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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. |
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