Selected PoemsCourier Dover Publications, 14.12.2015 - 128 Seiten Best known as the author of the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton (1608–74) was also an accomplished writer of shorter verse forms. This treasury presents twenty of the best of these works: "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," "On Shakespeare," "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," "Comus, A Mask," "Lycidas," "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont," "On His Blindness," "On His Deceased Wife," "Samson Agonistes," and more. In this carefully chosen selection, readers will discover the wide erudition, mastery of meter and rhythm, and superb artistic control that have earned Milton a preeminent place in English literature. |
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... Heaven, for pity, thee so strictly doom? Oh no! for something in thy face did shine Above mortality, that showed thou wast divine. VI Resolve me, then, O Soul most surely blest (If so be it that thou these plaints dost hear) Tell me ...
... Heaven, for pity, thee so strictly doom? Oh no! for something in thy face did shine Above mortality, that showed thou wast divine. VI Resolve me, then, O Soul most surely blest (If so be it that thou these plaints dost hear) Tell me ...
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... Heaven doth breed; Thereby to set the hearts of men on fire To scorn the sordid world, and unto Heaven aspire? X But oh! why didst thou not stay here below To bless us with thy heaven-loved innocence, To slake his wrath whom sin hath ...
... Heaven doth breed; Thereby to set the hearts of men on fire To scorn the sordid world, and unto Heaven aspire? X But oh! why didst thou not stay here below To bless us with thy heaven-loved innocence, To slake his wrath whom sin hath ...
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... Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. II ...
... Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. II ...
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... heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun, her lusty Paramour. II Only with ...
... heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun, her lusty Paramour. II Only with ...
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