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RedStoneEB
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0 posted 2013-01-28 03:24 PM



IF slander Stamped as dew'd upon leaves
With governing Bodies in stone seats held,
Jesus for whom we bindst thou
In woven sin of threaded Hair,
Plant in thy seeds; O he the soil
On tainted visions changed In our complaint:
and purpose Rough the blueprints written
Vacant, the intended plot not built.

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Victoria
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1 posted 2013-01-28 03:53 PM


The English poet...Paradise Lost..well done RS...You excel at writing poetry.
~Victoria

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2 posted 2013-01-28 04:15 PM


I am pretty sure I've not read much if any Milton, but the poem above captivating.

I can't help but think of Poe the way it grabs the reader, but that might because we read a great deal of Poe in a course I took. And watching a show this week, a new series that I won't be following, was about a serial killer that was killing women for the 'beauty' of it.

I'm saying this is like that in any way except how it grabs this reader and hangs on.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

RedStoneEB
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3 posted 2013-01-28 04:18 PM


John milton is from an old school class of poetry that reflects upon the religious beliefs of the times such as that that william blake writes and william wordsworth, all equal in their visions.

Paradise lost and Paradise Regained been the epics that take some reading but hold such beautiful lines.

RS

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