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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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Strange was the sight and smacking of the time 3

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson·1809–1892
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And long we gazed, but satiated at length 90Came to the ruins. High-arch’d and ivy-claspt, Of finest Gothic lighter than a fire, _ Thro’ one wide chasm of time and frost they gave The park, the crowd, the house ; but all within
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