Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheel…

John Milton
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Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots rag'd: dire was the noise Of conflict. ✨ John Milton (1801). The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators. To which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton, p.439
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