OF MAN'S first 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... The Outline of Literature - Page 382edited by - 1923 - 1136 pagesFull view - About this book
| Apollonius (of Rhodes) - 1803 - 308 pages
..."accounts, of the Pentateuch; but, according to the generajity of writers, of all the Old Testament. " Muse, that on the secret top " Of Oreb or of Sinai,...inspire " That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seedv "In the beginning, how the heav.ns and earth " Rose out of chaos. Or if Sion hill " Delight thee... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 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 These lines are perhaps as plain, simple, and unadorned, as any of the whole poem, in which particular... | |
| William Giles - 1804 - 280 pages
...disobedience, and the frnit 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 — — — — -~* MILTON. V-/UR first progenitors, when recent from the hand of Omipotence,... | |
| John Walker - 1804 - 330 pages
...we alt most universally follow the Greek in other cases, why not in this ? Milton adopts the Greek: Sing, heav'nly muse ! that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd God, from the mount of Sinai, whose grey top Shall tremble, he, descending, will himself, In thunder,... | |
| 1806 - 408 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...seed, In the beginning, how the Heav'ns and Earth liose out of Chaos : or if Sion-hill Delight thee rnoro, and Siloa's brook that flow'd' Fast by the... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Restore us, and 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...Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos : or if Sion hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; 1 thence Invoke thy... | |
| John Walker - 1807 - 358 pages
...the Greek in other cases, why not in this? Milton adopts the Greek : Sing, heav'nly muse ! that o» the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd God, from the mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble, he, descending, will himself, In thunder,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 pages
...disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal tuste Brought death into the world and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater man...us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing heav'nly muse ! These lines are, perhaps, as plain, simple, and unadorned, as any of the whole poem, in which particular... | |
| John Walker - 1810 - 394 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...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 quite prosaically, it would not... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 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...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... | |
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