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And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie,
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.


John Milton

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JOHN MILTON Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers.
JOHN MILTON Now came still evening on; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad: Silence ...
JOHN MILTON The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light t...
JOHN MILTON Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where mos...
JOHN MILTON None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
JOHN MILTON How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
JOHN MILTON