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EXTEMPORE TO VOLTAIRE CRITICISING MILTON by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765)

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU ARE SO WITTY, PROFLIGATE AND THIN
Last Line: AT ONCE WE THINK YOU MILTON, DEATH, AND SIN.
Subject(s): MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674); VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE;
You are so witty, profligate and thin,
At once we think you Milton, death, and sin.


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