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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... Earth to shake. For, &c. 15 That by his wisdom did create The painted Heav'ns so full of state. For, &c. 20 That did the solid Earth ordain To rise above the wat'ry plain. For, &c. That by his all-commanding might, 25 Did fill the new ...
... Earth to shake. For, &c. 15 That by his wisdom did create The painted Heav'ns so full of state. For, &c. 20 That did the solid Earth ordain To rise above the wat'ry plain. For, &c. That by his all-commanding might, 25 Did fill the new ...
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... earth was brilliant in a garb of many colors, as it is when the child of Thaumas” scatters her wealth abroad. Chloris,** the goddess beloved by delicate Zephyr, did not deck the gardens of Alcinous with such various flowers. Silver ...
... earth was brilliant in a garb of many colors, as it is when the child of Thaumas” scatters her wealth abroad. Chloris,** the goddess beloved by delicate Zephyr, did not deck the gardens of Alcinous with such various flowers. Silver ...
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... Earth. Narcissus"1 still preserves his fragrance. Your beloved youth, O Phoebus,” and yours, O Cypris,” still keep their beauty; nor did the earth in times past conceal beneath the mountains a greater wealth of the gold which her bad ...
... Earth. Narcissus"1 still preserves his fragrance. Your beloved youth, O Phoebus,” and yours, O Cypris,” still keep their beauty; nor did the earth in times past conceal beneath the mountains a greater wealth of the gold which her bad ...
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... earth's Sons besiege the wall Of sheeny Heav'n, and thou some goddess fled Amongst us here below to hide thy nectar'd head? VIII Or wert thou that just Maid who once before Forsook the hated earth, O tell me sooth, And cam'st again to ...
... earth's Sons besiege the wall Of sheeny Heav'n, and thou some goddess fled Amongst us here below to hide thy nectar'd head? VIII Or wert thou that just Maid who once before Forsook the hated earth, O tell me sooth, And cam'st again to ...
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... earth from thy prefixed seat didst post, And after short abode fly back with speed, 60 As if to show what creatures Heav'n doth breed, Thereby to set the hearts of men on fire To scorn the sordid world, and unto Heav'n aspire? X But oh ...
... earth from thy prefixed seat didst post, And after short abode fly back with speed, 60 As if to show what creatures Heav'n doth breed, Thereby to set the hearts of men on fire To scorn the sordid world, and unto Heav'n aspire? X But oh ...
Contents
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173 | |
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