 Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn : The first in loftiness of thought surpassed ; The next in majesty ; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the other two.  THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D - Page 66by JAMES BOSWELL - 1892Full view - About this book
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...priores Quae potuere duos, tertius unus habet:" from the famous lines written under Milton's picture: "Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy,...England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make... | |
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