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TO MILTON, ON HIS LYCIDAS by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: POOR DIDST THOU DIE, WHO HADST IN LOVELIER YEARS
Last Line: GIVEN -- UNTO DEATH -- THESE RICHEST OF ALL TEARS.
Subject(s): MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674);
Poor didst thou die, who hadst in lovelier years
Given -- unto Death -- these richest of all tears.


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