The Poetical Works of John Milton


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AMONG the holy Mountains high  
Is his foundation fast,  
There Seated in his Sanctuary,  
His Temple there is plac't.  
Sions fair Gates the Lord loves more  
Then all the dwellings faire  
Of Jacobs Land, though there be store,  
And all within his care.  
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City of God, most glorious things  
Of thee abroad are spoke;  
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I mention Egypt, where proud Kings  
Did our forefathers yoke,  
I mention Babel to my friends,  
Philistia full of scorn,  
And Tyre with Ethiops utmost ends,  
Lo this man there was born:  
But twise that praise shall in our ear  
Be said of Sion last  
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This and this man was born in her,  
High God shall fix her fast.  
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The Lord shall write it in a Scrowle  
That ne're shall be out-worn  
When he the Nations doth enrowle  
That this man there was born.  
Both they who sing, and they who dance  
With sacred Songs are there,  
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