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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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smith

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/smɪθ/Used In Literature ↓

A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.

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. smithet smithsmith adamsmith johnsmith josephsmith william
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Poetry examples for smith

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Barley, and oats, in the bothie where lived his father before him;

Yet was smith by trade, and had travelled making horse-shoes

Far; in the army had seen some service with brave Sir Hector,

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{59a} Sir Thomas More. Sir Thomas Wiat. Henry Earl of Surrey. Sir

Thomas Chaloner. Sir Thomas Smith. Sir Thomas Eliot. Bishop Gardiner.

Sir Nicolas Bacon, L.K. Sir Philip Sidney. Master Richard Hooker.

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