The Complete Poems and Major ProseFirst published by Odyssey Press in 1957, this classic edition provides Milton's poetry and major prose works, richly annotated, in a sturdy and affordable clothbound volume. |
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Page 39
... gathering flowers in Sicania (Sicily). Cf. PL IV, 269. 74. In the background are invocations to Apollo the healer—like that in the first chorus of Aeschylus' Agamemnon. unum, 83. Cf. Tethys in Comus, 870, n. 91. Semele, ELEGY V 39.
... gathering flowers in Sicania (Sicily). Cf. PL IV, 269. 74. In the background are invocations to Apollo the healer—like that in the first chorus of Aeschylus' Agamemnon. unum, 83. Cf. Tethys in Comus, 870, n. 91. Semele, ELEGY V 39.
Page 40
... . 105. The lines echo the chorus in Catullus' epithalamium for Malius Torquatus (LXI). Hymen was god of marriage. Cf. PL XI, 591 and L'All, 125–6. 1. Perhaps Milton thought of the identification of the morning 40 ELEGY V.
... . 105. The lines echo the chorus in Catullus' epithalamium for Malius Torquatus (LXI). Hymen was god of marriage. Cf. PL XI, 591 and L'All, 125–6. 1. Perhaps Milton thought of the identification of the morning 40 ELEGY V.
Page 51
... chorus of the Nine has often mingled with the rout of Thyoneus” and raised the cry, Euoe. Ovid sent bad verses from the Corallian” fields because there were no banquets in that land and the vine had not been planted. O what but wine and ...
... chorus of the Nine has often mingled with the rout of Thyoneus” and raised the cry, Euoe. Ovid sent bad verses from the Corallian” fields because there were no banquets in that land and the vine had not been planted. O what but wine and ...
Page 83
... choruses. Meanwhile the shining Serpent restrains his burning hisses,” fierce Orion” grows gentle and drops his sword, and Mauretanian Atlas” no longer feels the load of the stars. Songs were the usual ornaments of royal tables in the ...
... choruses. Meanwhile the shining Serpent restrains his burning hisses,” fierce Orion” grows gentle and drops his sword, and Mauretanian Atlas” no longer feels the load of the stars. Songs were the usual ornaments of royal tables in the ...
Page 92
... New Account of East India and Persia: “A Chorus of Porpoises had taken the sea in their Dance; which Morris once over, the Seas were quiet” (quoted by O.E.D.). 121. wakes: originally a wake was a religious festival lasting 92 COM US.
... New Account of East India and Persia: “A Chorus of Porpoises had taken the sea in their Dance; which Morris once over, the Seas were quiet” (quoted by O.E.D.). 121. wakes: originally a wake was a religious festival lasting 92 COM US.
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Paradise Regained | 471 |
Samson Agonistes | 531 |
Prose | 595 |
Appendix | 1021 |
Index of Names | 1045 |
BACK COVER | 1060 |
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Adam Aeneid ancient angels Areopagitica Aristotle Beast behold bishops Book called Chorus Christ Christian church Comus dark death delight divine doctrine doth E. M. W. Tillyard Earth Euripides evil eyes faith Father fear fire glory God's goddess gods grace Greek hand happy hast hath heart Heav'n heavenly Hell Hesiod holy honor human John John Milton Jove King Latin meaning learned less light live Lord Lycidas marriage Milton mind Muses nature night Ovid Ovid's Paradise Lost Paradise Regained peace perhaps Philistines Plato poem poet praise prelates Psalm Roman Samson Agonistes Satan says Serpent song SONNET soul spake spirit stars stood story sweet thee things thir thou thought Throne tion tradition translation Tree truth verse VIII virtue wings wisdom words Zeus