John MiltonPerhaps the greatest poet in the English language after Shakespeare, John Milton actually published very little until the appearance of Poems of Mr John Milton, both English and Latin in 1646, when he was thirty-seven. Including a wide range of his verse, this completely new selection of Milton's finest poetry offers extensive passages from Samson Agonistes, Paradise Regained, and his most famous work, Paradise Lost. Accessible and fully annotated, this volume shows just why Milton's influence on English poetry and criticism has been incalculable. |
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... Lost . Yet , it is worth pondering the likelihood that the poem first published in 1667 as a ten - book epic , and finally recast in twelve books shortly before Milton's death in 1674 , is not the same as the poem Milton had announced ...
... Lost . Yet , it is worth pondering the likelihood that the poem first published in 1667 as a ten - book epic , and finally recast in twelve books shortly before Milton's death in 1674 , is not the same as the poem Milton had announced ...
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... Lost in antiquity , it is made a classic text . The conferral of canonical status on the poem is thus an attempt on Dryden's part to distance himself from it . What is involved is not simply aesthetic distance , however ; the defence ...
... Lost in antiquity , it is made a classic text . The conferral of canonical status on the poem is thus an attempt on Dryden's part to distance himself from it . What is involved is not simply aesthetic distance , however ; the defence ...
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... lost archangel , this the seat That we must change for heaven , this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so , since he Who now is sovereign can dispose and bid What shall be right : furthest from him is best Whom reason hath ...
... lost archangel , this the seat That we must change for heaven , this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so , since he Who now is sovereign can dispose and bid What shall be right : furthest from him is best Whom reason hath ...
Contents
On Time | 8 |
At a Solemn Music | 9 |
On Shakespeare 1630 ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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Adam angel appeared arms bear blind Book bright bring called cause comes dark death deep delight divine earth evil eyes fair faith fall father fear fire flowers force fruit give goddess gods grace hand happy hast hath head heaven heavenly hell hence hill hope John Judg king Lady leave less light live look Lord Lost means Milton mind morn mortal move nature never night once pain Paradise Lost pass peace perhaps poem present pure reason rest round Samson Satan seek seemed sense shades shape side sight song Sonnet soon spirits star stood strength sweet taste thee things thou thought till tree turned virtue voice walk winds wings wonder