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...and all our woe, "With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, 5 Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb,...heav'ns and earth Rose out of Chaos. Or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy...

...greater Man Restore us and regain the hlissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreh, or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the heginning how the heavens and earth fcose out of Chaos i or 1f Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, .With loss of Eden, till one greater...seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Orcb, or of .Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat; Sing, heavenly Muse ! that on the secret top Of Ore!) or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd who first taught...

..."accounts, of the Pentateuch; but, according to the generajity of writers, of all the Old Testament. " Muse, that on the secret top " Of Oreb or of Sinai,...inspire " That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seedv "In the beginning, how the heav.ns and earth " Rose out of chaos. Or if Sion hill " Delight thee...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, 'till one greater...and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly muse These lines are perhaps as plain, simple, and unadorned, as any of the whole poem, in which particular...

...disobedience, and the frnit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat. Sing heavenly Muse — — — — -~* MILTON. V-/UR first progenitors, when recent from the hand of Omipotence,...

...we alt most universally follow the Greek in other cases, why not in this ? Milton adopts the Greek: Sing, heav'nly muse ! that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd God, from the mount of Sinai, whose grey top Shall tremble, he, descending, will himself, In thunder,...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man...seed, In the beginning, how the Heav'ns and Earth liose out of Chaos : or if Sion-hill Delight thee rnoro, and Siloa's brook that flow'd' Fast by the...