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Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both...

Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711 - Page 114
by John Milton - 1801
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Paradise in the Age of Milton

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Remembering and Repeating: Biblical Creation in Paradise Lost

Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 160 pages

...stars though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain, nor think, though men were none, That Heav'n would want spectators, God want praise; Millions of...ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. (IV. 674-80) Adam asserts that there is a proper way to approach the heavens after all: to praise them....

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