— 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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XVII.

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Sir Philip Sidney·1554–1586

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. Place, according to Nares : " the greatest elevation whicha bird of prey attains in its flight"; so Shakespeare{Macb, ii. 4) : "A falcon tow*ring in her ppde of place.*I follow Dr. Grosart in preferring this reading from Q. i.io pace of Q. 2 and the folio. NOTES. i8s

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