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heav'nly Love

Luxon, Thomas H., ed. The Milton Reading Room, http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton, March, 2015.

"See Spenser's An Hymne of Heavenly Love. See also Diotima's teaching on love in Plato's Symposium."
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Related:  XI.381 - XI.659,  her Heav'nly forme Angelic,  I.1 - I.282,  IX.834 - IX.1110,  Seemd like to Heav'n,  And for the Heav'ns wide Circuit, let it speak [ 100 ] The Makers high magnificence, who built So spacious, and his Line stretcht out so farr;,  VI.280 - VI.557,  II.284 - II.555,  IX.279 - IX.566,  VIII.379 - VIII.653,  II.838 - II.1055,  XII.33 - XII.314,  VIII.100 - VIII.378,  IX.1111 - X.102,  IX.567 - IX.833,  Unbarr'd the gates of Light. There is a Cave Within the Mount of God, fast by his Throne, [ 5 ] Where light and darkness in perpetual round Lodge and dislodge by turns, which makes through Heav'n Grateful vicissitude, like Day and Night; Light issues fort,  V.468 - V.743,  X.103 - X.382,  Heav'nly Muse,  VI.558 - VI.834,  Heav'nly Muse,  X.937 - XI.98,  V.192 - V.467,  X.657 - X.936,  II.1 - II.283,  XI.660 - XII.32,  V.744 - V.907,  II.556 - II.837,  I might relate of thousands, and thir names Eternize here on Earth; but those elect Angels contented with thir fame in Heav'n [ 375 ],  ALL night the dreadless Angel unpursu'd Through Heav'ns wide Champain held his way, till Morn, Wak't by the circling Hours, with rosie hand,  IV.79 - IV.357,  VII.197 - VII.474,  XI.99 - XI.380,  IV.924 - V.191,  The ancient Sire descends with all his Train; Then with uplifted hands, and eyes devout, Grateful to Heav'n, over his head beholds A dewie Cloud, and in the Cloud a Bow [ 865 ] Conspicuous with three listed colours gay,,  IV.358 - IV.634,  I.560 - I.799,  VII.475 - VIII.99,  Waters under Heav'n,  O loss of one in Heav'n to judge of wise.,  X.383 - X.656,  Heaven,  III.555 - IV.78,  High up in Heav'n, with songs to hymne his Throne,  III.1 - III.273,  thou hadst in Heav'n th' esteem of wise,  As present, Heav'nly instructer, I revive At this last sight, assur'd that Man shall live With all the Creatures, and thir seed preserve. Farr less I now lament for one whole World Of wicked Sons destroyd, then I rejoyce [ 875 ] For one Man found so perfe,  VI.1 - VI.279,  Heav'ns awful Monarch?,  IX.1 - IX.278,  Mean while The World shall burn, and from her ashes spring New Heav'n and Earth, wherein the just shall dwell [ 335 ] And after all thir tribulations long See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With Joy and Love triumphing, and fair Truth.,  III.274 - III.554,  Heavens Azure,  VI.835 - VII.196,  That shake Heav'ns basis,  Heav'n,  IV.635 - IV.923,  serve in Heav'n,  I.283 - I.559,  Wide hovering, all the Clouds together drove From under Heav'n; the Hills to their supplie [ 740 ] Vapour, and Exhalation dusk and moist, Sent up amain; and now the thick'nd Skie