...broadly, Satan's rebellion against God seems to "create" Hell: Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet. . . . [PL 1.710-12] The human characters in the poem also display creative powers, which seem to increase...

...building of architectural wonders. To add to the effect of magic, Milton has his Pandaemonium rise "like an Exhalation, with the sound / Of Dulcet Symphonies and voices sweet," recalling the sweet sounds of Amphion's lyre, which caused the walls of Thebes to rise of their own...

...passage describing the palace in Hell is underlined throughout: Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, . . . and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds, discover, wide Within, her ample spaces,...

...ground A various mould, and from the boiling cells0 By strange conveyance filled each hollow nook,0 As in an organ from one blast of wind To many a row...sound-board breathes. Anon out of the earth a fabric huge0 710 Rose like an exhalation, with the sound0 Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet,0 Built like...

...compared to an "exhalation": A various mould, and from the boyling cells By strange conveyance fill'd each hollow nook, As in an Organ from one blast of...the sound-board breathes. Anon out of the earth a Fabrick huge Rose like an Exhalation. (1.706-11) The "wind," the "exhalation," the breath that helps...

...through tubes made in the ground to various points from which the several parts of the structure arise, "As in an organ from one blast of wind / To many a...sound-board breathes": Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple where...