...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...seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top Of Qreb, or of Sinai> didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how...

...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 Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Source: Complete Poems and Major Prose: Book 1, Indianapolis,...

...Achilles,' says Homer; and in his first verse he has announced his theme. Contrast the opening of ' Paradise Lost' :— ' Of man's first disobedience...and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse.' Observe that this first source of Homeric rapidity is not a necessary or universal characteristic of...

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...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...and regain the blissful seat. Sing Heavenly Muse. . . . — John Milton, Paradise Lost, book I, lines 1-6 Romanticism William Blake, the first Romantic...

...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 heav'nly Muse . . . Schon 1913 hat Gustav Hübener auf die spannungsschaffende Kraft der syntaktischen...

...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, heav 'nly Muse. . . appears. In AD Nuttall's words, "the Muse is un-Homerically delayed" (1992:75)....

...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 Heav'nly Muse . . . Here the poet's suspended and inverted syntax - the separation of the genitive...

...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into our world, and all our woe. With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heav'nly Muse ... The complex emotional effect of such split attention can readily be seen by contrasting...

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