Satan seems to melt at how harmless and innocent Adam and Eve are as he watches all sorts of animals frolic around them. Satan explains that Adam's "eye sublime declared absolute rule." Book 4, lines 300-1. He notices that they are "both not equal, as their sex not equal seemed." Book 4, lines 295-6. Satan then notices two humans - Adam and Eve. Satan turns himself into a seabird and flies into the Tree of Life. Milton describes all the varieties of trees there (finishing with the most important: the Tree of Knowledge) in a lengthy list, another convention of epic literature. Satan regains his courage, leaps over the wall of Eden, and sees a magnificent world. Meanwhile, he has let down his disguise and Uriel realizes that he has been tricked.
Satan, now back on earth, has a moment of doubt and despair he comments, "the hell I suffer seems a heav'n." Book 4, line 78.
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