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ENGLISH VERSE
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit
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Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
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Brought death into the world, and all our woe,
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With loss of Eden, till one greater man
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Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,
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Sing, heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top
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Of Horeb or of Sinai, didst inspire
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That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed
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In the beginning, how the heavens and earth
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* According to a more elaborate system Mr.