Guarini ne hoi' chadrigalia

Ouhi, Hulle mortali Ministri de'miei mal', Iche'n loono anuv mostate, Jeh'il nie mimir Hamate,

Je chiudi mmitete Aperti che sarete

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AUTHORS IN VERSE.

Vol. I.

Containing the first part of Miltons

Paradise lost.

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PARADISE LOST

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POEM

IN TWELVE BOOKS

WRITTEN BY

JOHN MIL TO N.

Τον πέρι Μεσ' έφίλησε, δίδε δ' αγαδόν τε, κακόν τε,
Οφθαλμων μέν άμερσε, δίδε δ' ηδείαν αοιδών.

HOMER Ody. .

Vol. I.

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PRINTED FOR STEUDEL AND KEIL.

PARADISE LOST.

BOOK I.

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 feat,

5 Sing heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, 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 Delight thee more, and Siloa's.brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God; I thence, Invoke thy aid to any adventrous long, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th' Aonian mount, while it pursues 15 Things.: unattempted yed in prose or rhyme.

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