~   Paradise Lost, John Milton (via anachronisticfairytales)
enchantingimagery:

The Lady Enters.
An Arthur Rackham illustration for Comus, a masque by John Milton.
LOVE
into this wild abyss, the womb of nature and perhaps her grave…
rememberedenx3:

Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the FruitOf that Forbidden Tree whose mortal tasteBrought Death into the World, and all our woe,With loss of Eden, till one greater ManRestore us…

the last of the paradise lost spam… for now!
heavymettle:

Temptation and Fall by William Blake, 1808

so much to talk about in this picture. let me just draw your attention to eve eating the apple FROM THE SERPENT’S MOUTH (just sayin) and the apocalyptic thunderbolts- god is not pleased.
missmarvel:

Gustave Dore, Paradise Lost
crookedshadow:

No, really, he doesn’t do shit. I’m in the middle of reading Paradise Lost.

agreed.
into this wilde abyss
the womb of nature and perhaps her grave
Opaque  by  andbamnan