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was made in the congress of the allies, that the Athenians should all be sold as slaves; on which occasion Erianthus, the Theban, gave his vote to pull down the city and turn the country into sheep-pasture; yet afterwards, when there was a meeting of the captains together, a man of Phocis singing the first chorus in Euripides' Electra, which begins,-- "Electra, Agamemnon's child, I come Unto thy desert home, they were all melted with compassion, and it seemed to be a cruel deed to destroy and pull down a city which had been so famous, and produced such men." IX (1644). Who the virtuous young lady was is not known. 2. See the gospel of Matthew VII 13. 5. See Luke X 40-42; Ruth I 14. 8. Note the "identical" rhyme. The effect of such a rhyme is unpleasant. Modern poets avoid it. 9-14. See Matthew XXV 1-13. X (1644 or 1645). Lady Margaret's father was the Earl of Marlborough, who had been President of the Council under Charles I. Milton attributes his death to political anxiety caused by the dissolution of Charles's third Parliament in 1629. 6-8. that dishonest victory at Chaeronea. The victory of Philip over the Greeks at Chaeronea, B.C. 338, is called by the poet _dishonest_ because obtained by means of intrigue and bribery. that old man eloquent is the orator and rhetorician Isocrates, who, in his grief over the defeat of his countrymen, committed suicide. 9. later born than to have known: too late to have known. _Serius nata quam ut cognosceres_. XIII (1646). "In these lines, Milton, with a musical perception not common amongst poets, exactly indicates the great merit of Lawes, which distinguishes his compositions from those of many of his contemporaries and successors. His careful attention to the words of the poet, the manner in which his music seems to grow from those words, the perfect coincidence of the musical with the metrical accent, all put Lawes's songs on a level with those of Schumann or Liszt."--_Encyclopaedia Britannica_. See introductory notes to Comus and Arcades. 3-4. not to scan With Midas' ears. The god Apollo, during the time of his servitude to Laomedon, had a quarrel with Pan, who insisted that the flute was a better instrument than the lyre. The decision was left to Midas, king of Lydia, who decided in favor of Pan. To punish Midas, Apollo chan
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