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 63
... round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate : At once as far as angels ' ken he views The dismal situation waste and wild , A dungeon horrible , on all sides round ...
... round he throws his baleful eyes That witnessed huge affliction and dismay Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate : At once as far as angels ' ken he views The dismal situation waste and wild , A dungeon horrible , on all sides round ...
Page 103
... round world , whose first convex divides The luminous inferior orbs , enclosed From Chaos and the inroad of darkness old , Satan alighted walks : a globe far off It seemed , now seems a boundless continent Dark , waste , and wild ...
... round world , whose first convex divides The luminous inferior orbs , enclosed From Chaos and the inroad of darkness old , Satan alighted walks : a globe far off It seemed , now seems a boundless continent Dark , waste , and wild ...
Page 141
... round , And solitude ; yet not alone , while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly , or when morn Purples the east : still govern thou my song , Urania , and fit audience find , though few . But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of ...
... round , And solitude ; yet not alone , while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly , or when morn Purples the east : still govern thou my song , Urania , and fit audience find , though few . But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of ...
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