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...Brought death into the world, .... and all our wo, With loss of Eden, .... till one greater Man . . . 5 Restore us, .... and regain the blissful seat, Sing,...heavenly Muse, .... that on the secret top ... Of Orefa, or of Sinai, .... didst inspire . . . That shepherd, .... who first taught the chosen seed,...

...cannot allow you to 'look on that tree, without reminding you — ' Of the fruit of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into our world and all our woe, With loss of Eden.' What a dreadful thing is sin ! ' Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest...

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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...and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse ! " These lines are perhaps as plain, simple, and unadorned, as any of the whole poem, in which particular...

...declares it to be his purpose to sing— " Of man's first disobedience and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste, Brought death into our world...and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us and regain the blissful seat." To the close of the poem, where he speaks of our first...