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...those just spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly; That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly...answer that melodious noise; As once we did, till disproportioned sin Jarred against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all...

...vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. Why not? Because, in Milton's words, . . . disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair musick that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion swayed. Milton concludes:...

...suggests what might make that observance more likely. The Fall of humankind occurred when disproportion^ sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh...music that all creatures made To their great Lord. (19-22) The regeneration of humankind will progress when "we soon again renew that Song" which acknowledges...

...noise: As once we did, till disproportioned sin Jarred against nature's chime, and with harsh din 20 Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord; whose love their morion swayed In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience and their state of good. O...

...of run-on lines the emotion builds to an exclamation, which then sweeps us on to the alexandrine : That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly...answer that melodious noise, As once we did, till disproportioned sm Jarred against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all...

...was once part of this harmony, but now sin has silenced the music until Milton's prayer is answered: That we on Earth with undiscording voice May rightly...melodious noise; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord. The hope of the earlier Idylls for...

...interprets the entire story of creation (the state of 'perfect diapason'), fall (the 'harsh din' that 'broke the fair music that all creatures made / to their great Lord') and salvation (which is to be brought back 'in tune with heav'n') through the imagery of music. Another...

...undisturbed Song of pure concent, Aye sung before the sapphire-color'd throne To him who sits thereon . . . That we on Earth with undiscording voice May rightly...music that all creatures made To their great Lord . . . O may we soon again renew that Song, And keep in tune with Heav'n . . ,65 In the following chapters,...

...those just Spirits that wear victorious Palms, Hymns devout and holy Psalms 15 Singing everlastingly; That we on Earth with undiscording voice May rightly...answer that melodious noise; As once we did, till disproportion 'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din 20 Broke the fair music that...