[ Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft, by a fresh fountain side They sat them down; and, after no more toil Of their sweet gardening labour than sufficed To recommend cool Zephyr, and made ease More easy, wholesome thirst and appetite More grateful, to their supper-fruits they fell, Nectarine fruits which the compliant boughs Yielded them, side-long as they sat reclined ] woodcut by Gustave Doré, published in Milton's Paradise Lost, about 1880. Good condition with good margins. Size 20 x 25 cms plus margins. Ref G1437
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