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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Page 16
... ancient Sabines; to his right, Etruria, infamous for its magic potions; and not far away he sees the furtive kisses which you are giving to the sea, O Tiber.” Thence he came to rest on the citadel of Quirinus, the son of Mars. The dusk ...
... ancient Sabines; to his right, Etruria, infamous for its magic potions; and not far away he sees the furtive kisses which you are giving to the sea, O Tiber.” Thence he came to rest on the citadel of Quirinus, the son of Mars. The dusk ...
Page 20
... transformed her into a heifer in a vain attempt to hide their secret love. Conti (VIII, xviii) identifies Io with the Egyptian goddess Isis. 4. Libitina, an ancient Italian goddess of corpses, symbolizes the 20 ON THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
... transformed her into a heifer in a vain attempt to hide their secret love. Conti (VIII, xviii) identifies Io with the Egyptian goddess Isis. 4. Libitina, an ancient Italian goddess of corpses, symbolizes the 20 ON THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
Page 41
... ancient 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 ...
... ancient 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 ...
Page 104
... ancient world. 607. purchase: prey. Originally it meant the chase of game. 621. virtuous: rich in healing power. Cf. PL IX, 616. 626. scrip: bag. 627. simples: medicinal plants, so-called because they were used uncompounded as simple ...
... ancient world. 607. purchase: prey. Originally it meant the chase of game. 621. virtuous: rich in healing power. Cf. PL IX, 616. 626. scrip: bag. 627. simples: medicinal plants, so-called because they were used uncompounded as simple ...
Page 116
... ancient Welsh bards were supposed to lie buried “with twenty thousand saints,” as Camden's Britannia testifies. 2. Modern readers may find the pastoral allegory annoying. So did Dr. Johnson when he laughed at Milton's picture of himself ...
... ancient Welsh bards were supposed to lie buried “with twenty thousand saints,” as Camden's Britannia testifies. 2. Modern readers may find the pastoral allegory annoying. So did Dr. Johnson when he laughed at Milton's picture of himself ...
Contents
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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