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_On Milton_.
Three Poets, in three distant ages born,
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn;
The first in loftiness of thought surpassed,
The next in majesty, in both the last.
The force of nature could no further go;
To make a third she joined the other two.
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JOHN BUNYAN.
1628-1688.
_Apology for his Book_.
And so I penned
It down, until at last it came to be,
For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.
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Some said, "John, print it," others said,
"Not so."
Some said, "It might do good," others said,
"No."
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_Pilgrim's Progress_.
The Slough of Despond.
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EARL OF ROSCOMMON.
1633-1684.
_Essay on Translated Verse_.
Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want of decency is want of sense.
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EARL OF ROCHESTER.
_Written on the Bedchamber Door of Charles II_.
Here lies our sovereign lord the king,
Whose word no man relies on;
He never says a foolish thing,
Nor ever does a wise one.
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KING CHARLES II.
_Written in Parliament attending the Discussion of Lord Boss' Divorce
Bill_.
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