Dryden'S Inscription
The following inscription was written by the poet Dryden, to be placed beneath a picture of Milton:--
"Three poets in three distant ages born,
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn.
The first in loftiness of thought surpassed;
The next in majesty; in both the last.
The force of nature could no further go
To make a third she joined the other two."
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn.
The first in loftiness of thought surpassed;
The next in majesty; in both the last.
The force of nature could no further go
To make a third she joined the other two."
The three great poets referred to are Homer, Dante, and Milton.