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Imparadis'd in one another's arms.

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.
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There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.
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With thee conversing I forget all time.
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This manner of writing wherein knowing myself inferior to myself? I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand.
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Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
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Our state cannot be severed, we are one, One flesh to lose thee were to lose myself.
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But that from us aught should ascend to Heav'n So prevalent as to concern the mind Of God, high-bless'd, or to incline His will, Hard to belief may seem yet this will prayer.
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The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
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O why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heav'n With Spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men as angels without feminine, Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
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Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.
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A boundless continent, Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of night Starless expos'd.
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Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements.
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Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
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