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MILTON AT CRIPPLEGATE by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB

First Line: ME MILTON FAIN BY CRIPPLEGATE BEHOLD
Last Line: QUICK IN QUOTATION ON FREE LIPS I LIVE.
Subject(s): FREEDOM; MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674); STATUES; LIBERTY;

(Written after an air raid in which the statue of Milton was damaged)

Me Milton faln by Cripplegate behold,
Yet not me Milton, but my dummy's mould.
I stand with Liberty; let none misgive:
Quick in quotation on free lips I live.



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