Selections From the Poetical Works of John Milton; With Introduction, Suggestions for Study, Notes, And Glossary
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■ That glorious form, that light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of majesty, Wherewith he wont at Heaven's high council-table lo To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside ; and, here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.
1 71, 74. 2 96, 97.
261 262 MINOR POEMS.
III.
Say,* Heavenly Muse,^ shall not thy sacred vein 15 Afford a present to the Infant God ?
Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain To welcome him t...o this his new abode, Now while the heaven, by the Sun's team- untrod.
Hath took no print of the approaching light, 20 And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright ?
IV.
See how from far, upon the eastern road.
The star-led wizards haste with odours sweet ; O run, prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet ! 25 Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet, And join thy voice unto the angel quire, From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire.
THE HYMN.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
■ That glorious form, that light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of majesty, Wherewith he wont at Heaven's high council-table lo To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside ; and, here with us to be, Forsook the courts of everlasting day, And chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay.
1 71, 74. 2 96, 97.
261 262 MINOR POEMS.
III.
Say,* Heavenly Muse,^ shall not thy sacred vein 15 Afford a present to the Infant God ?
Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain To welcome him t...o this his new abode, Now while the heaven, by the Sun's team- untrod.
Hath took no print of the approaching light, 20 And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright ?
IV.
See how from far, upon the eastern road.
The star-led wizards haste with odours sweet ; O run, prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet ! 25 Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet, And join thy voice unto the angel quire, From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire.
THE HYMN.
What to read after Selections From the Poetical Works of John Milton; With Introduction, Suggestions for Study, Notes, And Glossary?
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