The never-ending flight Of future days. ✨ John Milton, Elijah Fenton (…

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The never-ending flight Of future days. ✨ John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, p.47
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The never-ending flight Of future days. ✨ John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, p.47

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