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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... song , For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin such as was herself In hard - besetting need , this will I try , And add the power of some adjuring verse . Sabrina fair SONG Listen where thou art sitting Under the ...
... song , For maidenhood she loves , and will be swift To aid a virgin such as was herself In hard - besetting need , this will I try , And add the power of some adjuring verse . Sabrina fair SONG Listen where thou art sitting Under the ...
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... SONG Spir . Back , shepherds , back , enough your play , Till next sunshine holiday , Here be without duck or nod Other trippings to be trod Of lighter toes , and such court guise As Mercury did first devise With the mincing Dryades On ...
... SONG Spir . Back , shepherds , back , enough your play , Till next sunshine holiday , Here be without duck or nod Other trippings to be trod Of lighter toes , and such court guise As Mercury did first devise With the mincing Dryades On ...
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... song of the nightingale of 1. 602 . 1. 603. descant : ' a melodious accompaniment to a simple musical theme ' ( OED ) . 1. 605. Hesperus : the evening star . 1. 608. Apparent : manifest , and playing on ' heir apparent ' . 1. 612. Mind ...
... song of the nightingale of 1. 602 . 1. 603. descant : ' a melodious accompaniment to a simple musical theme ' ( OED ) . 1. 605. Hesperus : the evening star . 1. 608. Apparent : manifest , and playing on ' heir apparent ' . 1. 612. Mind ...
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