The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (204 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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5748
often, habitually
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5749
[four syllables, first and third accented]
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5750
i.e., the prayers
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5751
i.e., Adam and Eve
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5752
golden covering placed over the Ark of the Covenant; regarded as God’s resting place and thus the seat of mercy
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5753
anticipatory
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5754
reborn, reformed, restored
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5755
[five syllables, second and fourth accented]
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5757
inferior, poor
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5758
Prometheus’ son, and the “Noah” of classical myth
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5759
Deucalion’s wife
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5760
[adjective]
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5761
a Titan, daughter of Gaia (earth) by Zeus: goddess of justice
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5762
straying, wandering
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5763
the prayers
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5764
having no material being/body
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5768
container in which incense is burned
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5769
tilling, cultivating
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5770
atonement, expiation, sacrifice
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5771
implant, transfer
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5772
i.e., the good works of man
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5773
i.e., the not good works of man
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5774
accept me = receive me with favor
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5775
darkening of His countenance
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5777
purge him off = purify him away
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5778
disorder, derangement
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5779
dispose him = make him fit
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5782
immortality
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5783
make eternal/everlasting
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5785
misery, distress, vexation
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5786
renewal of the body at the Resurrection
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5787
restores (yields up), repays, rewards, produces
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5789
not long ago
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5790
rank, position
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5791
Horeb/Mt. Sinai
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5792
general doom = Judgment Day
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5793
mythical flower that never fades
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5794
going, proceeding
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5796
inward promptings, workings
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5797
but for a longer period
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5799
left to itself
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5801
or in = whether on
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5802
i.e., the Garden of Eden, about to become vacant
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5804
proclaim, announce
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5805
lose heart/courage, droop
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5807
stated, pressed
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5809
intermingle, blend in
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5810
welcoming place [four syllables, first and third accented]
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5812
double-faced god of gates
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5813
hundred-eyed spy for Jove/Jupiter/Zeus
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5814
messenger of Jove
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5815
opiate rod = sleep-inducing staff
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5816
goddess of dawn [trisyllabic, second accented, “-thea” elided]
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5820
efficaciously, powerfully
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5822
sinned against
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5823
gentle, forgiving
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5824
smash, crush, destroy
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5825
thought of, remembered
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5826
(1) sad, (2) sober
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5827
pleasing, gracious
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5829
so high, thus high
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5831
granted, deigned, condescended
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5832
“now the labor is….
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5834
tired, laborious
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5835
assented, agreed
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5836
produced on, communicated through
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5837
darkened, obscured
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5840
swiftly descended
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5844
hart and hind = stag and doe (male and female deer)
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5849
more bright = brighter
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5852
jasper is a highly variegated colored form of quartz
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5853
manifestation, appearance
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5855
“that ‘apparition’ was not more glorious when….
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5856
“tents of angels”
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5857
pavilioned = covered with the tents of
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5858
“And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host”—Genesis 32:1–2
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5859
see 2 Kings 6
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5860
the prophet Elisha
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5861
treacherously
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5862
made, commenced
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5864
the formation in which the Cherubim had halted
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5865
decide, resolve, end
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5866
lowest rank
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5868
[four syllables, first and third accented]
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5869
trust, have confidence in
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5870
lofty, exalted
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5871
luminous, bright
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5874
more brilliant/vivid
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5875
Thessalian town famous for its bright purple dye
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5877
Tyre, Phoenician seaport, now in Lebanon
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5878
goddess of the rainbow
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5881
belt of stars
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5882
see Book 6, lines 320–27, above
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5883
i.e., the archangel Michael
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5884
high rank, dignity
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5886
compensate for
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5888
greedy, grasping
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5890
held fast, tied up
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5891
disclosed, revealed
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5894
delay, temporary extension of time
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