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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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Transcriber's Notes:

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John Milton·1608–1674
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his e-text contains all of Milton's poems in English and Italian. Poemsin Latin have been omitted. The original spelling, capitalisation and punctuation have been retainedas far as possible. Characters not in the ANSI standard set have beenreplaced by their nearest equivalent. The AE & OE digraphs have beentranscribed as two letters. Accented letters in the Italian poems havebeen replaced by the unaccented letter.
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