But now my task is smoothly done: I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue; she alone is free.... Essay on Milton - Page 25by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1914 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
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