...CHRISTS Nativity Compos'd 1629 X THIS is the Month, and this the happy morn Wherin the Son of Heav'ns eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born,...unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty, Wherwith he wont at Heav'ns high Councel-Table, 10 To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside;...

...COLLEGE '1624-1632 ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY (1629) THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded...release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. ii That glorious Form, that Light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of majesty, Wherewith he...

...Bell.) from the seven-line Chaucerian stanza ababb c5 Cs; eg: This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded...That He our deadly forfeit should release, And with 11 iv Father work us a perpetual peace; (Milton, Ode on the Morning of Chrufs Nativity.) from the ottava...

...From IXw as the Wavos'by William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded...release, And with His Father work us a perpetual peace. Fivm'Vde on the Morning of Ctinst's Nativity" by John MX* (1608- 1674) Content to live, this is my...

...wedded Maid and Virgin Mother bom, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages2 once did sing, That He our deadly forfeit should release,...Majesty, Wherewith He wont at Heaven's high council-table 10 To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside; and here with us to be Forsook the courts of everlasting...

...Nativity, John Milton wrote: This is the month, and this the happv morn, Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born,...should release, And with His Father work us a perpetual peace.124 John Milton, in 1631, penned // Penseroso, in which he said: And storied windows richly dight,...

...poem's frame. The poem begins: This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of heav'n's eternal King, Of wedded maid, and virgin mother born,...should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace.17 The paradox of 'wedded maid' and 'virgin mother' and the incestuous suggestion of the unnamed...

...for instance, three times in the first seven-line stanza: This is the month, and this the happy morn. Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded...release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. (1:1-7; emphasis mine) Milton's insertion of the Passion is atypical of contemporary Nativity narratives....

...Morning of Christ's Nativity This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born,...far-beaming blaze of Majesty, Wherewith he wont at Heav'n's high council-table, O To sit the midst of Trinal Unity, He laid aside, and here with us to...