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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... wisdom did create The painted Heav'ns so full of state. For, &c. 20 That did the solid Earth ordain To rise above the wat'ry plain. For, &c. That by his all-commanding might, 25 Did fill the new-made world with light. For, &c. And caus ...
... wisdom did create The painted Heav'ns so full of state. For, &c. 20 That did the solid Earth ordain To rise above the wat'ry plain. For, &c. That by his all-commanding might, 25 Did fill the new-made world with light. For, &c. And caus ...
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... wisdom. 20. In a Pythagorean passage Virgil has Anchises cxplain the doctrine of metempsychosis to Aeneas— how after death all spirits drink the oblivion-giving waters of Lethe and suffer various purifications before rebirth (Aen. VI ...
... wisdom. 20. In a Pythagorean passage Virgil has Anchises cxplain the doctrine of metempsychosis to Aeneas— how after death all spirits drink the oblivion-giving waters of Lethe and suffer various purifications before rebirth (Aen. VI ...
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... Wisdom's hue. Black, but such as in esteem, Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that Starr'd Ethiop Queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 2O The Sea Nymphs, and their powers offended. Yet thou art higher far descended ...
... Wisdom's hue. Black, but such as in esteem, Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that Starr'd Ethiop Queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 2O The Sea Nymphs, and their powers offended. Yet thou art higher far descended ...
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... wisdom, who is infinite, there [could not] be wanting, even for every star, a peculiar virtue and operation, as every herb, plant, fruit, and flower adorning the face of the earth hath the like.” SONNET VII How Soon HATH TIME Although ...
... wisdom, who is infinite, there [could not] be wanting, even for every star, a peculiar virtue and operation, as every herb, plant, fruit, and flower adorning the face of the earth hath the like.” SONNET VII How Soon HATH TIME Although ...
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... Wisdom's self Oft. 334. disinherit Chaos: disposses Chaos. Cf. PL I, Io and 543; II, 895. 336. Cf. the precious influence of the stars in Nat, 71 and PL IX, 107. 342. Tyrian Cynosure: the pole star, by which the Phoenician sailors ...
... Wisdom's self Oft. 334. disinherit Chaos: disposses Chaos. Cf. PL I, Io and 543; II, 895. 336. Cf. the precious influence of the stars in Nat, 71 and PL IX, 107. 342. Tyrian Cynosure: the pole star, by which the Phoenician sailors ...
Contents
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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