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...familiar to the youngest reader: — " Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, hovr the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos ; or, if Zion Hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook...