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SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE TONGUE OF ENGLAND, THAT WHICH MYRIADS
Last Line: GLORY! BE GLORY! NOT TO ME, TO GOD.
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674); PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616); DRAMATISTS;

The tongue of England, that which myriads
Have spoken and will speak, were paralyzed
Hereafter, but two mighty men stand forth
Above the flight of ages, two alone;
One crying out,
@3All nations spoke thro' me@1.
The other:
@3True; and thro' this trumpet burst
God's word; the fall of Angels, and the doom
First of immortal, then of mortal, Man,
Glory! be glory! not to me, to God@1.



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