...with which Milton begins his epic, in which mountains are places of sacred revelation: "Sing, Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top / Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...inspire / That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed ... or if Sion hill Delight the more, ... I thence / Invoke thy aid to my adventrous song, / That...

...Milton called upon Moses' source of divine inspiration to guide him in his own writing: Sing, Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb* " or of Sinai,...inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos . . . In still later times, Moses...

...pleased me. first" (178-82). I suspect a clever echo here of Milton's invocation in Paradise Lost of the Muse "that on the secret top / Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...inspire / That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed." In Book 2 we are introduced to Wordsworth's childhood in the Lake District, where he "first"...

...woe, With loss of Eden, ti 11 one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd who fi rst taught the chosen seed Quindi, head separa automaticamente i file con una riga vuota ed un'intestazione,...

...greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreh, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more,...

...woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai,...inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos. Or if Sion Hill Delight thee more,...