...Dwight and men of his stamp are now mere "mute inglorious Milton[s]," elitists who had sought "the applause of listening senates to command, / The threats of pain and ruin to despise, / To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, / And read their history in a nation's eyes"—but failed....

...withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade:...

...Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th'applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade:...