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Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep.

John Milton

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
Poet
Politician
Writer
Eye
Murmuring
Water
Thighs
Garish
Keep
Doth
Consort
Work
Waters
Entice
Bees
Feathered
Hide
Dewy
Sing
Flowery
Sleep
Thigh

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