The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems

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by John Milton; Burton Raffel


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  3017 claim as

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  3018 universal, common

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  3019 impregnates

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  3020 complained

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  3021 wastes away

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  3022 endure

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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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  3026 follow

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  3027 vigilant/cautious observation

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  3028 wild, uncultivated land

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  3029 [noun]

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  3030 extreme/outermost west

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  3031 astronomical orientation: directly opposite

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  3032 visible

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  3033 practiced

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  3034 close

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  3035 evening, twilight

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  3036 crosses, traverses

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  3037 burning

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  3038 stamp, imprint on

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  3039 violently forceful

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  3040 destiny

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  3041 responsibility

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  3042 traced

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  3043 noted

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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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  3046 darkened

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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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  3053 or else

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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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  3062 similar

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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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  3068 prune

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  3069 passages, walks

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  3070 tilling, cultivating

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  3071 luxuriant

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  3072 blended song, of multiple origin

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  3073 bright

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  3074 pleasing

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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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  3080 illuminate

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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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  3090 lack

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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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  3095 proprietor

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  3096 covering

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  3097 adorned

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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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  3103 intimate

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  3104 seclusion, withdrawal, retirement

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  3105 married

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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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  3114 Prometheus

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  3115 truly created by Jove

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  3116 hut, cottage, house

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  3117 venerated

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  3118 wonderfully pleasant

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  3119 lacks

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  3120 unreaped

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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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  3124 property

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  3125 held in common

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  3126 wander

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  3127 kinship

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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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  3132 enjoyment

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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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  3140 like

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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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  3147 headed, bound

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  3148 ranks/rows of armed angels

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  3149 Satan

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  3150 crouching

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  3151 close at = near

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  3152 trying

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  3153 desired, wished

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  3154 whether

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  3155 blowing, breathing

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  3156 infect, corrupt

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  3157 disordered, ill-humored, deranged

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  3158 hardening

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  3159 necessity

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  3160 leaps, bounds, jumps

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  3161 caught unawares

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  3162 nitrous powder = gunpowder

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  3163 piled up, heaped

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  3164 barrel, cask

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  3165 military warehouse

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  3166 blackened

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  3167 powder of a granular texture: i.e., gunpowder

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  3168 sent forth

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  3169 overwhelmed

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  3170 horrible, ghastly

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  3171 address

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  3172 quickly, without delay

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  3173 sentenced, condemned

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  3174 suitable companion

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  3175 i.e., in Heaven

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  3176 indicates

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  3177 rebel

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  3178 judgment

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  3179 sublime, majestic, impressive

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  3180 mourned

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  3181 fight

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  3182 gnashing, rattling

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  3183 the strap/chain of a horse’s bit

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  3184 strive or fly = fight or flee

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  3185 dread combined with wonder

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  3186 overcome

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  3187 front line

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  3188 quick

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  3189 royal, stately

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  3190 carriage, bearing

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  3191 pallid, gloomy

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  3192 depart

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  3193 scowls

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  3194 crouching, lurking

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  3195 look

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  3196 responsibility

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  3197 commend

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  3198 reputation

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  3199 sentenced

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  3200 exchange

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  3201 compensate, repay

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  3202 grief, sorrow

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  3203 more firmly/securely

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  3204 forced confinement, imprisonment

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  3205 provoked

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  3206 “What a loss in Heaven is one who can judge what wisdom is!”

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  3207 unauthorized, without permission

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  3208 boundaries, limits

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  3209 flee

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  3210 however he can

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  3211 oppose

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  3212 whip, lash

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  3213 courageous

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  3214 declared

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  3215 hurry

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  3216 reinforced

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  3217 otherwise

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  3218 thy words at random = thy careless/heedless words

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  3219 as to what

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  3220 is needful/required of…. faithful leader

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  3221 attempts, experiments

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  3222 results

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  3223 courses, directions, roads, paths

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  3224 fly

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  3225 rumor, report

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  3226 even if

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  3227 forced, pushed

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  3228 quickly

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  3229 flee

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  3230 declare oneself

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  3231 indicates

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  3232 found, searched out

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  3233 slavelike, meanly

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  3234 dread

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  3235 why

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  3236 counsel

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  3237 leave!

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  3238 boundaries

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  3239 fasten

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  3240 (1) easy, (2) courteous

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  3241 growing

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  3242 in rage = enraged

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  3243 guardian of boundaries

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  3244 material force

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  3245 superior, stronger

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  3246 comrades

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  3247 moonèd horns = crescent formation

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  3248 close-packed battle ar
ray, sixteen-man-deep square, perfected by the Romans

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  3249 raised/lifted and at the ready

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  3250 grain (metaphorical use of the goddess’ name)

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  3251 [adverb]

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  3252 swings

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  3253 bundles

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  3254 alert

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  3255 (1) wings extended, (2) expanded in size

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  3256 high peak in the Canary Islands

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  3257 Mt. Atlas in Mauritania, Africa

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  3258 (1) holding his ground, (2) unremovable

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  3259 helmeted

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  3260 was lacking

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  3261 involved in

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  3262 vault

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  3263 crash, collision, destruction

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  3264 quickly

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  3265 the constellation Libra (“the Scales”) is between Scorpio and Virgo/Astrea

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  3266 still

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  3267 Virgo

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  3268 reflects upon, weighs

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  3269 i.e., the two pans of the scale

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  3270 result

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  3271 separating, breaking off

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  3272 the balance beam

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  3273 addressed

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  3274 mud

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  3275 destiny

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  3276 recognized

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  3277 grumbling, complaining, muttering

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  3278 i.e., responsible, without any excuse

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  3279 region, realm

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  3280 bright, gleaming

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  3281 accustomed, in the habit

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  3282 produced, developed

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  3283 moderate

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  3284 exhalations of a digestive kind

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  3285 soft, mild

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  3286 giving off vapors—mist and evaporation

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  3287 goddess of morning

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  3288 Adam’s exhalations were easily “dispersed” (dissipated, scattered) by the “fanning” motion of leaves and the “fuming” of running water

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  3289 morning

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  3290 heartfelt

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  3291 singular, special

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  3292 west wind/spring breeze

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  3293 goddess of flowers

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  3294 early morning (either dawn or about 6 A.M.)

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  3295 note, observe

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  3296 [verb]

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  3297 “what the myrrh tree (a gum resin) drops”

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  3298 here, a balsam (pine) tree

 

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