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 104
... things transitory and vain , when sin With vanity had filled the works of men : Both all things vain , and all who in vain things Built their fond hopes of glory or lasting fame , Or happiness in this or the other life ; All who have ...
... things transitory and vain , when sin With vanity had filled the works of men : Both all things vain , and all who in vain things Built their fond hopes of glory or lasting fame , Or happiness in this or the other life ; All who have ...
Page 139
... things above his world , and of their being Who dwell in heaven , whose excellence he saw Transcend his own so far ... things proceed , and up to him return , If not depraved from good , created all Such to perfection , one first matter ...
... things above his world , and of their being Who dwell in heaven , whose excellence he saw Transcend his own so far ... things proceed , and up to him return , If not depraved from good , created all Such to perfection , one first matter ...
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... things visible in heaven , Or earth , or middle , all things 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 ...
... things visible in heaven , Or earth , or middle , all things 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 ...
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