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...conversing, 1 forgat ail time, All seasons and their change : all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest...sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads Hi« orient b^ams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ning- with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth...

...is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When Jirst on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistening with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft shatters ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful...

...conversing I forget all time, All seasons, and their change ; all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When Jirst on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistening...

...change, all please alike. Sweet is the hreath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest hirds : pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient heams, on herh, tree, frnit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft...

...first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth. After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; the silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And...

...thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and thir change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, with charm of earliest Birds; pleasant the Sun when fast on this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour, distring...

...thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and thir change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest...spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flour, Glistring with dew; fragrant the fertil earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of...

...use of "orient" occurs in Eve's beautiful love lyric which the narrator reports to us. She praises the sun "When first on this delightful Land he spreads/ His orient Beams" (IV, 643-644). To make us feel the full force of the word, with its multiple meanings, Milton surrounds...

...first on this delightful earth he spreads His orient beams on herbs true, fruit and flower, Glistening with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild, then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon. And these...