History & Politics
On the Gunpowder Plot
From Latin and Italian Poems (Cowper)
History & Politics
Cum simul in regem nuper satrapasque Britannos
Ausus es infandum perfide Fauxe nefas,
Fallor? an & mitis voluisti ex parte videri,
Et pensare mala cum pietate scelus;
Scilicet hos alti missurus ad atria caeli,
Sulphureo curru flammivolisque rotis.
Qualiter ille feris caput inviolabile Parcis
Liquit Jordanios turbine raptus agros.
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MLA
Milton, John. “On the Gunpowder Plot.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/milton/66/.
Chicago
Milton, John. “On the Gunpowder Plot.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/milton/66/.
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