But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our ted…

John Milton
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But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our tedious song should here have ending. ✨ 1629 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity','The Hymn', stanza 27.
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But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our tedious song should here have ending. ✨ 1629 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity','The Hymn', stanza 27.

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