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— John Milton

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 to this his new abode,

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A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

“Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.”

From the golden alms of Blessing man had coin’d

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson·1809–1892

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hich was worse ? France had shown a light to all men, preach’d ‘aGospel, all men’s good ;Celtic Demos rose a Demon, shriek’d and slaked the light with blood. Hope was ever on her mountain, watching till the| day begunCrown’d with sunlight—over darkness—from’ the still unrisen sun.

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