The Complete Poetry of John Milton by John Milton

Author:John Milton [Milton, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, Poetry, European
ISBN: 9780307823762
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2013-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

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Reigns here and revels; not in the bought smile

Of Harlots, loveless, joyless, unindeard,

Casual fruition, nor in Court Amours

Mixt Dance, or wanton Mask, or Midnight Ball,

Or Serenate, which the starv’d Lover sings

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To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain.

These lulld by Nightingales imbracing slept,

And on thir naked limbs the flowrie roof

Showrd Roses, which the Morn repair’d.54 Sleep on

Blest pair; and O yet happiest if ye seek

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No happier state, and know to know no more.

Now had night measur’d with her shaddowie Cone55

Half way up Hill this vast Sublunar Vault,

And from thir Ivorie Port the Cherubim

Forth issuing at th’ accustomd hour stood armd

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