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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:4455
AUTHOR:William Cowper (1731–1800)
QUOTATION:Ages elapsed ere Homer’s lamp appear’d,
And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard:
To carry nature lengths unknown before,
To give a Milton birth, ask’d ages more.
ATTRIBUTION:Table Talk. Line 556.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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