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OF Mans First Disobedience, and the FruitOf that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tastBrought Death into the World, and all our woe,With loss of Eden, till one greater ManRestore us, and regain the blissful Seat, 5 Sing Heavnly Muse,that on the secret topOf Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspireThat Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,In the Beginning how the Heavns and EarthRose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill 10 Delight thee more, and Siloas Brook that flowdFast by the Oracle of God; I thenceInvoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,That with no middle flight intends to soarAbove th Aonian Mount, while it pursues 15 Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost preferBefore all Temples th upright heart and pure,Instruct me, for Thou knowst; Thou from the firstWast present, and with mighty wings outspread 20 Dove-like satst brooding on the vast AbyssAnd madst it pregnant: What in me is darkIllumin, what is low raise and support;That to the highth of this great ArgumentI may assert Eternal Providence, 25 And justifie the wayes of God to men.Sing, Goddess, sing of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleusthat murderous anger which condemned Achaeansto countless agonies and threw many warrior soulsdeep into Hades, leaving their dead bodiescarrion food for dogs and birdsall in fulfillment of the will of Zeus.Start at the point where Agamemnon, son of Atreus,that king of men, quarreled with noble Achilles.Which of the gods incited these two men to fight?
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