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Of t Forbidden tree, ast
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itill one greater Man
Restore us, and regain t, [ 5 ]
Sing on t top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
t S taughe chosen Seed,
In th
Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion hill [ 10 ]
Delig flowd
Fast by thence
Invoke to my adventrous Song,
t intends to soar
Above t, w pursues [ 15 ]
ttempted yet in Prose or Rhime.
And c, t dost prefer
Before all temples t and pure,
Instruct me, for t; t
ast present, and y spread [ 20 ]
Dove-like satst brooding on t Abyss
And madst it pregnant: in me is dark
Illumin, ;
t to t Argument
I may assert Eternal Providence, [ 25 ]
And justifie to men.
Say first, for hy view
Nor tract of w cause
Movd our Grand Parents in t ate,
Favourd of o fall off [ 30 ]
From tor, and transgress his ill
For one restraint, Lords of the orld besides?
seducd to t foul revolt?
t; was, whose guile
Stird up h Envy and Revenge, deceivd [ 35 ]
t time his Pride
from
Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring
to set himself in Glory above his Peers,
rusted to high, [ 40 ]