The flight of Innocence from earth; the distempered lust which dominates
over Adam and Eve after the Fall; the league of Sin and Death to rule
henceforward over the world; the pathetic lament of Adam regarding his
misfortune and the evils in store for his progeny; his noble sentiment,
that none can withdraw himself from the all-seeing eye of God - all these
are images which Milton has copied from Salandra.
Adam's state of mind, after the fall, is compared by Salandra to a boat
tossed by impetuous winds (p. 228):
Qual agitato legno d'Austro, e Noto,
Instabile incostante, non hai pace,
Tu vivi pur . . .
which is thus paraphrased in Milton (ix, 1122):
. . . High winds worse within
Began to rise . . . and shook sore
Their inward state of mind, calm region once
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
Here is a still more palpable adaptation:
... So God ordains:
God is thy law, thou mine.
- MILTON (iv, 636)
. . . . Un voler sia d' entrambi,
E quel' uno di noi, di Dio sia tutto.
- SALANDRA (p. 42).
After the Fall, according to Salandra, vacillo la terra (i), geme
(2), e pianse (3), rumoreggiano i tuoni (4), accompagnati da
grandini (5), e dense nevi (6), (pp. 138, 142, 218). Milton
translates this as follows: Earth trembled from her entrails (1), and
nature gave a second groan (2); sky loured and, muttering thunders (4),
some sad drops wept (3), the winds, armed with ice and snow (6) and hail
(5). ('Paradise Lost,' ix, 1000, x. 697).
Here is another translation:
