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Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.
John Milton
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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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But hail thou Goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue.
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Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.
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Arm the obdured breast with stubborn patience as with triple steel.
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Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read His wondrous works.
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