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John Milton. (1608–1674) (continued)

2619

The Angel ended, and in Adam’s ear
So charming left his voice, that he awhile
Thought him still speaking, still stood fix’d to hear.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 1.

2620

There swift return
Diurnal, merely to officiate light
Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 21.

2621

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 43.

2622

And touch’d by her fair tendance, gladlier grew.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 47.

2623

With centric and eccentric scribbled o’er,
Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 83.

2624

Her silent course advance
With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps
On her soft axle.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 163.

2625

Be lowly wise:
Think only what concerns thee and thy being.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 173.

2626

To know
That which before us lies in daily life
Is the prime wisdom.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 192.

2627

Liquid lapse of murmuring streams.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 263.

2628

And feel that I am happier than I know.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 282.

2629

Among unequals what society
Can sort, what harmony, or true delight?

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 383.

2630

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye,
In every gesture dignity and love.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 488.

2631

Her virtue and the conscience of her worth,
That would be woo’d, and not unsought be won.

Paradise Lost. Book viii. Line 502.

2632

She what was honour knew,
And with obsequious majesty approv’d
My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower
I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven