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...regain nhe blissful seat, -. . . -4 Sing heav'nly Muse \ that on the secret top Of Orel), or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the Chosen Seed, In the beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos : or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that...

...Jethre his father in law," Exod. iii. 1. NEWTON. Ver. 11. and Siloa's brook] Siloa was a fmall Faft by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous fong, That with no middle flight intends to foar Above the Aonian mount, while it purfues...

...Observe the force of the expressions, used in the solemn interview between the supreme Creator and " That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, "...beginning, how the heavens and earth " Rose out of chaos." And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast...

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...us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heaven and earth Rose out of Chaos: or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd...

...us, and regain the blissful seat ; Sing, heav'nly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heav'ns and earth Rose out of chaos. Milton's Parad. Lost. B. iv I. Though we were to read this passage...

...Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues...

...invocation with which his poem opens : — — Heav'nly rouse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire ' That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heav'ns and earth * This story seems to be a revival of that related by Josephui concerning the same...

...features of a muse ' that soared above the Aonian mount' and on the sacred top Of Oreb or of Sinai did inspire, That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Hose out of Cbaoe. In these fragments we may perceive a theology, whose source is clearly distinguishable...