The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (181 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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2239
the extreme south of Italy
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2242
is (“comes after”)
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2243
Hecate [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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2244
extreme north of Scandinavia, associated with storm-causing witches and wizards
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2245
labores lunæ
(Latin) = the moon in eclipse
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2247
part (of the body)
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2248
“or might be called a substance: it seemed a shadow”
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2250
i.e., as fast as Satan
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2252
took account of, heeded, was worried about
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2253
fled from, avoided
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2255
fierce, cruel, savage
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2257
(1) impudence, effrontery, (2) face
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2260
sworn, conspiring
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2261
spend, use up, consume
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2262
count, consider
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2263
unknown, unfamiliar, never experienced
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2264
Ophiuchus = “serpent-bearer,” a vast northern constellation
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2267
the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Turkestan
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2268
a space = a time, a while
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2270
i.e., Christ
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2271
fast by = close, very near
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2272
aim, direct
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2274
scourge, plague (“pestilence”)
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2276
these = these words
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2277
puts forth, interrupts with
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2278
quick, speedy
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2279
refrains, abstains
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2280
female porter, gatekeeper
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2282
ominous, warning
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2283
complete overthrow, disorderly retreat
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2285
highest point
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2286
(1) melancholy, sorrowful, (2) reflective
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2287
vast, enormous, powerful
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2288
dismal, pitiable
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2289
labor pangs
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2290
repulsive, hateful
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2293
waving, flourishing
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2294
paralyzed with fear
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2298
in opposition = placed opposite
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2299
destruction, ruin, death
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2301
those bright arms = that bright armor
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2302
constituted, endowed
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2303
violence, force
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2305
(1) love token, (2) hostage given to fortune
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2306
amorous play
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2308
unknown, strange
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2314
overstocked, overpopulated
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2315
mighty, powerful
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2317
quarrels, tumults
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2319
unresisting
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2320
extreme scarcity of food, hunger
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2321
throat, stomach
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2324
put forward
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2326
underworld place of punishment for the sinful
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2328
compassed round = surrounded
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2329
luxuriously sensuous
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2330
suits, becomes, fits
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2331
as per lines 651–53, above, she has a serpentine tail
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2332
lattice gate
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2333
infernal, hellish
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2334
notches cut in the key
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2335
rapid, violent
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2338
surging, overflowing
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2339
tumult, civil commotion
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2340
embryonic, not yet created
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2341
Egyptian/Tunisian desert
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2342
city located near modern Tripoli [trisyllabic, second accented]
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2343
enlisted, enrolled
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2344
to add weight to (“
avoir du pois
” = to have weight)
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2345
follow, side with, cleave/cling to
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2346
heats up, adds discord/hostility/dissension to
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2347
decree, order [verb]
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2349
estuary, arm of the sea
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2352
Roman goddess of war
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2353
contrivances, machines
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2354
leveled, wound up
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2357
kicks off from
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2358
daring, confident
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2360
[adjective]
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2362
imbued, charged
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2363
saltpeter, potassium nitrate
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2364
infernal spirit (Satan)
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2366
stretch of sandbanks off North Africa
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2368
sent to the bottom, sunk
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2369
not fully developed
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2370
material coherence
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2371
behoves him now = now he needed
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2372
half lion, half eagle
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2374
the gryphon’s
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2377
intensity, strength
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2380
Orcus = Pluto/Hades, Adès = Pluto/Hades
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2381
ancestor of all the gods
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2382
entangled in disorder
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2383
changing, unstable
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2384
have a border with
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2386
depth [noun]
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2387
“guide (if you would/please)”
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2388
small, petty
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2390
loosed, freed [adjective]
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