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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... less and with less hostile din , That Satan with less toil , and now with ease Wafts on the calmer wave by dubious light And like a weather - beaten vessel holds Gladly the port , though shrouds and tackle torn ; Or in the emptier waste ...
... less and with less hostile din , That Satan with less toil , and now with ease Wafts on the calmer wave by dubious light And like a weather - beaten vessel holds Gladly the port , though shrouds and tackle torn ; Or in the emptier waste ...
Page 123
... less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , 470 Than that smooth watery image ; back I turned , 480 Thou following cried'st aloud , Return fair Eve , Whom fly'st thou ? Whom thou fly'st , of him thou art , His flesh , his bone ...
... less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , 470 Than that smooth watery image ; back I turned , 480 Thou following cried'st aloud , Return fair Eve , Whom fly'st thou ? Whom thou fly'st , of him thou art , His flesh , his bone ...
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... Less pain , less to be fled , or thou than they Less hardy to endure ? Courageous chief , 920 The first in flight from pain , hadst thou alleged To thy deserted host this cause of flight , Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive . To ...
... Less pain , less to be fled , or thou than they Less hardy to endure ? Courageous chief , 920 The first in flight from pain , hadst thou alleged To thy deserted host this cause of flight , Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive . To ...
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