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Page 79
... Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds.3 From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods , and spread their painted wings , Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased ...
... Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds.3 From branch to branch the smaller birds with song Solaced the woods , and spread their painted wings , Till even ; nor then the solemn nightingale Ceased ...
Page 115
... sweet As from blest voices , uttering joy - Heaven rung With jubilee , and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions . Then , crowned again , their golden harps they took , Harps ever tuned , that glittering by their side Like quivers ...
... sweet As from blest voices , uttering joy - Heaven rung With jubilee , and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions . Then , crowned again , their golden harps they took , Harps ever tuned , that glittering by their side Like quivers ...
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... sweet . 2. In barbaric rites : P. L. 1. 394 . Sweet to the ear : P. L. 1. 712 . A wind - instrument similar to the bag - pipe : P. Milton probably took the name from the English version of Daniel 3. 5 , 10 , 15 , where , however , it is ...
... sweet . 2. In barbaric rites : P. L. 1. 394 . Sweet to the ear : P. L. 1. 712 . A wind - instrument similar to the bag - pipe : P. Milton probably took the name from the English version of Daniel 3. 5 , 10 , 15 , where , however , it is ...
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English Music in the Seventeenth Century | 1 |
The Life of Milton as a Musician | 12 |
Milton and the Art of Music 28 | 57 |
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