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POEM,

IN

TWELVE BOOKS.

The AUTHOR

JOHN MILTO Ν.

The SECOND EDITION,
With NOTES of various AUTHORS,
By THOMAS NEWTON, D. D.

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PARADISE LOST.

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THE ARGUMENT.

Raphael at the request of Adam relates how and wherefore this world was first created; that God, after the expelling of Satan and his Angels out of Heaven, declar'd his pleasure to create another world and other creatures to dwell therein; sends his Son with glory and attendence of Angels to perform the work of creation in fix days: the Angels celebrate with hymns the performance thereof, and his reascension into Heaven.