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Psal. I. Done into Verse

By John Milton

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Bless'd is the man who hath not walk'd astray     In counsel of the wicked, and ith'way     Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat     Of scorners hath not sate. But in the great     Jehovahs Law is ever his delight,     And in his law he studies day and night.     He shall be as a tree which planted grows     By watry streams, and in his season knows     To yield his fruit, and his leaf shall not fall.     And what he takes in hand shall prosper all.     Not so the wicked, but as chaff which fann'd     The wind drives, so the wicked shall not stand     In judgment, or abide their tryal then     Nor sinners in th'assembly of just men.     For the Lord knows th'upright way of the just     And the way of bad men to ruine must.

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About John Milton

John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet best known for "Paradise Lost" (1667), an epic poem retelling the biblical story of the Fall of Man. He also wrote "Paradise Regained," "Samson Agonistes," and the pastoral elegy "Lycidas," and is considered the greatest English epic poet.

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