The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (189 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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3459
noontime, midday
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3461
seventh of the nine angelic orders
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3462
at will = as I please
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3464
Roman goddess of fruits
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3465
orchard, bower
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3466
(1) from fables rather than real, (2) sham, because pagan
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3467
a beauty competition among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite; Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, gave the prize to Aphrodite
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3468
“veil” could then mean “cloak” or “mantle”
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3469
weak, shaky
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3472
generous gifts
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3473
in part = who is in part
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3474
distasteful, unwelcome
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3475
as “rational” creatures, human beings are required to (and can) think in order to know; their knowledge is therefore of necessity partial. “Intelligential” creatures, however, are endowed with complete knowledge that is of their very essence
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3476
both angels and men
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3477
heat for digestive purposes
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3478
[adjective]
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3481
everything else
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3482
nutritional
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3485
flowing as sweet as honey
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3486
on earth, in the Garden of Eden
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3489
so far as one can judge
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3490
in mist = blurred (as an immaterial object)
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3491
interpretation, explanation
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3492
[bisyllabic]
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3493
see footnote 200, above
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3494
to turn corporeal to incorporeal, i.e., to make spiritual that which was material
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3495
is excessive, superfluous
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3496
is emitted/breathed/vaporized (i.e., passes through their “bodies,” is excreted)
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3497
lower-ranking, merely experimentally oriented (rather than the higher, theoretically oriented)
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3498
as from = just as if it had come from
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3500
filled to overflowing
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3501
unlustful, unlecherous
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3503
i.e., their natures
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3504
conversation, meeting [trisyllabic, second accented]
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3505
splendid radiance
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3507
shaped, articulated
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3508
condescended
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3509
member of the hierarch (order) of angels [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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3510
perverted, corrupted
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3511
earliest (primeval)
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3512
invested, supplied
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3513
upward jumps
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3514
completed, perfected, supreme
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3515
elevated, refined, purified
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3516
complete instantaneous knowledge requiring no prior thought
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3517
unsuitable, inappropriate
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3522
gracious, helpful
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3523
added, annexed
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3525
listen, follow me closely/carefully
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3526
remain firm/steady
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3527
hereby notified, warned
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3529
unalterable
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3530
from which one cannot extricate oneself
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3535
ancestor, forefather
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3536
command, single = single command
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3537
raise, stir up
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3540
ample, abundant
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3541
daylight hours (since the angel has said, in line 376, that he will stay on earth “till evening rise”)
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3542
region, encircling band
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3544
first, original
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3545
sober, serious
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3546
regretful remembrance
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3547
finally, last of all
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3549
sketch, draw, portray
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3550
for men, a foreshadowing
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3551
calculated by Plato, in his
Republic,
as approximately thirty-six thousand years (i.e., when all the heavenly bodies have returned to their created starting points)
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3554
banners, flags
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3555
military banner or flag
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3556
banners with tails/streamers, suspended from a crossbar rather than a pole
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3557
front, foremost
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3558
for distinction serve = used in order to distinguish
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3559
fabric, cloth
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3561
[trisyllabic, second accented]
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3562
prominently
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3566
unrevoked shall stand = shall stand unrevoked (not rescinded/annulled/withdrawn, etc.)
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3567
called into being
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3569
acknowledge, avow
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3570
gerent = ruler, manager
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3571
swallowed, buried
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3572
fixed stars
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3573
elliptical, irregular
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3575
frees from difficulties, invests with calm/placidity
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3576
harmony divine’s
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3577
musical intervals
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3579
[trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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3580
produce, product
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3581
inclining, resting
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3582
fellowship, sharing
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3583
drink deeply of
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3584
secure of = safe from
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3587
(1) celestial, (2) divinely fragrant
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3588
pleasing, agreeable
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3589
(1) rose-colored, (2) rose-scented
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3590
inclined, prepared
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3591
spherical, globular
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3592
(1) constantly flowing, (2) refreshing
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3593
a kind of large tent
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3595
turn, customary practice
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3599
leave one’s place of lodging (break camp)
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