| William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...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." OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. IN attending to the progress of language, we may perceive,... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...disobedience, and ihe 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 !— i. I. These lines, are perhaps, as plain, simple, and unadorned as any of the whole... | |
| 1824 - 348 pages
...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...the blissful seat, Sing heav'nly muse ! that on the sacred top OfOreb, orofSini, did'st inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the... | |
| 1824 - 828 pages
...of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us aud regain the blissful seat, Sing heavenly Muse, that ou the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai, didst inspire...first taught the chosen seed In the beginning, how the heaven and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee mure, and Siloa's brook that flowed... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...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. | Mr. Pope, in a letter to Mr. Walsh containing some critical observations on English versification,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...disobedience, and the fruit Ofthat forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and iewing eye Has lost the chasers, and his ear the cry ; Exulting, till he finds their nobler sense T heav'uly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 634 pages
...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. " In these, and the lines which immediately follow, the pauses are shifted through all... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, 5 Sing heavenly Muse ! that on the secret top Of Grab, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos. Or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...if I remember right, makes a jest of this observation, where he introduces i IK- shade of Homer as Sing, heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire expressly declaring that he had no other reason for making the word ftwH the first in his poem, but... | |
| Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - 418 pages
...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... | |
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