"From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, a summer's day; and with the setting sun dropped from the zenith like a falling star.












Where the bright seraphim in burning rowTheir loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.

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"Our torments also may in length of timeBecome our Elements.
"Shall that be shut to man, which to the beast Is open? or will God incense his ire For such a petty trespass? and not praise Rather your dauntless vir...
"Our state cannot be severed, we are one,One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
"Henceforth an individual solace dear; Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half: with that thy gentle hand Seisd mine, I yielded, and ...
"Immortal amarant, a flower which onceIn paradise, fast by the tree of life,Began to bloom; but soon for man's offenceTo heaven removed, where first it...
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"Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.
"And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie,That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.