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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... thou hadst outlasted Bleak Winters force that made thy blossom dry; For he, being amorous on that lovely dye That did thy cheek envermeil, thought to kiss But killed, alas! and then bewailed his fatal bliss. II For since grim Aquilo ...
... thou hadst outlasted Bleak Winters force that made thy blossom dry; For he, being amorous on that lovely dye That did thy cheek envermeil, thought to kiss But killed, alas! and then bewailed his fatal bliss. II For since grim Aquilo ...
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... thou wast divine. VI Resolve me, then, O Soul most surely blest (If so be it that thou these plaints dost hear) Tell me, bright Spirit, where'er thou hoverest, Whether above that high first-moving sphere," Or in the Elysian fields (if ...
... thou wast divine. VI Resolve me, then, O Soul most surely blest (If so be it that thou these plaints dost hear) Tell me, bright Spirit, where'er thou hoverest, Whether above that high first-moving sphere," Or in the Elysian fields (if ...
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... thou that sweet smiling Youth? Or that crowned Matron, sage white-roběd Truth? Or any other of that heavenly brood Let down in cloudy throne to do the world some good? IX Or wert thou of the golden-winged host, Who, having clad thyself ...
... thou that sweet smiling Youth? Or that crowned Matron, sage white-roběd Truth? Or any other of that heavenly brood Let down in cloudy throne to do the world some good? IX Or wert thou of the golden-winged host, Who, having clad thyself ...
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... thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain, To welcome him to this his new abode, Now while the heaven, by the Sun's team untrod, Hath took no print of the approaching light, And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright? IV ...
... thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain, To welcome him to this his new abode, Now while the heaven, by the Sun's team untrod, Hath took no print of the approaching light, And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright? IV ...
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