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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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Oh I’ll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down?

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John Berryman·1914–1972
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ee see where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament! Now, under this conception, what does finally damn Faustus is hisintercourse with Helen, a demon, the analogy to demoniality (Gregproves) being “bestiality.” And therefore, again, Lucifer must have ^ The Overreacher: A Study of Christopher Marlowe, 1952. 4
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