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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: HE. I have examined it, every nook, And what you see here is a sample of all. Come, wheel round, The dirt we have found Would be an estate, at a farthing a pound. Now, sister Anne, the guitar you must take, Set it, and sing it, and make it a song: I have varied the verse, for variety's sake, And cut it off short?because it was long. Tis hobbling and lame, Which critics won't blame, For the sense and the sound, they say, should be the same. STANZAS ON 1HE LATE INDECENT LIBERTIES TAKEN WITH THE REMAINS OF MILTON.t ANNO 1790. Me too, perchance, in future days, The sculptured stone shall show, With Paphian myrtle or with bays Parnassian on my brow. The late Lady Austen. The bones of Milton, who lies buried in Cripplegatochurch, were disinterred; a pamphlet by Le Neve was published at the time, giving an account of what appeared on opening his coffin. But I, or ere that season come, Escaped from every care, Shall reach my refuge in the tomb, And sleep securely there. So sang, in Roman tone and style, The youthful bard, ere long Ordain'd to grace his native isle With her sublimest song. Who then but must conceive disdain, Hearing the deed unblest Of wretches who have dared profane His dread sepulchral rest Ill fare the hands that heaved the stones -j- Where Milton's ashes lay, That trembled not to grasp his bones And steal his dust away Forsitan et nostros ducat de marmore vultus Nectens aut Paphia myrti aut Parnasside lauri Fronde comas?At ego secura pace quiescam. Milton in Mansit. t Cowper, no doubt, had in his memory the lines said to have been written by Shakspeare on his tomb: Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust inclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these s...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217420914 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217420915 |
| Weight | 1.29 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.89 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 400 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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