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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... perhaps not measured by the calendar , on vision that did not depend upon sight . When Paradise Lost did appear , it was hardly from a position of strength that Milton wrote , except perhaps the strength of a survivor who had virtually ...
... perhaps not measured by the calendar , on vision that did not depend upon sight . When Paradise Lost did appear , it was hardly from a position of strength that Milton wrote , except perhaps the strength of a survivor who had virtually ...
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... Perhaps thou shalt not die , perhaps the fact Is not so heinous now , foretasted fruit , Profaned first by the serpent , by him first Made 166 PARADISE LOST IX.
... Perhaps thou shalt not die , perhaps the fact Is not so heinous now , foretasted fruit , Profaned first by the serpent , by him first Made 166 PARADISE LOST IX.
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John Milton Jonathan Goldberg, Stephen Orgel. To favour , and perhaps to set thee free . Sam . Brethren farewell , your company along I will not wish , lest it perhaps offend them To see me girt with friends ; and how the sight Of me as ...
John Milton Jonathan Goldberg, Stephen Orgel. To favour , and perhaps to set thee free . Sam . Brethren farewell , your company along I will not wish , lest it perhaps offend them To see me girt with friends ; and how the sight Of me as ...
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