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Much of the soul they talk, but all awry, And in themselves seek virtue, and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none.
Much of the soul they talk, but all awry, And in themselves seek virtue, and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none.
Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- John Milton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1608–1674)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 251 · printed citation: Milton · subject: GLORY
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