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Quotation from Paradise Lost by John Milton
“Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe”
Paradise Lost, Book I (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text)
The opening lines announce the subject of the epic before the invocation of the Heavenly Muse.
Citation: "Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe" — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I (Project Gutenberg #26, 1674 twelve-book text). (id paradise-lost-q1)
Portrait: Houghton EC65.M6427P.1667aa - Paradise Lost, 1667, John Milton, Public domain.
