1Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:57:25 -0400 2From: "John Milton" <jm@example.com> 3Subject: Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt 4To: "Julius Caesar" <jc@example.com> 5Message-id: <3BE9E6535E3029448670913581E7A1A20D852173@emss35m06.us.lmco.com> 6MIME-version: 1.0 7x-label: Paradise losT 8X-keywords: john, milton 9Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT 11Precedence: high 12 13OF Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit 14Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast 15Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, 16With loss of Eden, till one greater Man 17Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, [ 5 ] 18Sing Heav'nly Muse,that on the secret top 19Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire 20That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, 21In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth 22Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill [ 10 ] 23Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow'd 24Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence 25Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, 26That with no middle flight intends to soar 27Above th' Aonian Mount, while it pursues [ 15 ] 28Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime. 29And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer 30Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, 31Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first 32Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread [ 20 ] 33Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss 34And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark 35Illumin, what is low raise and support; 36That to the highth of this great Argument 37I may assert Eternal Providence, [ 25 ] 38And justifie the wayes of God to men. 39