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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton
“Abashed the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely”
Paradise Lost, Book IV (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text)
Rebuked by the young cherub Zephon, Satan feels the force of goodness he has lost.
Citation: "Abashed the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q9)
Portrait: Houghton EC65.M6427P.1667aa - Paradise Lost, 1667, John Milton, Public domain.
