Poems upon several occasions (1673)

Milton, John (1608-1674)

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On the Death of a fair Infant dying of a Cough.

SONNETS.

XI.

XII.

XII. On the same.

XIII.

XIII. To Mr. H. Lawes, on his Aires.

XIV.

XV.

XV. On the late Massacher in Piemont.

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XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

The Fifth Ode of Horace. Lib. I.

Anno Ætatis 19. At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, part Latin, part English. The Latin speeches ended, the English thus began.

On the new forcers of Conscience under the Long PARLIAMENT.

PSAL. I.

PSAL. II.

PSAL. 3. Aug. 9. 1653.

PSAL. LXXXII.

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PSAL. LXXXII.

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God in the

Bagnadath-el.

great

Bagnadath-el.

assembly stands
Of Kings and lordly States,

Bekerev.

Among the gods

Bekerev.

on both his hands
He judges and debates.

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How long will ye

Tishphetu gnavel.

pervert the right
With

Tishphetu gnavel.

judgment false and wrong
Favouring the wicked by your might.
Who thence grow bold and strong

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Shiphtu-dal.

Regard the

Shiphtu-dal.

weak and fatherless

Shiphtu-dal.

Dispatch the

Shiphtu-dal.

poor mans cause,
And

Hatzdiku.

raise the man in deep distress
By

Hatzdiku.

just and equal Lawes.

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Defend the poor and desolate,
And rescue from the hands
Of wicked men the low estate
Of him that help demands.

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They know not nor will understand,
In darkness they walk on
The Earths foundations all are

Jimmotu.

mov'd
And

Jimmotu.

out of order gon.

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I said that ye were Gods, yea all
The Sons of God most high

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But ye shall die like men, and fall
As other Princes die.

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Rise God,

Shiphta.

judge thou the earth in might,
This wicked earth

Shiphta.

redress,
For thou art he who shalt by right
The Nations all possess.

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