The Poetical Works of John Milton


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The lonely mountains o're,  
And the resounding shore,  
A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament;  
From haunted spring, and dale  
Edg'd with poplar pale  
The parting Genius is with sighing sent,  
With flowre-inwov'n tresses torn  
The Nimphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.  
XXI  
In consecrated Earth,  
And on the holy Hearth,  
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The Lars, and Lemures moan with midnight plaint,  
In Urns, and Altars round,  
A drear, and dying sound  
Affrights the Flamins at their service quaint;  
And the chill Marble seems to sweat,  
While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat.  
XXII  
Peor, and Baalim,  
Forsake their Temples dim,  
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