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, that on the secret... Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 3by John Milton - 1826 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
..."With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, 5 Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...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 flow'd... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Orcb, 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 IO Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that... | |
| John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat; Sing, heavenly Muse ! that on the secret top Of Ore!) or of Sinai didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the hcav'ns and earth Rose out of Chaos. The natural order of the Words in this passage would have been,... | |
| 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... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse! that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai>...taught the chosen 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'... | |
| 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 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... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...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... | |
| John Walker - 1810 - 394 pages
...of the verse is lost : The same may be observed of the following lines of Milton : * Sing, heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...first taught the chosen seed In the beginning, how the heav'ns and earth Rose out of chaos: Or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd... | |
| John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 466 pages
...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 bast... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 402 pages
...of Castalia's fount, in the beautiful invocation with which his poem opens : — — Heav'nly rouse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst inspire...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... | |
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