Page:Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, Compos'd at several times.djvu/20


 * The idle spear and shield were high up hung;

The hooked Chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood,
 * The Trumpet spake not to the armed throng,

And Kings sate still with awfull eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.

But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of light
 * His reign of peace upon the earth began:

The Windes with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kist,
 * Whispering new joys to the milde Ocean,

Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of Calm sit brooding on the charmed wave.

The Stars with deep amaze Stand fixt in steadfast gaze,
 * Bending one way their pretious influence,

And will not take their flight, For all the morning light,
 * Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence;

But in their glimmering Orbs did glow, Untill their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go. VII.