Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.
Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.
- Source
- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing)
Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 619.
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- attributed · historical anthology
Preserved as printed; independently unverified. - Historical coordinate
- c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- Public domain (United States)
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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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