The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (186 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
2997
mandate, order, instruction, admonition
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2998
near, alongside
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2999
rule, control, government
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3001
preeminent by so much odds = superior by such a high percentage/amount
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3004
shady cover (from the sun)
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3005
unmoving, fixed
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3006
i.e., to the pool
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3007
inexperienced
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3011
plane tree (e.g., the sycamore)
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3013
solid, true, real
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3014
in order to
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3015
inseparable, indivisible, special
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3016
(1) comfort, pleasure, delight, (2) entertainment, recreation, amusement
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3018
universal, common
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3019
impregnates
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3021
wastes away
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3023
rouse/stir up
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3024
close, careful
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3025
but only a chance
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3027
vigilant/cautious observation
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3028
wild, uncultivated land
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3030
extreme/outermost west
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3031
astronomical orientation: directly opposite
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3035
evening, twilight
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3036
crosses, traverses
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3038
stamp, imprint on
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3039
violently forceful
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3041
responsibility
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3044
(1) course, (2) carriage: i.e., through the air, as spirits move
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3045
foreign, inconsistent, repugnant
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3047
stir up, cause
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3048
watch, guard
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3049
meridian hour = noon
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3050
disposed, thinking, intending
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3051
responsibility: i.e., to his post
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3052
daily: i.e., as it does every day
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3054
rolling, revolving
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3055
silent, quiet [adjective]
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3056
sober livery = grave/solemn/sedate uniform/style of dress
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3057
“had clad all things in her sober livery”
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3058
melodious song
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3059
brightest of the early evening stars
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3060
manifest, obvious
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3061
think, remind
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3063
one after another
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3064
bends downward
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3065
makes known
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3066
observant attention
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3067
move hither and thither
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3069
passages, walks
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3070
tilling, cultivating
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3072
blended song, of multiple origin
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3075
see footnote 336, above
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3076
universal, common
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3077
perfect, fulfilled
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3078
furnishing, supplying
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3079
ready [adjective]
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3081
(1) natural, (2) benevolent
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3082
variable, varying
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3083
disposition, temperament (i.e., astrologically)
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3084
rouse/stir up with heat
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3085
qualities, powers
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3086
the species
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3087
better fit/suited
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3088
powerful, mighty
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3089
should you think
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3091
height, slope
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3092
rounding walk = walking round
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3093
musical periods/groups of notes
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3094
into watches
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3098
made, shaped
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3099
embroidered
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3100
i.e., inlaid with precious gems
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3101
though but feigned = even if only in fables
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3102
pastoral god of vegetation and agriculture, who had goat horns and legs
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3104
seclusion, withdrawal, retirement
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3106
wedding hymn
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3107
what day = on the day
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3108
(1) festive, kindly, (2) nuptial
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3109
Pandora (“all gifts”), whose box of gifts, when opened, let loose all ills upon the world
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3110
she was brought to Epimetheus (“afterthought”), brother of Prometheus (“fore-thought”)
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3111
Iapetus, a Titan
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3112
Jove’s messenger
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3113
to be = in order to be
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3115
truly created by Jove
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3116
hut, cottage, house
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3118
wonderfully pleasant
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3121
joined hand in hand
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3122
relieved/set free of
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3123
believe, suppose
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3125
held in common
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3128
natural affections
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3129
describe, call
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3131
steadfast, faithful, true
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3133
unchaste, lascivious
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3134
renewed, replaced
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3135
the earth’s shadow
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3136
arch (the sky)
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3137
Paradise’s eastern gate
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3138
“Strength of God”
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3139
move, turn to
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3141
the shield was worn on the left arm; the spear was held in the right
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3142
“Discovery of God”
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3143
“Searcher of Secrets”
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3144
secure of = protected/safe from
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3145
from the time of
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3146
who tells = one (Uriel) who tells
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