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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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Sir Philip Sidney·1554–1586
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hen Nature made h er chiefe worke , Stella^^ eyeSy ^ V^a^M. **j'In colour blacke why wrapjt she beames so bright ? "Would she, in beamie blacke, like painter wise,F rame daintiest lustre, mixt of shades and light ?Or did she else that sober hue devise, • 'In object best to knit and strength our sight ;-Least, if no vaile these brave gleames did disguise,They, sunlike, should more dazle then deliglit ?Or would she her miraculous power show, ' ' * ' ! That, whereas blacke seemes beautie*s contrar>%! She even in^blacke doth make all beauties flow ?, Both so, and thus, — she, minding Love should bePlaced ever there, gave him this mourning weedTo honor all their deaths who for her bleed. • . ■f 8 ASTROPHEL AND STELLA,
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