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The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems

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by John Milton; Burton Raffel

2192 turnings of celestial bodies, times

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  2193 i.e., going from

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  2194 wither, perish

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  2195 suffer, languish

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  2196 for periods

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  2197 resists, stands in the way, opposes

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  2198 one of three Gorgons; there are writhing serpents all over her head; those who look at her are turned to stone

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  2199 flees

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  2200 creature, living being

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  2201 condemned to remain in a pool filled with water that moves away whenever he attempts to drink

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  2202 [first syllable accented]

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  2203 [four syllables, first and third accented]

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  2204 for evil only good = good only for evil

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  2205 abnormal, unnatural

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  2206 pretended, invented

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  2207 see line 611, above

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  2208 many-headed serpent; the heads immediately grow back if cut off

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  2209 fire-breathing monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail

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  2210 purpose, intention

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  2211 brings to bear (as one “puts on” speed)

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  2212 conducts

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  2213 moves rapidly along

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  2214 comes exceedingly close

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  2215 vault of hell

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  2216 caught sight of

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  2217 by means of

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  2218 equatorial

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  2219 i.e., close to the wind, with sail tacks hauled close

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  2220 Bengal

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  2221 Ternate and Tidore = Moluccan (spice) islands

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  2222 winds that blow steadily in one direction are “trade winds”—i.e., useful for trading vessels

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  2223 moving water, “tide” (metaphorical)

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  2224 Indian Ocean, near northeastern Africa

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  2225 Cape of Good Hope, at the southern tip of Africa

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  2226 steer, direct their course

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  2227 making headway

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  2228 the South Pole

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  2229 hell’s boundaries

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  2230 leaves of a folding door, gates

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  2231 enclosed

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  2232 alarming

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  2233 pack

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  2234 outburst of sound

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  2235 wanted to

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  2236 [verb]

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  2237 grieved, distressed, agitated

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  2238 six-headed monster, each head having triple rows of teeth

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  2239 the extreme south of Italy

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  2240 rough

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  2241 Sicilian

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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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  2245labores lunæ (Latin) = the moon in eclipse

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  2246 because of

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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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  2249 spear

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  2250 i.e., as fast as Satan

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  2251 wondered

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  2252 took account of, heeded, was worried about

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  2253 fled from, avoided

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  2254 detestable

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  2255 fierce, cruel, savage

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  2256 misshapen

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  2257 (1) impudence, effrontery, (2) face

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  2258 across

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  2259 ugly demon

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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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  2265 deadly

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  2266 filled

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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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  2269 engage in

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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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  2273 fatal

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  2274 scourge, plague (“pestilence”)

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  2275 desisted

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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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  2281 [noun]

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  2282 ominous, warning

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  2283 complete overthrow, disorderly retreat

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  2284 heaven

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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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  2291 path

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  2292 so that

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  2293 waving, flourishing

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  2294 paralyzed with fear

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  2295 copulating

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  2296 wish

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  2297 food, meal

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  2298 in opposition = placed opposite


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  2299 destruction, ruin, death

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  2300 nor

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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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  2304 lesson

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  2305 (1) love token, (2) hostage given to fortune

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  2306 amorous play

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  2307 claims

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  2308 unknown, strange

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  2309 alone

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  2310 bottomless

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  2311 outskirts

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  2312 place

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  2313 distant

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  2314 overstocked, overpopulated

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  2315 mighty, powerful

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  2316 actuate

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  2317 quarrels, tumults

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  2318 intended

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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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  2322 said to

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  2323 right

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  2324 put forward

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  2325 spear

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  2326 underworld place of punishment for the sinful

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  2327 deep

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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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  2336 Hell

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  2337 surpassed

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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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  2348 cautious

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  2349 estuary, arm of the sea

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  2350 assailed

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  2351 crashing

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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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  2355 destroy

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  2356 wings

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  2357 kicks off from

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  2358 daring, confident

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  2359 wings

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  2360 [adjective]

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  2361 blow

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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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  2365 checked

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  2366 stretch of sandbanks off North Africa

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  2367 almost

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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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  2373 Scythian

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  2374 the gryphon’s

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  2375 vigilant

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  2376 stolen

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  2377 intensity, strength

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  2378 steers

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  2379 partner

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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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  2385 reached

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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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  2389 benefit

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  2390 loosed, freed [adjective]

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  2391 unlawful seizure

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  2392 flag

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  2393 author of anarchy

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  2394 agitated

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  2395 insurrection

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  2396 fleeing bands

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  2397 mixed up

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  2398 can do

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  2399 thus

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  2400 internal, inner

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  2401 quarrels

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  2402 be successful

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  2403 clashing

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  2404 surrounded

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  2405 closed round, hemmed in

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  2406 ship of Jason and the Argonauts

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  2407 the left side of a ship, when looking forward

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  2408 Ulysses

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  2409 Satan

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  2410 having passed

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  2411 rapidly

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  2412 sphere, circle

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  2413 wicked

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  2414 emanation

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  2415 rim, edge, border

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  2416 to retire = begins to retire

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  2417 sails, floats

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  2418 vague, uncertain

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  2419 mainmast ropes

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  2420 rigging

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  2421 balances

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  2422 not fixed, not settled

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  2423 fast by = close by

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  2424 filled

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  2425 hastens

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  2426 a flowing out, emanation

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  2427 uncreated

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  2428 “would you rather hear”

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  2429 cover

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  2430 infernal, hellish

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  2431 visit

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  2432 Orphean = belonging to Orpheus

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  2433 harplike musical instrument used to accompany poetry

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  2434 unusual, uncommon

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  2435 the sun

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  2436 pure, clear

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  2437 extinguished, killed

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  2438 a fluid that spreads over some part of the body

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  2439 i.e., veiled them (his eyes)

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  2440 struck, impressed, inspired

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  2441 site of the Temple, in Jerusalem

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  2442 equaled with = the same as

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  2443 legendary Thracian poet

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  2444 Homer

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  2445 blind seer of Thebes

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  2446 Thracian king and prophet

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  2447 “I feed”

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  2448 poetry

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  2449 the nightingale, which does not sleep at night

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  2450 in the dark [adverb]

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  2451 cover

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  2452 during = lasting, continuing

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  2453 blotted out, erased

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  2454 destroyed

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  2455 illuminate, shine light upon [three syllables, second accented]

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  2456 [verb]

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  2457 supreme blessing/happiness

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  2458 [bisyllabic, first accented]

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  2459 as yet, still

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  2460 dark, dusky, murky

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  2461 high up

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  2462 enclosed

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  2463 substratum, support

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  2464 a place affording an open view

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  2465 carries away

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  2466 broken open

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  2467 having broken

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  2468 environs, neighborhoods, districts

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