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...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 Ot-p/ebi, 9& of Sinai, didst inspire 'Toat shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the begiuning...

...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. " In these, and the lines which immediately follow, the pauses are shifted through all the ten syllables....

...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...Restore us, | and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse. | Mr. Pope, in a letter to Mr. Walsh containing some critical observations on English...

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...disobedience, and the fruit Ofthat forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and iewing eye Has lost the chasers, and his ear the cry ; Exulting, till he finds their nobler sense T heav'uly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first...

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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...heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Suiai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning ^yv the Heavens...

...disobedienre, and the fruit Of thnt forbidden tree, whose morlRl laste 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 heavn'ly muse. • • Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world, whose first convex divide*...

...salvation." The reader will * The invocation alluded to must be familiar to the youngest reader: — " Sing, Heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Smai didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens...