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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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A FRAGMENT OF A TURKISH TALE.

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Lord Byron·1788–1824·Romanticism
One fatal remembrance--one sorrow that throwsIts bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes--To which Life nothing darker nor brighter can bring,For which joy hath no balm--and affliction no sting."