Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium.…

John Milton
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Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium. ✨ John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors, p.146
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Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium. ✨ John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors, p.146

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