Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day. ✨ John Milton, Henry John …

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Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day. ✨ John Milton, Henry John Todd (1809). The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,, p.446
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Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day. ✨ John Milton, Henry John Todd (1809). The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,, p.446

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