The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (209 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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6510
in Milton’s time, “shall” still carried the sense of “will have to, must”
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6511
attained, accomplished
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6512
endure, undergo
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6514
shattered, broken
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6515
as a forerunner
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6516
claims, aspires
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6520
Satan does not yet identify
this
Son of God with Christ
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6521
features, characteristics
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6523
allows, permits
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6524
well put together/hidden
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6525
position of leadership/chief importance
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6526
somber, malign
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6527
warlike enterprise
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6528
convey, carry
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6529
no time was then = at that moment there was no time
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6530
absolute ruler
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6531
prospered, been successful
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6534
corrupt, undermine
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6537
contrary unweeting = not knowing to the contrary
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6539
occupied, familiar with [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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6540
she doubting
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6542
exhibit, set forth
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6543
try, attempt
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6544
to be less arrogant/prideful
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6547
trickery, deceit
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6551
[four syllables, first and third accented, third elided]
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6552
patient/long-suffering endurance
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6557
theme, subject
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6559
lead astray
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6563
Bet ha-Arabah, biblical site near the north shore of the Dead Sea [four syllables, second and fourth accented]
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6564
proclaim, make public
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6565
ripe, full-grown
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6566
keep company/live with
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6568
consorting, fitting, harmonizing
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6569
Christ too seems unsure of his prior existence
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6571
wondered at
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6572
time, period
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6573
extinguish, destroy
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6575
divine, celestial
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6577
above example = unprecedented
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6579
feeding trough in a stable
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6582
formed, carved, set
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6583
see Luke 2:25–35
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6584
see Luke 2:36–38
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6586
considered, studied, meditated upon
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6587
learning experience, endeavor, affliction, temptation
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6588
established previously
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6590
not easily, with difficulty, barely
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6591
prevailed upon
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6592
pouring, washing
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6593
highest point
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6595
hidden, retired, unknown
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6596
dark, gloomy
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6597
(1) shadows, (2) dark figures, ghosts, specters
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6598
commend, advise
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6600
soon, in a little while
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6601
covering, shelter
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6602
keep, protect
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6603
lodged, sheltered
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6605
tame, gentle
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6606
hurtful, harmful
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6607
looked fixedly/fiercely
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6608
at a distance
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6611
consumed, exhausted
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6612
for that = because
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6613
desert, wilderness
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6614
forced, compelled
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6615
public report, rumor
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6617
stubble, stumps
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6619
strict discipline, harshness
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6620
not permissive
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6622
travel around
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6625
of Uz, in eastern Palestine
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6627
make clear [trisyllabic, second accented]
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6628
king of Israel, who meets his death after a weltering confusion of prophecies: see I Kings 22
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6629
Ramoth-Gilead, fortified position east of Jordan
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6630
hesitating, balking
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6632
caused to chatter
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6633
had in charge = was supposed to do
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6634
[trisyllabic, accent on second]
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6635
[bisyllabic, second elided]
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6636
“What can I feel less than desire….? (reading “less” as an adverb) or “How could anything make me do less than desire….? (reading “less” not as an adverb but as a verb, said by the O.E.D. to have become obsolete when Milton was twenty-five years old)
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6637
attentively
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6638
i.e., copartner if not “disposer” (one who controls)
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6639
predictions, omens
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6642
private, individual
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6643
united with me
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6644
constituted
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6645
[four syllables, first and third accented?]
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6648
think evil of
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6649
as good = they might/just as well not have known at all
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6651
superintending
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6657
“at least, if you are inquired for, it shall be”
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