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An Epigram Addressed to the Englishman John Milton, a Poet Worthy of Three Laurels, the Grecian, Latin, and Etruscan, by John Salsillo of Rome
Translated by William Cowper · From Translations
Meles and Mincio, both your urns depress,
Sebetus boast henceforth thy Tasso less,
But let the Thames o'er-peer all floods, since he
For Milton famed shall, single, match the three.
Codex Note
From the Latin of Salzilli, in praise of Milton.
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MLA
Cowper, William. “An Epigram Addressed to the Englishman John Milton, a Poet Worthy of Three Laurels, the Grecian, Latin, and Etruscan, by John Salsillo of Rome.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/403/.
Chicago
Cowper, William. “An Epigram Addressed to the Englishman John Milton, a Poet Worthy of Three Laurels, the Grecian, Latin, and Etruscan, by John Salsillo of Rome.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/403/.
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