The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (184 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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2700
authoritative
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2701
one who makes another’s will known, a messenger
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2702
message, business
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2703
“unspeakable desire to see” = subject; the verb is “hath brought me,” in line 666, below
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2705
wonder, marveling
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2707
sincerity, innocence, ignorance
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2712
attains to, brings
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2714
home, residence
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2716
collected into a form
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2717
stopped in its tracks
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2720
airy, impalpable
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2721
the fifth essence, of which substance the heavenly bodies were thought to be composed
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2722
infused, animated
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2723
in a circle
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2724
furnishes walls for [verb]
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2725
puts forth, introduces
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2726
the goddess of the moon, Diana, had three distinct shapes (“triform”), representing the moon’s three phases: Luna, Diana, and Hecate/Proserpine
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2727
to give light to
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2728
control, rule
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2729
holds back, retards
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2731
(1) appropriate, (2) owed
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2732
the orbit of the sun around the earth; earth’s great circle
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2734
circular movement
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2736
Armenian mountain, near the Assyrian/Mesopotamian border; it is the source of the River Tigris
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2737
expectation, looking forward to
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2738
boundary markers
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2739
shown, disclosed
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2740
i.e., Satan’s
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2742
see Revelation 12:10–12
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2744
while there was still time
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2746
before he became
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2747
(1) give vent to, (2) take revenge on
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2749
moving, forming, advancing, sweeping upward
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2752
result, follow
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2755
many things/thoughts
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2756
turning over in his mind
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2758
above thy sphere = (1) above your position/status, (2) literally, in Heaven above the sphere which you are in
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2759
(1) height, (2) distinction
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2760
He (God) reproached/scolded/censured
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2761
to give/yield
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2763
(1) owed, (2) right, proper
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2765
disdained [probably from the Italian
sdegnare,
“to disdain/despise/scorn”]
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2766
submission, obedience
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2767
get rid of, release
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2768
(1) yet, (2) always
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2770
unlimited, uncontrolled
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2771
sixth of the nine angelic orders
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2773
might have been drawn
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2774
side, cause
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2775
(1) having weapons, (2) having protective qualities/characteristics
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2776
to remain steadfast/firm
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2777
honorable, generous
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2778
gives, brings
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2780
rightfully, properly
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2782
i.e., “O how miserable I am!” [four syllables, first and third accented]
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2787
at a high price
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2788
face, put up with
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2790
obtains, gains
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2792
withdraw, disavow, retract
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2794
at high cost, great expense
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2795
pain, suffering
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2796
instead of us = replacing us
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2798
more than half of the empire
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2801
spoiled, disfigured
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2802
ill tempers, ill humors, disorders, derangements
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2805
mechanic-inventor
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2806
i.e., “who”
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2807
hidden, joined in concealment
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2808
put into practice
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2810
conduct, behavior
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2812
expanse of open land
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2814
access denied to him (Satan)
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2815
impossible to overcome/surmount
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2818
place where action occurs
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2819
noble, majestic
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2821
prospect large = extensive view
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2824
handsome, large
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2825
at the same time, simultaneously
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2826
any smooth, lustrous surface
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2827
imprinted, stamped
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2829
of pure now purer = purer still
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2831
chase, expel
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2832
a wind not much stronger than a breeze
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2834
bestow, distribute
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2836
loot, plunder, booty
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2837
Cape of Good Hope, at the southern tip of Africa
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2838
[trisyllabic, second accented]
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2839
Saba, in modern Yemen
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2840
Arabia, called at the time, in Latin,
Arabia felix,
“happy/blessed Arabia”
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2841
abate, let slacken
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2842
onward movement
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2843
one league = ca. three miles
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2844
pleasing, agreeable
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