History & Politics
On the Gunpowder Plot IV
From Latin and Italian Poems (Cowper)
History & Politics
Quem modo Roma suis devoverat impia diris,
Et Styge damnarat Taenarioque sinu,
Hunc vice mutata jam tollere gestit ad astra,
Et cupit ad superos evehere usque Deos.
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Milton, John. “On the Gunpowder Plot IV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/milton/69/.
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Milton, John. “On the Gunpowder Plot IV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/milton/69/.
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