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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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XXII.

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John Milton·1608–1674
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eor and BaaelimForsake their temples dim,With that twice-battered god of Palestine;And mooned Ashtaroth, 200Heaven's queen and mother both,Now sits not girt with tapers' holy shine:The Lybic Hammon shrinks his horn;In vain the Tyrian maids their wounded Thammuz mourn.
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