Lift not thy spear against the Muses’ bower: The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground; and the repeated air Of sad Electra’s poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare.
ATTRIBUTION:
John Milton (1608–1674), British poet. When the Assault Was Intended to the City (l. 9–14). . .
The Complete Poetry of John Milton. John T. Shawcross, ed. (1963, rev. ed. 1971) Doubleday.
