...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 seat, Sing, heavenly muse. " In these, and the lines that immediately follow, the pauses are shifted through all...

...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...and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly muse ! These lines are perhaps, as plain, simple, and unadorned, as any of the whole poem, in which particular...

...disobedience, and ihe 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 seat, Sing, heavenly muse !— i. I. These lines, are perhaps, as plain, simple, and unadorned as any of the whole...

...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 seat, Sing Heavenly Muse." OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. IN attending to the progress of language, we may perceive,...

...different syllable ip almost every line, as it may easily be perceived by distinguishing the verses thus : Of Man's first disobedience, | and the fruit...and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse. | Mr. Pope, in a letter to Mr. Walsh containing some critical observations on English versification,...

...disobedience, and the fruit Ofthat forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and iewing eye Has lost the chasers, and his ear the cry ; Exulting, till he finds their nobler sense T heav'uly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who 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 seat, Sing, heavenly muse. " In these, and the lines which immediately follow, the pauses are shifted through all...

...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 seat, sing, heavenly muse! These lines thus read without final pause are no longer poetry, but merely poetical...

...disobedience, and the fruit 1 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 seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who 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 seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first...