William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
To the Lord General CromwellJohn Milton (16081674)
May 1652
On the proposalls of certaine ministers at the Committee for Propagation of the Gospell
On the proposalls of certaine ministers at the Committee for Propagation of the Gospell
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Not of warr onely, but detractions rude,
Guided by faith and matchless Fortitude
To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough’d,
And on the neck of crowned Fortune proud
Hast reard Gods Trophies, and his work pursu’d,
While Darwen stream with blood of Scotts imbru’d,
And Dunbarr feild resounds thy praises loud,
And Worsters laureat wreath; yet much remaines
To conquer still; peace hath her victories
No less renownd then warr, new foes aries
Threatning to bind our soules with secular chaines:
Helpe us to save free Conscience from the paw
Of hireling wolves whose Gospell is their maw.