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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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5. Stanza xxvii. of Canto II., twenty-eight lines.

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Lord Byron·1788–1824·Romanticism
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. Ten additional lines to stanza xxvii., "Ah! happy!"--"depart." 7. Affixed to the rough Copy in stanza xxviii., fifty-eight lines, herecalled "Continuation." This is the rough Copy of No. 1. The eighteen loose sheets of additions to Canto I. consist of--
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