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Poems Of John Milton: On Shakespeare (John Milton)

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Milton, John

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On Shakespeare (John Milton)

What needs my Shakespeare, for his honoured bones, The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hollowed relics should be hid Under a stary-pointing pyramid? Dear son of Memory, great heir of Fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name? Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument. For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic lines with deep impression took; Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, ...

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