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| Photo by Magic Marie |
Possibly the best course I took in college was a seminar on John Milton taught by the late poet/novelist
Reynolds Price. One of the first things we read was Milton's Christmas poem, "
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity." It was written in 1629 when Milton was 21.
My favorite verse of the poem (love the rhyme of "whist" and "kissed") is below.You can read it in its entirety
here on Bartleby.
| But peaceful was the night | |
| Wherein the Prince of Light | |
| His reign of peace upon the earth began. | |
| The winds, with wonder whist, | |
| Smoothly the waters kissed, | 65 |
| Whispering new joys to the mild Ocean, | |
| Who now hath quite forgot to rave, | |
| While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. |
