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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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noun

A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.

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la

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/lɑː/Used In Literature ↓

A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for la

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Knight of the Buminz Pestle, I proceed to other plays, and first to the Little French Lawyer,

where La-writ runs ,/7gMi}g-mac{ just as Lazarillo nad run eatine-mad, the Knight of the

Burning Pestle, romance-mad; Chamont in the Nice Valour, honour-mad^ &c. This it

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This stile runs through many of Beaumont's characters, besides La*

Writ's, as Lazarillo, the Knight of the Burning-Pestle, Bessus's two

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