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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... Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester. * That is, on the same topic as the sonnet that precedes this one in collected-works editions, “On the Detraction Which Followed upon My Writing Certain Treatises.” | Two syllables are ...
... Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester. * That is, on the same topic as the sonnet that precedes this one in collected-works editions, “On the Detraction Which Followed upon My Writing Certain Treatises.” | Two syllables are ...
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John Milton. On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester (1648) 62 To the Lord General Cromwell, on the Proposals of Certain Ministers at the Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel (1652) 63 On His Blindness (ca. 1652 ...
John Milton. On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester (1648) 62 To the Lord General Cromwell, on the Proposals of Certain Ministers at the Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel (1652) 63 On His Blindness (ca. 1652 ...
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... star-led Wisards haste with odours sweet! Oh! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessèd feet; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet, And join thy voice unto the Angel Quire," From out 4 John Milton.
... star-led Wisards haste with odours sweet! Oh! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessèd feet; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet, And join thy voice unto the Angel Quire," From out 4 John Milton.
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... Lord was by. V But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began. The winds, with wonder whist," Smoothly the waters kissed, Whispering new joys to the mild Ocean, Who now hath quite forgot ...
... Lord was by. V But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began. The winds, with wonder whist," Smoothly the waters kissed, Whispering new joys to the mild Ocean, Who now hath quite forgot ...
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