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Quotation from The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes by John Milton

“Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil”

John Milton (spoken by Phoebus)

The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes, Lycidas, l. 78 (Project Gutenberg #1745 (Beeching, Poetical Works))

Phoebus relocates true fame in the judgment of heaven.

Citation: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil" — John Milton, The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes, Lycidas, l. 78 (Project Gutenberg #1745 (Beeching, Poetical Works)). (id milton-shorter-poems-and-samson-agonistes-q8)

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