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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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Till thou applaud the deed.

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John Berryman·1914–1972
his combination of the domestic with the terrible is unbelievablysinister and grotesque. But it is also pathetic, when we hear it inconnection with his fierce suffering and hopeless longing Better be with the dead, Whom we, to gam our peace, have sent to peace,