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On The Morning of Christ's Nativity by John Milton - Poetry Foundation
On The Morning of Christ's Nativity by John Milton - Poetry Foundation
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In consecrated earth,
And on the holy hearth,
The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint;
In urns and altars round,
A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint;
And the chill marble seems to sweat,
While each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat.
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