657 but not So Wak'd Sathan, not So as the Angels in Watch (v. 655.) though He Wak'd too, for he Slept not; he was Otherwife Employ'd, 666, 668. 667 Soon as Midnight brought on the Dufkie boure Compare This with 574. VI. 1, &c. 689 the Quarters of the North it might be thought that Milton affign'd the • North to Satan as the Region which with Us is Tormented with an Inclement Sky, Carrying Therefore an Unagreeable Idea; and perhaps he might alfo have had This in his View; but Doubtless he had a Nobler Thought which he took from Ifa. xiv. 12, 13, 14. How art Thou fall'n from Heaven O Lucifer Son of the Morning! for thou haft faid in thine Heart I will Afcend into Heaven, I will Exmy Throne above the Stars of God, I will fit alfo upon the Mount of the Congregation on the Sides of the North. See 760. alt 708 the Morning Starr that Guides the Starrie Flock, the Shepherd Guides his Flock when he Drives them Before him as well as when he Leads them. in Both Cafes he Directs their way. 710 as Rev. xii. 3, 4. the Third part 711 Mean while th' Eternal Eye Saw and Smiling to his Onely Son Thus faid. the plain Conftruction without Dispute, is that the Eye not only Smil'd but Spake. 'tis a Ufual Figure in the Beft Writers to put the Principal Part on the Occafion for the Perfon: Milton does it frequently, as I. 400. the Wifeft Heart of Solomon he led to Build and fo in Lycidas v. 1 19. fpeaking of the Gluttonous Clergy, Blind Mouths that fcarce Themfelves know how to hold a Sheep-book, or have Learn'd — So I. 768. II. 712, 727, &c. Add X. 1060. XI. 495, 808, the like is found in Hor. Sat. II. 1. 72. in Virg. Æn. IV. 132. and in Scripture Prov. xxx. 17, &c. and from within the Golden Lamps, &c. 713 716 among the Sons of Morn; the Angels are here call'd Sons of the Morning, as Lucifer in the Paffage juft Now Quoted. Probably upon Account of their Early Creation; Or to Exprefs the Angelick Beauty and Gladness, Gladness, the Morning being the most Delightfull Seafon of the Day. Job xi. 17. thine Age fhall be Clearer than the Noon-Day; thou fhalt fhine forth, thou shalt be as the Morning. Xxxviii 7. When the Morning Stars Sang together, and all the Sons of God Shouted for Joy. See alfo Cant. VI. 10. Ifa. lviii. 8. 733 to whom the Son with Calm Aspect and Clear Lightning Divine, Ineffable, Serene, Light'ning Divine may be understood as one of the Epithets of the Afpect of the Son of God. or as a Verb. the Son with a Calm and Clear Countenance Lighten'd, Flash'd Brightnefs Divine, &c. This not only has Greater Energy and Beauty, but the First, and Best Editions are Pointed as here, which if according to Milton's Intention determines us to Understand it Thus. the Thought is a moft Sublimely Poetical One; it may poffibly have been Milton's Own, but 'tis more Probable He took it from Dante who had it Long before, and express'd it Admirably. Lampeggiò un Rifo. Flash'd, or Lighten'd a Smile. a Smile from Angelic or Divine Beings is suppos'd to give a Sudden Light and Luftre, to Flash Brightnefs. So Milton VIII. 367. R the the Vision Bright as with a Smile More Bright'n'd. On the contrary Evil Beings Frown Darkness. II. 719. So Frown'd the Mighty Combatants that Hell grew Darker at their Frown. 742 -the Worft in Heav'n. the Weakeft, the Worft in Arms as I. 119. in the fame Manner as Virg. hath faid Melior Armis Æn. X. 735. & Hor. Ep. I. 10. 34. Cervus equum pugna melior communibus berbis pellebat, donec Minor in certamine longo, &c. 746 Starrs of Morning, Dew-drops which the Sun Impearls. they dont quite refemble Pearls 'till the Sun Beams give them a Warmth of Colouring. When Aurora v. 2. Sow'd the Earth with Orient Pearle the Sun was Rifing; he was above the Horizon presently after v. 140. Starrs of Morning may be call'd a Concetto, but Lucret. V. 462. explains it into a Beauty. Aurea cum primum gemmanteis rore per berbas Matutina rubent radiati lumina Solis. and with more Juftnefs These are call'd Stars of Morning than Flowers are by Columella call'd Earthly Stars. Pingit & in varios, Terreftria Sydera, flo res. L. 10. Milton does fometimes Stoop to what is Beneath his Ordinary Majefty, but never without Great Examples. 750 in their Triple Degrees in the Angelick, Orders are faid to be three Triplicities Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Princedoms, Arch-Angels, Angels. in the foregoing Verfe only Some of These are fpecify'd, in Other places Others; All would have been too much at any One time. 753 -from one intire Globofe Stretch'd into Longitude as if our Globe's Circumference was made a Streight Line; a Plain as Long as 'tis Round the Earth. the fame thought is 649. 755 the Limits of the North fee the Note on 689. 761 in the Dialect of Men for his former Name was heard no more in Heav'n v. 658. See also I, 361. in Imitation of Homer who frequently makes things call'd Diffrently in the Dialect of Men from what they were by the Gods fuppofing Thefe to call them by their more Ancient, and Obfolete, and Those by their Modern and Common Names. R 2 770 |