The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (188 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
3307
exuded, let fall
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3309
imposition of a limitation
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3311
venturesome
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3312
dazed, depressing
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3315
instigator, the Creator
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3316
a portion of
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3317
firmly, soberly
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3318
unusual, unfamiliar, strange
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3319
imagination
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3320
closest, nearest
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3323
bring before the mind
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3324
what we call
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3327
hidden, confined
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3328
a dam or any device holding back water
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3329
disclosing (i.e., making visible, after the darkness of night)
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3331
different, variable, changing
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3333
suitable, appropriate
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3334
(1) flow of impassioned language, (2) style
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3335
ready and willing
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3337
tuneful, musical
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3338
structure, fabric
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3339
harmonious music
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3340
Venus (as morning star, called Lucifer; as evening star, called Hesperus)
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3342
gemlike headband
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3343
early morning (either dawn or about 6
A.M
.)
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3344
attained, achieved, reached
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3345
gleaming, bright
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3347
moves quickly (rotating once every twenty-four hours)
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3348
i.e., not having fixed orbits
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3349
the known planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter
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3350
in fourfold combination
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3351
exhibit divergence
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3352
not of different colors, but only of one
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3353
more usually used for “streams, brooks,” than in the modern meaning of a man-
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3355
testify, give evidence
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3356
made vocal = sounded, turned into/endowed with music
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3358
accustomed, usual, habitual
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3359
agricultural, pastoral
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3360
pampered boughs = crammed with boughs
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3361
without offspring
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3362
entangled branches?
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3363
the elm becomes the stepparent of the vine’s “children,” her bunches of grapes
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3364
bunches (of grapes)
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3365
unproductive
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3366
“With pity, Heaven’s High King (God) beheld Adam and Eve thus employed”
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3367
see Book IV, above, at lines 168–71
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3368
plans, schemes
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3370
food, a meal
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3371
unsettled, fickle, variable, subject to change or alteration
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3373
moreover, in addition
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3375
claim, put forward as an excuse
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3376
unexhorted, uninformed
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3377
satisfied, did, performed
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3378
order, responsibility
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3379
radiant spirits
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3380
shrouded, covered
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3381
brilliant, magnificent
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3382
contrived, built, intended
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3383
placed between
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3384
corresponding
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3386
islands in the south Aegean Sea
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3387
Greek island
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3388
island off the coast of Asia Minor
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3389
sees, identifies
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3393
flexible, unresisting
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3394
the altitude attained in soaring
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3395
mythical bird that perpetually renews its life, first burning its old body, then being reborn from the ashes
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3398
the phoenix’s
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3403
covered, bordered, edged
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3405
dyed (by immersion)
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3409
plumage, feathers
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3411
circuit wide = wide surrounding space
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3412
participating in, performing
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3413
blessed, beatified
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3414
an aromatic balsam
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3415
sported, played
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3418
burning, glowing
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3420
render distasteful
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3423
confer as a gift
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3424
liberality, bounty
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3425
discharging its load
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3427
holy, sanctified
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3433
(1) unneeded, (2) excessive
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3436
hurried, quick
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3437
[four syllables, first and third accented]
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3438
sustained, supported, confirmed
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3439
most natural
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3441
Mediterranean
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3442
the Black Sea
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3443
Carthaginian/Phoenician (North African)
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3444
king of the Phaeacian island, now Corfu
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3445
homage, tax
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3447
unfermented juice
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3450
smooth (creamy) and frothing liquids
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3452
suitable, appropriate
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3453
not burned, as incense would be, since there was as yet no fire available to burn them
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