...subject of their * The invocation alluded to must be familiar to the youngest reader : " Sing, Heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst...That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In tho beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos ; or, if Zion hill Delight thee more, and...

...almost 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 tlie mount of Sinai, whose grey (op Shbll tremble, he, descending, will himself, In thunder,...

...all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man lie.- ton; us, and regnin the blissful sent, . 5 Sing , heav'nly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb...how the heav'ns and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sinn hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that fl iw'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence...

...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 top Of Oreb, or of Siuai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first...

...subject of their * The invocation alluded to must be familiar to the youngest reader: " Sing, Heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai didst...taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos ; or, if Zion hill * Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that...

...Revolution, (a religious one,) when the same Spirit inspired the divine Milton, which of old inspired " That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos f" Of all Religions, the Christian Religion, notwithstanding the...

...mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our wo, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly...Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flowed Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song, That with no middle...

...With loos of Eden , till one greater Man Restore us , and regain the blissful seat , Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd...

...disobedience, and the fruit Or that forbidden tree, whoae mortal taste Brought death into the world and eople would suffer very much from their poverty and...they had not good cheer, warm fires, and Christmas These lines are, perhaps, as plain, simple, and unadorned, as any of the whole poem, in which particular...

...With loos of Eden , till one greater Man Restore us , and regain the blissful seat , Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and carth Rose out of chaos : or, if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flow'd...