...such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold ; 135 And speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous sin will...And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. 15. Yea Truth, and Justice then 14 1 Will down return to men, Orb'd in a rainbow ; and like glories...

...heaven's deep organ blow ; And, with your ninefold harmony, Make up full concert to the angelic symphony. For, if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time...And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. Yea, truth and justice then Will down return to men, Orb'd in a rainbow ; and, like glories wearing,...

...your ninefold harmony, Make up full consort to the angelic symphony." "For if such holy song Inwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the...And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day." With the angelic chorus, Heaven's door swung open and tidings of joy were brought by God's messengers....

...heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony. XIV For, if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time...leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. XV Yea, Truth and Justice then Will down return to men, The enamelled arras of the rainbow wearing; And...

...when weary? Milton's verse in the ' Christmas Hymn ' seems a prophecy Handel was sent to fulfil — ' For if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time...speckled vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous bin will melt from earthly mould : And hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions...

...been brought back to earth, and he gives an eloquent picture of its imminent arrival: And speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous sin will...And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. Yea, Truth and Justice then Will down return to men, Th' enamel'd arras of the rainbow wearing. And...

...pleasure is our sustained creative repudiation of the outward manifestations of worldly corruption: For if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time...And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day. 24 Under the holy spell of sustained creative vision, or "fancy," evil falls away and makes space for...

...bliss. It was a mood which he had touched upon metaphorically in the Nativity Ode of the previous year: Time will run back and fetch the age of gold, And...die, And leprous sin will melt from earthly mould . . . Yea, Truth and Justice then Will down return to men . . . In the second movement of this new...

...pre-Christian world. In stanza 14, in the middle section, Milton evokes the effect of the angelic choir. 61 For if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long. Time...And speckled vanity Will sicken soon and die. And iep'rous sin will melt from earthly mould, And hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions...

...holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold,0 And speckled vanity0 Will sicken soon and die, And lep'rous sin will melt...away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.0 140 XV Yea Truth, and Justice then0 Will down return to men, Orbed in a rainbow; and l1ke glories...