| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 40007 |
| QUOTATION: | Lift not thy spear against the Muses’ bower:
The great Emathian conqueror bid spare
The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower
Went to the ground; and the repeated air
Of sad Electra’s poet had the power
To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Milton (1608–1674), British poet. When the Assault Was Intended to the City (l. 9–14). . .
The Complete Poetry of John Milton. John T. Shawcross, ed. (1963, rev. ed. 1971) Doubleday. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Milton Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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