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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 restore us, and regain the blissful seat, sing, heavenly muse! These lines thus read without final pause are no longer poetry, but merely poetical...

...With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, 5 Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos :/.Or if Sihon hill 10 Delight theo more, and Siloa's brook that...

...us, and regain the blissful seat, $ Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Suiai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning ^yv the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos,: Or if Sihon hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook...

...disobedience, and the fruit 1 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 Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first...

...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 Oreb, or of Sinai,...Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'ct Fast by the oraele of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle...

...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 Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first...

...greater Man Restore us and regain the hlissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret too Of Oreh, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seei, In the heginning how the heavens and eartb Rose out of chaos or, if Ston hill Delight lhee more,...

...disobedienre, and the fruit Of thnt forbidden tree, whose morlRl laste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater man...and regain the blissful seat, Sing heavn'ly muse. • • Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world, whose first convex divide* The laminous inferior...