * * * L'ALLEGRO. PICTURE XLV. EUPHROSYNE, or Mirth, with FANCY and MODERATION hovering over her, tripping forward-- On the light fantastic toe; accompanied by Wanton Wiles; Sport, that wrinkled Care derides; And Laughter, holding both his sides, with the Group of FALSTAFF and DOLL in the fore-ground: the distance exhibits the Meeting of ZEPHYRUS and AURORA, allusive to the Birth of EUPHROSYNE, in the words-- Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a maying, &c. In the possession of the Duchess of St. Alban's. * * * * * IL PENSIEROSO. PICTURE XLVI. MELANCHOLY, Reclining on her throne-- Her rapt soul sitting in her eyes, with the attendant GENII of TERROR and GRIEF at her Feet, and behind her the Shadow of UGOLINO and his dead Son.--The whole dimly illuminated by a Moon-beam. This picture was destroyed accidentally. * * * * * SONNET III. PICTURE XLVII. The SHEPHERDESS of the ALPS watering her Plants.--An Evening Scene. Qual in colle aspro, &c.