"There Poetry shall tune her sacred voice, And wake from ignorance the Western World."
— Samuel Johnson

January 1, 1970

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The Tragedy of Irene (1749), Act IV, Sc. 1

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The Tragedy of Irene (1749), Act IV, Sc. 1