John MiltonOxford University Press, 1994 - 324 pages Perhaps 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 107
... happy isles , Like those Hesperian gardens famed of old , Fortunate fields , and groves and flowery vales , Thrice happy isles , but who dwelt happy there He stayed not to inquire : above them all The golden sun in splendour likest ...
... happy isles , Like those Hesperian gardens famed of old , Fortunate fields , and groves and flowery vales , Thrice happy isles , but who dwelt happy there He stayed not to inquire : above them all The golden sun in splendour likest ...
Page 120
... Happy , but for so happy ill secured 340 350 360 370 Long to continue , and this high seat your heaven Ill fenced for heaven to keep out such a foe As now is entered ; yet no purposed foe To you whom I could pity thus forlorn Though I ...
... Happy , but for so happy ill secured 340 350 360 370 Long to continue , and this high seat your heaven Ill fenced for heaven to keep out such a foe As now is entered ; yet no purposed foe To you whom I could pity thus forlorn Though I ...
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... happy , still in fear of harm ? But harm precedes not sin : only our foe Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem Of our integrity : his foul esteem 320 Sticks no dishonour on our front , but turns 330 Foul on himself ; then wherefore ...
... happy , still in fear of harm ? But harm precedes not sin : only our foe Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem Of our integrity : his foul esteem 320 Sticks no dishonour on our front , but turns 330 Foul on himself ; then wherefore ...
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