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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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2. THE BELLS

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Edgar Allan Poe·1809–1849·Romanticism
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he bibliographical history of "The Bells" is curious. The subject, andsome lines of the original version, having been suggested by the poet'sfriend, Mrs. Shew, Poe, when he wrote out the first draft of the poem,headed it, "The Bells. By Mrs. M. A. Shew." This draft, now the editor'sproperty, consists of only seventeen lines, and reads thus:
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