Question

which excerpt from john miltons poetry is in blank verse? restore us, and regain the blissful seat, sing heavnly muse, that on the secret top of oreb, or of sinai, didst inspire that shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, in the beginning how the heavns and earth (from paradise lost) in heavn yclept euphrosyne, and by men, heart - easing mirth, whom lovely venus at a birth with two sister graces more to ivy - crowned bacchus bore (from \lallegro\) dissolve me into extasies, and bring all heavn before mine eyes. and may at last my weary age find out the peaceful hermitage, the hairy gown and mossy cell, (from \il penseroso\) where i may sit and rightly spell of every star that heavn doth shew, and every herb that sips the dew till old experience do attain to somthing like prophetic strain. (from \il penseroso\)

Explanation:

Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter. Analyzing each excerpt, the first one from Paradise Lost is in iambic pentameter and un - rhymed. The others can be checked for the same characteristics, but Paradise Lost excerpt fits the definition of blank verse.

Answer:

Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,
In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth
(from Paradise Lost)