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f 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, 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 my adventrous fong, That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th' Aonian mount, while it purfues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Waft prefent, and with mighty wings out-spread 20 Dove-like fat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may affert eternal Providence, And juftity the ways of God to Men.

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