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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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VI. To G. A. W.

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John Keats·1795–1821·Romanticism
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ymph of the downward smile, and sidelong glance,In what diviner moments of the dayArt thou most lovely? When gone far astrayInto the labyrinths of sweet utterance?Or when serenely wand'ring in a tranceOf sober thought? Or when starting away,With careless robe, to meet the morning ray,Thou spar'st the flowers in thy mazy dance?Haply 'tis when thy ruby lips part sweetly,And so remain, because thou listenest:But thou to please wert nurtured so completelyThat I can never tell what mood is best.I shall as soon pronounce which grace more neatlyTrips it before Apollo than the rest.
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