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Quotation from The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes by John Milton

“Eyeless in Gaza at the Mill with slaves”

John Milton (spoken by Samson)

The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes, Samson Agonistes, l. 41 (Project Gutenberg #1745 (Beeching, Poetical Works))

Samson contrasts the angelic promise that he would deliver Israel with his present condition.

Citation: "Eyeless in Gaza at the Mill with slaves" — John Milton, The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes, Samson Agonistes, l. 41 (Project Gutenberg #1745 (Beeching, Poetical Works)). (id milton-shorter-poems-and-samson-agonistes-q11)

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