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Where all life dies death lives.

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
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Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate.
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But oh the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone and never must return!
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Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth.
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As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace?
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Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces.
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On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
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His rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.
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Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause of truth.
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Beauty is God's handwriting-a wayside sacrament.
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