The Complete Poems and Major ProseFirst published by Odyssey Press in 1957, this classic edition provides Milton's poetry and major prose works, richly annotated, in a sturdy and affordable clothbound volume. |
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... tree and the gentle lark pours out her skilful notes. Now the wild rose is breathing its fragrant perfumes; now the scent of violets is sweet and the corn Ecce novo campos Zephyritis gramine vestit Fertilis, et vitreo rore madescit ...
... tree and the gentle lark pours out her skilful notes. Now the wild rose is breathing its fragrant perfumes; now the scent of violets is sweet and the corn Ecce novo campos Zephyritis gramine vestit Fertilis, et vitreo rore madescit ...
Page 7
... tree itself to his own gardens. The tree, though it had long been fruitful, was enfeebled by old age and, when it was moved out of its accustomed soil, it forthwith withered past all bearing. When it was clear at last to the master that ...
... tree itself to his own gardens. The tree, though it had long been fruitful, was enfeebled by old age and, when it was moved out of its accustomed soil, it forthwith withered past all bearing. When it was clear at last to the master that ...
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... tree is withering and the goddess who hates the brazen blare of the trumpet has fled—look, fled from the earth"—and it is believed that the just virgin was not the last to fly for refuge to the heavenly mansions. Nevertheless, you live ...
... tree is withering and the goddess who hates the brazen blare of the trumpet has fled—look, fled from the earth"—and it is believed that the just virgin was not the last to fly for refuge to the heavenly mansions. Nevertheless, you live ...
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... tree into which his beloved Daphne was transformed (Met. I, 548–52). 19. Olympus: the home of the gods, either on Mt. Olympus in Thessaly or in heaven. 25. Cf. the nightingale, Philomel, in Ilpen, 56. 31. Cf. the Ethiop Line (for the ...
... tree into which his beloved Daphne was transformed (Met. I, 548–52). 19. Olympus: the home of the gods, either on Mt. Olympus in Thessaly or in heaven. 25. Cf. the nightingale, Philomel, in Ilpen, 56. 31. Cf. the Ethiop Line (for the ...
Page 41
... trees are ranging over the mountains and through the lonely fields. Maenalian Pan takes his wanton pleasure in the sown fields and the copses. There” mother Cybele is hardly safe from him and Ceres herself is hardly safe. The lustful ...
... trees are ranging over the mountains and through the lonely fields. Maenalian Pan takes his wanton pleasure in the sown fields and the copses. There” mother Cybele is hardly safe from him and Ceres herself is hardly safe. The lustful ...
Contents
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Paradise Lost | 173 |
Paradise Regained | 471 |
Samson Agonistes | 531 |
Prose | 595 |
Appendix | 1021 |
Index of Names | 1045 |
BACK COVER | 1060 |
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Adam Aeneid ancient angels Areopagitica Aristotle Beast behold bishops Book called Chorus Christ Christian church Comus dark death delight divine doctrine doth E. M. W. Tillyard Earth Euripides evil eyes faith Father fear fire glory God's goddess gods grace Greek hand happy hast hath heart Heav'n heavenly Hell Hesiod holy honor human John John Milton Jove King Latin meaning learned less light live Lord Lycidas marriage Milton mind Muses nature night Ovid Ovid's Paradise Lost Paradise Regained peace perhaps Philistines Plato poem poet praise prelates Psalm Roman Samson Agonistes Satan says Serpent song SONNET soul spake spirit stars stood story sweet thee things thir thou thought Throne tion tradition translation Tree truth verse VIII virtue wings wisdom words Zeus