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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... fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope , rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine , she has a hidden strength Which you remember not . Sec ...
... fear Does arbitrate the event , my nature is That I incline to hope , rather than fear , And gladly banish squint suspicion . My sister is not so defenceless left As you imagine , she has a hidden strength Which you remember not . Sec ...
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... fear'st not , being such , As we , not capable of death or pain , Can either not receive , or can repel . His fraud is then thy fear , which plain infers Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced ...
... fear'st not , being such , As we , not capable of death or pain , Can either not receive , or can repel . His fraud is then thy fear , which plain infers Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced ...
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... fear I then , rather what know to fear Under this ignorance of good and evil , Of God or death , of law or penalty ? Here grows the cure of all , this fruit divine , Fair to the eye , inviting to the taste , Of virtue to make wise ...
... fear I then , rather what know to fear Under this ignorance of good and evil , Of God or death , of law or penalty ? Here grows the cure of all , this fruit divine , Fair to the eye , inviting to the taste , Of virtue to make wise ...
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