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History of English Literature Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 596 — Part II—The Worldlings (continued 4)

Henri Van Laun translation

"Renowned in verse, each shady thicket grows, And every stream in heavenly numbers flows.... Where the smooth chisel all its force has shown, And softened into flesh the rugged stone.... Here pleasing airs my ravisht soul confound With circling notes and labyrinths of sound."—Ibid.

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