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Milton An Early Riser

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
April
Year
1848
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

This famous poet rose at four in the morning during the summer months, and at five in the winter. He studied in the forenoon, exercised in the afternoon, and in the evening sang, accompanying himself on some instrument. - He had a fine voice, played well on several instruments, and understood harmony; and, judging from his Paradise Lost, he must have been passionately fond of music and the perfume of flowers. He usually retired at nine, and composed awhile in bed.