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TO LEONORA SINGING AT ROME (2) by JOHN MILTON

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First Line: NAPLES, TOO CREDULOUS, AH! BOAST NO MORE
Last Line: OF MAGIC SONG BOTH GODS AND MEN DETAINS.
Subject(s): SINGING & SINGERS;
NAPLES, too credulous, ah! boast no more
The sweet-voiced Siren buried on thy shore,
That, when Parthenope deceased, she gave
Her sacred dust to a Chalcidic grave,
For still she lives, but has exchanged the hoarse
Pausilipo for Tiber's placid course,
Where, idol of all Rome, she now in chains
Of magic song both gods and men detains.



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