THE

POEMS OF MILTON.

AUTHOR OF 'UITHOLOGY OF GREECE AND ITALY,' 'FAIRY MYTHOLOGS,' 'HISTORY OF

ENGLAND,' brc.

“I view that oak, the fancied glades among,

By which as Milton lay, his evening ear,
From many a cloud that dropped ethereal dew,
Nigh-sphered in heaven, its native strains could hear;
On which that ancient trump he reached was huvg."-Collins.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.

1859.

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JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,

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