Of fiery arms, and lightnings, not of Jove;
All heaven resounded, and the astonish’d deep
Of chaos bellow’d with the monstrous roar.
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In 1880 the Editor of The World offered two prizes for the best poems in the style of Milton’s Paradise Lost, Book II., on “The Opening of Parliament.” The following were the successful compositions:—
First Prize.
Thus pondering how they best might frame reply,
Unto their Sovereign’s speech, mute and perplexed
Sat all the Peers, awaiting who appeared
To second, or oppose, or undertake