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Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus that led The starry Host, rode… — John Milton

Poem · Epic poem · Religious literature

Now glowed the firmament With living sapphires: Hesperus that led The starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon Rising in clouded Majesty, at length Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw.

John Milton
Paradise Lost · 1667
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Provenance
Current citation
"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 604.
Original citation
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 4, I. 604.

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