The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (175 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Literary Collections, #Poetry, #Classics, #English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh, #English poetry
1372
precipitous, headlong
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1373
stir up, incite, stimulate
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1375
cut short, check
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1377
called into being
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1379
(1) high rank, power, (2) pomp, dignity
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1380
i.e., are met
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1383
iambic pentameter
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1384
substance, content
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1385
differently
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1387
proper, appropriate
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1388
common, ordinary, uneducated
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1390
most appropriately
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1393
ancient Israel
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1394
deadly, fatal
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1396
Horeb = Sinai, in Exodus and Deuteronomy
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1397
Moses, who was thought to have been the author of Genesis
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1399
site of the Temple, in Jerusalem
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1400
Siloam, near Jerusalem
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1401
fast by = close, very near
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1403
(1) perilous, rash, risky, (2) enterprising
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1404
Mount Parnassus, sacred to Apollo and to the Muses
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1405
not specified: the basic nature of the Godhead?
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1406
in preference to, rather than
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1407
(1) hatching eggs by sitting on them, (2) meditating
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1408
ignorant, obscure, blind
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1409
great, original
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1411
on account of
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1413
horrible, frightful, terrific
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1414
conflagration, burning
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1415
final damnation
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1416
unbreakable
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1417
(1) punishing, (2) severe
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1418
detestable, abominable
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1419
army, band, gang, mob
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1421
brought to nought, shamed
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1422
sentence, judgment (punishment)
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1423
kept, retained, preserved
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1424
(1) full of active evil, (2) full of pain and suffering
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1425
attested to, were evidence of
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1426
hardened to evil, unyielding
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1427
power of vision
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1428
disastrous, dreadful, calamitous
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1430
(1) desolate, (2) fantastic
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1431
reveal, show
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1432
presses forward
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1433
never used up
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1434
lot, destiny, fate
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1435
rolling, tumbling
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1437
blessèd, fortunate
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1438
countless numbers
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1441
[five syllables, second and fourth accented]
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1443
uncertain, undetermined
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1444
cultivation
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1445
to petition, beg
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1446
favor, pardon, mercy
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1447
humbly petitioning, bent
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1452
heavenly, pure fire
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1453
care for/prediction of the future
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1454
raised, moved forward
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1455
boasting, bragging
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1456
comrade, of equal rank
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1457
sixth of the nine angelic orders
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1458
first of the nine angelic orders
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1459
guidance, leadership
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1460
eternal, everlasting
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1461
test, trial
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1463
entities, beings
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1464
unconquerable
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1465
perforce, of necessity
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1467
permit, allow
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1470
slaves, bondsmen
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1473
interfere with, interrupt
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1474
purposes, directions
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1475
intended, designed
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1477
caused to subside, laid to rest
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1478
billows, waves
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1480
satiated, glutted
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1481
bluish leaden-colored
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1482
direct our course, move toward
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1483
lodge, take shelter, be contained
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1484
mortified, troubled
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1485
attack, hurt, damage
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1486
companion, associate
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1488
rod = 5 / yards
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1489
Titans: Briareos, in the next line, is one
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1490
giants: Typhon, in the next line, is one
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1491
biblical city in Cilicia (Asia Minor), north of Cyprus
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1493
(1) sea monster often analogized and linked to Satan, (2) whale
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1494
perhaps, by chance
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1495
foaming water, the sea
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1496
“foundered” can mean “sunk” here, it may mean “stuck, mired”
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1497
concluding, considering, thinking that it (i.e., Leviathan)
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1498
skin, outer surface
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1499
on the sheltered side, the side away from the wind
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1500
covers, clothes
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1501
lifted, raised
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1502
discomfiture, ruin, perplexity
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1503
immediately, at once
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1505
lying his weight upon
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1506
descends, settles
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1507
so, the like
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1508
form, appearance
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1509
Sicilian promontory, near Mount Etna (an active volcano, then and now)
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1510
(1) vaporized, (2) transmuted
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1512
wrapped, enfolded
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1513
infernal, hellish
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1514
(1) literally, the River Styx, but metaphorically death, (2) by analogy, this particular burning lake
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1515
still being
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1516
consent, toleration
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