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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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THIRD ANTIPHONE

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Algernon Charles Swinburne·1837–1909
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s the tresses and wings of the windAre scattered and shaken,I will scatter all them that have sinned,There shall none be taken;As a sower that scattereth seed,So will I scatter them;As one breaketh and shattereth a reed,I will break and shatter them.
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