Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life,  
 The middle tree and highest there that grew,  
 Sat like a cormorant.
Paradise Lost (1667) bk. 4, l. 194
Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life,  
 The middle tree and highest there that grew,  
 Sat like a cormorant.
Paradise Lost (1667) bk. 4, l. 194