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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... fair In heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all the seraphim with thee combined In bold conspiracy against heaven's king , All on a sudden miserable pain Surprised thee , dim thine eyes , and dizzy swum In darkness , while ...
... fair In heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all the seraphim with thee combined In bold conspiracy against heaven's king , All on a sudden miserable pain Surprised thee , dim thine eyes , and dizzy swum In darkness , while ...
Page 123
... fair indeed and tall , Under a platan , yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , 470 Than that smooth watery image ; back I turned , 480 Thou following cried'st aloud , Return fair Eve , Whom fly'st thou ? Whom ...
... fair indeed and tall , Under a platan , yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , 470 Than that smooth watery image ; back I turned , 480 Thou following cried'st aloud , Return fair Eve , Whom fly'st thou ? Whom ...
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... fair and good ; But all that fair and good in thy divine Semblance , and in thy beauty's heavenly ray United I beheld ; no fair to thine Equivalent or second , which compelled Me thus , though importune perhaps , to come And gaze , and ...
... fair and good ; But all that fair and good in thy divine Semblance , and in thy beauty's heavenly ray United I beheld ; no fair to thine Equivalent or second , which compelled Me thus , though importune perhaps , to come And gaze , and ...
Contents
On Time | 8 |
At a Solemn Music | 9 |
On Shakespeare 1630 ΙΟ | 10 |
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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