...political tumult of 1659- 6o, Milton was at work on that project. His opening invokes the Muse who didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the...Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos[.] (i.7-1o) Moses was still believed to have been the author of Genesis, whose account of the creation...

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...woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us and regain the blissful seat, Sing heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai,...first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos. To understand those lines an immense amount of relevant knowledge...

...Major Prose: Book 1, Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs— Merrill Company Inc., 1975. 123 Of Oreb, or of Stnat, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the...In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out (A Chaos'. Or if S ion Hill Delight thee more, and Stloa's Brook that flow'd Fast by the Oracle of...

...nervous in that hue and cry after the Muse carried out at the opening of Paradise Lost. Sing Heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how if Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow'd...

...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...inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, 1-4. Man is emphatically repeated in purpose is to draw two perfect men, a way that recalls the stress...

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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...Seat, 5 Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Orel, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning...

...briefly summarizes the Classical tradition, and states his intention, as a Christian, of transcending it: Sing, heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb,...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...

...Shepherd (The), Moses, who for forty years fed the flocks of Jethro, his fatherin-law. Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb or of Sinai,...taught the chosen seed, "In the beginning," how the heaven and earth Rose out of chaos. Milton, Paradise Lost, i. (1665). Shepherd (The Gentle), George...