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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MILTON; INSCRIPTION ON WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The new world honors him whose lofty plea
Last Line: Their common freehold while both worlds endure.
Subject(s): Milton, John (1608-1674)
First Line: The new world honors him whose lofty plea
Last Line: Their common freehold while both worlds endure.
Subject(s): Milton, John (1608-1674)
THE new world honors him whose lofty plea
For England's freedom made her own more sure,
Whose song, immortal as its theme, shall be
Their common freehold while both worlds endure.
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