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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.

Writers often choose access when discussing complex ideas.

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verso

Part of SpeechnounUsed In Literature ↓

The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;

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Poetry examples for verso

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Two pages have been reproduced by the autotype process for the Chaucer

Society; viz. leaf 1, recto, containing stanzas 1-5, and leaf 42, verso,

containing stanzas 249-251 of Book II, and stanza 1 of Book III. This is a

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On the verso of the single bluish-grey cover, the lines, "Dear Object of

Defeated Care," have been inscribed. They are entitled, "Written beneath

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XVII, in Latin referring to another legal text by page number; once a separate sheet, evidently tipped in after the

volume entered the Bridgewater collection: a note on the verso, "Loose leaf in T 3 8," misreading the early

Bridgewater pressmark, "I.3/8."

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