...enthusiastic view of childbirth: Mine as whom washed from spot of childbed taint, Purification ¡n the old Law did save, And such, as yet once more I...without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.4' Milton may consign the ritual to an 'old Law' now superseded, but he vindicates purification...

...Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint, Mine as whom washed from spot of child-bed taint, Purification in the Old Law did save, And such, as...have Full sight of her in heaven, without restraint, Come vested all in white, pure as her mind: Her face was veiled, yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness,...

...Rescued from death by force though pale and faint. Mine as whom washed from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old Law did save, And such, as yet once more 1 trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint. Came vested all in white, pure as her...

...from death by force though pale and faint. She comes to him now as he will someday see her in heaven, "vested all in white, pure as her mind": Her face...fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin'd So clear, as in no face with more delight. But O, as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she...