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Page 97
... lives & in our song may keepe in tune wth heaven , till God ere long to his celestiall consort us unite to live & sing wth him in endlesse morne of light . This was Milton's second draft in its uncorrected form . Of the first draft ...
... lives & in our song may keepe in tune wth heaven , till God ere long to his celestiall consort us unite to live & sing wth him in endlesse morne of light . This was Milton's second draft in its uncorrected form . Of the first draft ...
Page 215
... lives on earth come to those pure mansions above and dwell on the true earth ; whilst those who have purified themselves by philosophy go to the heaven beyond and live for ever without bodies in mansions fairer still . Wherefore ...
... lives on earth come to those pure mansions above and dwell on the true earth ; whilst those who have purified themselves by philosophy go to the heaven beyond and live for ever without bodies in mansions fairer still . Wherefore ...
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... live to obtain the praise of men , one will certainly , if one has deserved it , obtain the praise of God , which in the end is all that matters : Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity of Noble mind ) ...
... live to obtain the praise of men , one will certainly , if one has deserved it , obtain the praise of God , which in the end is all that matters : Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity of Noble mind ) ...
Contents
Preface by Geoffrey Tillotson | 7 |
Some remarks on seventeenthcentury poetry | 22 |
The Latin poems | 40 |
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