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Here finished he, and all that he had made Viewed, and behold all is entirely good; So even and morn accomplished the sixth day; Yet not till the Creator from his work Desisting, though unwearied, up returned, Up to the heaven of heavens his high abode, Thence to behold his new created world, Th’ addition of his empire, how it showed In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his great idea. Up he rode, Followed by acclamation, and the sound Symphonious of ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies; the earth, the air, Resounded, The heavens and all the constellations rang, The planets in their stations listening stood, While the bright pomp ascended jubilant:— Open, ye everlasting gates, they sang, Open, ye heavens, your everlasting doors; let in The great Creator from his work returned Magnificent, his six days’ work—a world.
Here finished he, and all that he had made Viewed, and behold all is entirely good; So even and morn accomplished the sixth day; Yet not till the Creator from his work Desisting, though unwearied, up returned, Up to the heaven of heavens his high abode, Thence to behold his new created world, Th’ addition of his empire, how it showed In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his great idea. Up he rode, Followed by acclamation, and the sound Symphonious of ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies; the earth, the air, Resounded, The heavens and all the constellations rang, The planets in their stations listening stood, While the bright pomp ascended jubilant:— Open, ye everlasting gates, they sang, Open, ye heavens, your everlasting doors; let in The great Creator from his work returned Magnificent, his six days’ work—a world.
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)
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