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AN EPIGRAM, ADDRESSED TO THE ENGLISHMAN, JOHN MILTON by JOHN SALSILLI

First Line: MELES AND MINCIO, BOTH, YOUR URNS DEPRESS!
Last Line: FOR MILTON FAMED SHALL, SINGLE, MATCH THE THREE.
Subject(s): MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674);
ADDRESSED TO THE ENGLISHMAN, JOHN MILTON,
(A POET WORTHY OF THREE LAURELS, THE GRECIAN, LATIN, AND ETRUSCAN)

MELES and Mincio, both, your urns depress!
Sebetus, boast henceforth thy Tasso less!
But let the Thames o'erpeer all floods, since he
For Milton famed shall, single, match the three.



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