Of Man's First Disobedience, And The Fruit Of That Forbidden Tree Whose Mortal Taste Brought Death Into The World, And All Our Woe.

Of Man's First Disobedience, And The Fruit Of That Forbidden Tree Whose Mortal Taste Brought Death Into The World, And All Our Woe.

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Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world, and all our woe.
-- John Milton (1608-1674)
-- Paradise Lost, Book i, Line 1

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At whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads.
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Hail holy light! offspring of heav'n first-born.
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Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.
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I fled, and cry'd out, DEATH! Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, DEATH!
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Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.
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More safe I sing with mortal voice, unchang'd To hoarse or mute, though fall'n on evil days, On evil days though fall'n, and evil tongues.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book vii, Line 24...
And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant.
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The rising world of waters dark and deep.
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The work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint.
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