Innocence Once Lost - Religious Classics Collection. Джон Мильтон

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      I. The Shores of Purgatory. The Four Stars. Cato of Utica. The Rush.

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      To run o'er better waters hoists its sail

       The little vessel of my genius now,

       That leaves behind itself a sea so cruel;

      And of that second kingdom will I sing

       Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself,

       And to ascend to heaven becometh worthy.

      But let dead Poesy here rise again,

       O holy Muses, since that I am yours,

       And here Calliope somewhat ascend,

      My song accompanying with that sound,

       Of which the miserable magpies felt

       The blow so great, that they despaired of pardon.

      Sweet colour of the oriental sapphire,

       That was upgathered in the cloudless aspect

       Of the pure air, as far as the first circle,

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