Milton (Alcaics)



O mighty-mouth'd inventor of harmonies,
  O skill'd to sing of Time or Eternity,
      God-gifted organ-voice of England,
          Milton, a name to resound for ages;
  Whose Titan angels, Gabriel, Abdiel,
  Starr'd from Jehovah's gorgeous armouries,
      Tower, as the deep-domed empyrean
          Rings to the roar of an angel onset--
  Me rather all that bowery loneliness,
  The brooks of Eden mazily murmuring,
      And bloom profuse and cedar arches
          Charm, as a wanderer out in ocean,
  Where some refulgent sunset of India
  Streams o'er a rich ambrosial ocean isle,
      And crimson-hued the stately palm-woods
          Whisper in odorous heights of even.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEAFGHIDFJEKF
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 672
Words 98
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

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