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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES TO JOHN WEBSTER ON HIS PLAY THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, by JOHN FORD (1586-1639)
First Line: Crown him a poet, whom nor rome nor greece
Last Line: A lasting fame to raise his monument.
Subject(s): Webster, John (1580-1625)
First Line: Crown him a poet, whom nor rome nor greece
Last Line: A lasting fame to raise his monument.
Subject(s): Webster, John (1580-1625)
Crown him a poet, whom nor Rome nor Greece
Transcend in all their's for a masterpiece;
In which, whiles words and matter change, and men
Act one another, he, from whose clear pen
They all took life, to memory hath lent
A lasting fame to raise his monument.
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