- every greatly amiable muse Of elder ages in thy Milton met; His was the treasure of two thousand years, Seldom indulged to man; a god-like mind, Unlimited, and various, as his theme; Astonishing as Chaos; as the bloom Of blowing Eden fair; soft as the talk
Of our grand Parents, and as Heaven fublime.
THOMSON.
LOST,
A
POEM
IN
TWELVE BOOKS.
THE AUTHOR
JOHN MILTON.
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR'S LAST EDITION, IN THE YEAR 1672.