Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

The epic poem "Paradise Lost" written by John Milton in the 17th-century tells the biblical story of the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden. The temptation of Adam and Eve is described in this famous poem in blank verse:<br><br>Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit,<br>Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast <br>Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, <br>With loss of Eden, till one greater Man <br>Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, <br>Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top <br>Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire <br>That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, <br>In the Beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth <br>Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill <br>Delight thee more, and Siloa’s Brook that flow’d <br>Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence <br>Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song, <br>That with no middle flight intends to soar<br>Above th’ Aonian Mount, while it pursues<br>Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.<br>- Taken from "Paradise Lost" written by John Milton