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Paradise Regained: The First Book

By John MiltonSource: John Milton - PoetryDB (Public Domain)3434 words

I, who erewhile the happy Garden sung

By one man's disobedience lost, now sing

Recovered Paradise to all mankind,

By one man's firm obedience fully tried

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