The Poetical Works of John Milton


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Wherin thou rid'st with Hecat', and befriend  
Us thy vow'd Priests, til utmost end  
Of all thy dues be done, and none left out,  
Ere the blabbing Eastern scout,  
The nice Morn on th' Indian steep  
From her cabin'd loop hole peep,  
And to the tel-tale Sun discry  
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Our conceal'd Solemnity.  
Com, knit hands, and beat the ground,  
In a light fantastick round.  
The Measure.  
Break off; break off, I feel the different pace,  
Of som chast footing neer about this ground.  
Run to your shrouds, within these Brakes and Trees,  
Our number may affright: Som Virgin sure  
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For so I can distinguish by mine Art)  
Benighted in these Woods. Now to my charms,  
And to my wily trains, I shall e're long  
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Be well stock't with as fair a herd as graz'd  
About my Mother Circe. Thus I hurl  
My dazling Spells into the spungy ayr,  
Of power to cheat the eye with blear illusion,  
And give it false presentments, lest the place  
And my quaint habits breed astonishment,  
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