The Creator calling forth by name The Earth was form'd, but, in the womb as yet Thee I revisit safe The end then of learning is to repair the ruins The Eternal The Father Infinite The field The Fiend The... Fiend The great Son of God The heavenly bands 2 The multitude of Angels, with a shout Thence what the lofty grave Tragedians taught Then was not guilty shame, dishonest shame The orb he roam'd The powers militant The power that did create can change the scene Jan. 23 25 June 25 The providence of God is either ordinary or extraordinary Jan. These are the men cried out against These are thy glorious works, Parent of good - Oct. The third sacred morn began to shine walks attended The winged Saint The World shall burn, and from her ashes spring They err who count it glorious to subdue Jan. 14 Sept. 21 March 3 9 - June - May II This rich marble doth inter Those who attribute the creation of everything Though your physician may kindle a small ray Thou, therefore, that sittest in light and glory - Truth indeed came once into the world Up into Heaven from Paradise in haste Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more Nov. 12 What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never When I behold this goodly frame, this World - Whether thus these things, or whether not Who aspires must down as low Who is there who does not identify the honour Wisdom's self With dispatchful looks in haste With tract oblique Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous wolves Ye flaming Powers, and winged Warriors bright "For since from my youth I was devoted to the pursuits of literature, and my mind had always been stronger than my body, I did not court the labours of a camp, in which any common person would have been of more service than myself, but resorted to that employment in which my exertions were likely to be of most avail. Thus, with the better part of my frame I contributed as much as possible to the good of my country, and to the success of the glorious cause in which we were engaged; and I thought that if God willed the success of such glorious achievements, it was equally agreeable to his will that there should be others by whom those achievements should be recorded with dignity and elegance; and that the truth, which had been defended by arms, should also be defended by reason: which is the best and only legitimate means of defending it."-The Second Defence of the People of England. A DAY BOOK OF MILTON JANUARY I ON TIME FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race: Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain! For, when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss, And Joy shall overtake us as a flood; When every thing that is sincerely good, And perfectly divine, With Truth, and Peace, and Love, shall ever shine About the supreme throne Of him, to whose happy-making sight alone When once our heavenly-guided soul shall climb, Attired with stars we shall for ever sit, Triumphing over Death, and Chance, and thee, O Time! NATURE UNIMPAIRED BY TIME HOW?-shall the face of nature then be ploughed On the great Parent fix a sterile curse? His works, and to uphold the circling worlds, No. The Almighty Father surer laid Thou too, thy ancient vegetative power The world, consumed in one enormous pyre! COWPER'S TRANSLATION |