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EPIGRAM: ON THE INVENTOR OF GUNS by JOHN MILTON

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First Line: PRAISE IN OLD TIMES THE SAGE PROMETHEUS WON
Last Line: TO EMULATE THE FIERY BOLTS OF JOVE.
Subject(s): GUNS;
PRAISE in old times the sage Prometheus won,
Who stole aethereal radiance from the sun;
But greater he, whose bold invention strove
To emulate the fiery bolts of Jove.



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