Chapter VII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

the two together, not just one

From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

an old form of “did”, used with “thou”

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

causing or relating to death

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

up to a particular time

From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading Up led by thee Into the Heav’n of Heav’ns I have presum’d, An Earthlie Guest, and drawn Empyreal Aire, Thy tempring; with like safetie guided down Return me to my Native Element: Least from this flying Steed unrein’d, (as once _Bellerophon_, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th’ _Aleian_ Field I fall Erroneous, there to wander and forlorne.

at the time that

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

in or at the place that

From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

during the time that

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

belonging to which person

From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

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From this reading Descend from Heav’n _Urania_, by that name If rightly thou art call’d, whose Voice divine Following, above th’ _Olympian_ Hill I soare, Above the flight of _Pegasean_ wing.

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From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The meaning, not the Name I call: for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old _Olympus_ dwell’st, but Heav’nlie borne, Before the Hills appeerd, or Fountain flow’d, Thou with Eternal wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy Sister, and with her didst play In presence of th’ Almightie Father, pleas’d With thy Celestial Song.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.

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From this reading But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.

but in spite of that

From this reading Half yet remaines unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible Diurnal Spheare; Standing on Earth, not rapt above the Pole, More safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compast rouud, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, _Urania_, and fit audience find, though few.