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 9
... stars that breathe out soft flames, you may see groups of maidens go dancing past. Ah, how many times have I been struck dumb by the miraculous grace of a form which might make decrepit Jove young again! Ah, how many times have I seen ...
... stars that breathe out soft flames, you may see groups of maidens go dancing past. Ah, how many times have I been struck dumb by the miraculous grace of a form which might make decrepit Jove young again! Ah, how many times have I seen ...
Page 10
... stars that shine down upon you in the calm sky, are fewer than the radiant host in your streets—maidens whose forms and golden ornaments dazzle the eye. Venus, the giver of life (it is believed) has come hither, drawn by her twin doves ...
... stars that shine down upon you in the calm sky, are fewer than the radiant host in your streets—maidens whose forms and golden ornaments dazzle the eye. Venus, the giver of life (it is believed) has come hither, drawn by her twin doves ...
Page 13
... stars. Blow your detestable cowls, rather, up to the skies,” and all the idol Et quot habet brutos Roma profana Deos; Namgue hac aut. 1. James I died on March 5, 1625. 2. The beast is the monster described by St. John as rising “out of ...
... stars. Blow your detestable cowls, rather, up to the skies,” and all the idol Et quot habet brutos Roma profana Deos; Namgue hac aut. 1. James I died on March 5, 1625. 2. The beast is the monster described by St. John as rising “out of ...
Page 14
... stars and wishes to hoist among the celestial gods. Iapetionidem laudavit caeca vetustas, Qui tulit aetheream solis ab axe facem; At mihi major erit, qui lurida creditur arma, Et trifidum fulmen surripuisse Iovi. (1626?) The ancients in ...
... stars and wishes to hoist among the celestial gods. Iapetionidem laudavit caeca vetustas, Qui tulit aetheream solis ab axe facem; At mihi major erit, qui lurida creditur arma, Et trifidum fulmen surripuisse Iovi. (1626?) The ancients in ...
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... stars are drowsily glimmering. With horrors like his does Summanus,” girdled with a smoking tornado of lightning flame, beset peoples and cities. And now he sees the white fields and wave-beaten cliffs of the favorite land of the seagod ...
... stars are drowsily glimmering. With horrors like his does Summanus,” girdled with a smoking tornado of lightning flame, beset peoples and cities. And now he sees the white fields and wave-beaten cliffs of the favorite land of the seagod ...
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