Panel poster; Poems on the Underground, Paradise Lost from Book 12, by John Milton, 1987

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	267mm
  Width	597mm

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	Paradise Lost
  Text	Poems on the Underground Paradise Lost from Book 12 John Milton 1608-1674 born in Bread Street, London scholar & pamphleteer defended free speech, divorce, religious freedom Latin Secretary under Cromwell In either hand the hast's ning angel caught Our ling's ring parents, and to th' eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappeared. They looking back, all th'eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged amd fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way. The Compton Poetry Fund Faber and Faber Publishers Ltd The British Library (Stefan Sweig Programme) Queen Mary College, University of London The British Council

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Unknown, 1987
  Commissioner	Poems on the Underground, 1987
  Poet	John Milton,
  Publisher	London Underground Ltd, 1987