Smooth lies the road to Pluto's gloomy shade, And hell's bl… - Christopher Pitt

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Smooth lies the road to Pluto's gloomy shade, And hell's black gates for ever stand displayed, But 'tis a long unconquerable pain, To climb to these ethereal realms again.

Christopher Pitt

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Christopher Pitt (1699 – 13 April 1748) was an English poet and translator.

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John Milton John Conington Alfred Tennyson Luís de Camões Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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