 | John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...hundred years before the Romans landed in Britain. ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST1S NATIVITY. 1629. x. THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of heaven's eternal king, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 678 pages
...and shades was never infringed upon. SIR EGERTON BRYDGES. ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY.' THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein) the Son of Heaven's Eternal King, Of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring;... | |
 | Max Kaluza - English language - 1911 - 422 pages
...piety and rest; (Southey, The Chapel Bell.) from the seven-line Chaucerian stanza ababb c5 Cs; eg: This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring;... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...acceptable truths. This, says the poet, is the happy morn when, as everyone knows, the Son of Heav'ns eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring. [2-4] Everyone shares the story, how the Son laid aside the majesty that was his due as part of Trinal... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...Chrifts Nativity Compos'd 1629. • 1 This is tie Monti, and this the happy morn Wberin tie Son ofHeavns eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the boly sages once did sing, That be our deadly forfeit should release, And will Its Father work... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 340 pages
...that narcissistically selfpreoccupied. The first lines establish the time in the Christian year: This is the Month, and this the happy morn Wherein the...eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born . . . (lines 1-3) Nonetheless, the poet's concern with poetry is rapidly introduced. The poet questions... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...io Conlribulc . . ." published in Times 77>ree(1960). 7 This is the month, and this the happy mom. D , bom. Our great redemption from above did bring. JOHN MILTON (1608-74), English poet. On ihc Morning... | |
 | Garry Moes - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2007 - 132 pages
...Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. From IXw as the Wavos'by William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring;... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - Literary Collections - 1994 - 868 pages
...composition On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, John Milton wrote: This is the month, and this the happv morn, Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, Of...born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That He our deadly forfeit should release, And with His Father work... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...seriousness give it charm. We are captured at once by the confidence, the .sureness, of the language: This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of heaven's eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born Our great redemption from above did bring... | |
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THIS is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring... 
