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And now, the thickening sky Like a dark ceiling stood; down rushed the rain Impetuous, and continued till the earth No more was seen. The floating vessel swam Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow, Rode tilting o’er the waves; all dwellings else Flood overwhelmed, and them, with all their pomp, Deep under water rolled; sea covered sea, Sea without shore; and in their palaces, Where luxury late reigned, sea monsters whelped And stabled. Of mankind, so numerous late, All left in one small bottom swam imbarked.
And now, the thickening sky Like a dark ceiling stood; down rushed the rain Impetuous, and continued till the earth No more was seen. The floating vessel swam Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow, Rode tilting o’er the waves; all dwellings else Flood overwhelmed, and them, with all their pomp, Deep under water rolled; sea covered sea, Sea without shore; and in their palaces, Where luxury late reigned, sea monsters whelped And stabled. Of mankind, so numerous late, All left in one small bottom swam imbarked.
Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- John Milton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 225 · printed citation: Milton · subject: FLOOD
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