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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Page 117
... taste ; And all amid them stood the tree of life , High eminent , blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold ; and next to life Our death the tree of knowledge grew fast by , Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill . Southward ...
... taste ; And all amid them stood the tree of life , High eminent , blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold ; and next to life Our death the tree of knowledge grew fast by , Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill . Southward ...
Page 124
... taste : knowledge forbidden ? Suspicious , reasonless . Why should their Lord Envy them that ? can it be sin to know , Can it be death ? and do they only stand By ignorance , is that their happy state , The proof of their obedience and ...
... taste : knowledge forbidden ? Suspicious , reasonless . Why should their Lord Envy them that ? can it be sin to know , Can it be death ? and do they only stand By ignorance , is that their happy state , The proof of their obedience and ...
Page 138
... taste thy sweet , Nor God , nor man ; is knowledge so despised ? Or envy , or what reserve forbids to taste ? Forbid who will , none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good , why else set here ? This said he paused not , but with ...
... taste thy sweet , Nor God , nor man ; is knowledge so despised ? Or envy , or what reserve forbids to taste ? Forbid who will , none shall from me withhold Longer thy offered good , why else set here ? This said he paused not , but with ...
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