Another on "On the Gunpowder Plot."

John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)



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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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Scheme ABCA
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 161
Words 27
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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