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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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English Poetry Library

Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace1617–165717th centuryCavalier Poets Richard Lovelace was an English poet and one of the most gallant of the Cavalier poets. A royalist who was imprisoned twice for his allegiance to King Charles I, he wrote the celebrated lines 'Stone walls do not a prison make, / Nor iron bars a cage' in To Althea, from Prison.

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