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Milton: A Limerick

 

It is said that John Milton was Blind

And the world that he served was Unkind

So he waited to See

Standing Gloriously

For he couldn’t go blind in the Mind

 

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Rosy Cole on Monday, 15 June 2020 18:15

'They also serve who only stand and wait.'

When I Consider How My Light is Spent: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44750/sonnet-19-when-i-consider-how-my-light-is-spent


'They also serve who only stand and wait.' When I Consider How My Light is Spent: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44750/sonnet-19-when-i-consider-how-my-light-is-spent
Stephen Evans on Monday, 15 June 2020 20:36

Helpful context :)

Helpful context :)
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