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 84
... evil administration of the national statutes. You do not condemn my ears to noisy impertinence. But rather, because you wish to enrich the mind which you have carefully cultivated, you lead me far away from the uproar of cities into ...
... evil administration of the national statutes. You do not condemn my ears to noisy impertinence. But rather, because you wish to enrich the mind which you have carefully cultivated, you lead me far away from the uproar of cities into ...
Page 104
... evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last Gather'd like scum, and settl'd to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consum'd; if this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rott ...
... evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last Gather'd like scum, and settl'd to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consum'd; if this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rott ...
Page 153
... evil sped So let their Princes speed, As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled So let their Princes bleed. 12 For they amidst their pride have said 45 “By right now shall we seize God's houses, and will now invade fTheir stately Palaces.” * Yo! #" 13 ...
... evil sped So let their Princes speed, As Zeba, and Zalmunna bled So let their Princes bleed. 12 For they amidst their pride have said 45 “By right now shall we seize God's houses, and will now invade fTheir stately Palaces.” * Yo! #" 13 ...
Page 174
... Evil . . . Milton repudiated the doctrine that life was essentially tragic and that retribution was . . . the final victory of evil as far as man was concerned.” As an influence on the characters and design of Paradise Lost Greek drama ...
... Evil . . . Milton repudiated the doctrine that life was essentially tragic and that retribution was . . . the final victory of evil as far as man was concerned.” As an influence on the characters and design of Paradise Lost Greek drama ...
Page 175
... evil shall produce, And evil turn to good. In Salandra's last act an allegorical Misericordia taunts Sin, Malice, and Death with their failure to destroy mankind, and in Heaven later vaunts the inexhaustible “excesses” of divine love in ...
... evil shall produce, And evil turn to good. In Salandra's last act an allegorical Misericordia taunts Sin, Malice, and Death with their failure to destroy mankind, and in Heaven later vaunts the inexhaustible “excesses” of divine love in ...
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