MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. xi., Line 307. - If by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the...

If by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of him who all things can, I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries; But prayer against his absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind Blown stifling back on him that br

MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. xi., Line 307.

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If by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of him who all things can, I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries; But prayer against his absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind Blown stifling back on him that br MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. xi., Line 307.

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