"The soul of sweet delight, can never be defil'd."

As the catterpiller chooses the fairest leaves to layer her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.



The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, with plates.


Lais in Hades, Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois, c.1902.

Lais of Hyccara in the Deipnosophists