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I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.

I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.

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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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

Il Penseroso. Line 65.

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