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...and all our woe, 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,...heavens 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 ; I thence Invoke thy...

...Fast by the Oracle of God ;" and, " The heavenly muse, that on the sacred top Of Orel) or of Sinai did inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos; And chiefly that Great Spirit, who doth prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure." Hence...

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...Fast by the Oracle of God j" and, " The heavenly muse, that on the sacred top Of Oreb or of Sinai did inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos; And chiefly that Great Spirit, who doth prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure." Hence...

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

...displayed, though not in the same perfection by the preceding legislator of the Children of Israel : — " That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed In...beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos ;" but so little were they known, or conceived of in the antiquity of profane history, that in the...