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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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FOURTH ANTIPHONE

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Algernon Charles Swinburne·1837–1909
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s the wings and the locks of the windAre scattered and shaken,Thou hast scattered all them that have sinned,There was no man taken;As a sower that scattereth seed,So hast thou scattered us;As one breaketh and shattereth a reed,Thou hast broken and shattered us.
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