Arts & Sciences
To Leonora, Singing in Rome III
Translated by William Cowper (1808) · From Latin and Italian Poems (Cowper)
Arts & Sciences
Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more
The sweet-voiced Siren buried on thy shore,
That, when Parthenope deceas'd, she gave
Her sacred dust to a Chalcidic grave,
For still she lives, but has exchanged the hoarse
Pausilipo for Tiber's placid course,
Where, idol of all Rome, she now in chains,
Of magic song both Gods and Men detains.
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Milton, John. “To Leonora, Singing in Rome III.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/milton/73/.
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Milton, John. “To Leonora, Singing in Rome III.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/milton/73/.
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