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 27
... Holy Scriptures of the true God, or watering tender souls with the dew of heaven —which is the grand affair of healing religion. As the custom is, be careful to give him generous greeting and to speak as it would become your master to ...
... Holy Scriptures of the true God, or watering tender souls with the dew of heaven —which is the grand affair of healing religion. As the custom is, be careful to give him generous greeting and to speak as it would become your master to ...
Page 41
... , Lucifer, with Venus, for whom the induction to Lucretius' De rerum natura describes the earth as bringing forth its flowers. But 5. the holy sages: the prophets who sang “the times SON G : ON MAY MORNING 41 SONG: ON MAY MORNING.
... , Lucifer, with Venus, for whom the induction to Lucretius' De rerum natura describes the earth as bringing forth its flowers. But 5. the holy sages: the prophets who sang “the times SON G : ON MAY MORNING 41 SONG: ON MAY MORNING.
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... holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. II That glorious Form, that Light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty, Wherewith he wont at Heav'n's ...
... holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace. II That glorious Form, that Light unsufferable, And that far-beaming blaze of Majesty, Wherewith he wont at Heav'n's ...
Page 46
... holy Song Enwrap our fancy long, 135 And speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die, Yea, Truth. 102, the hollow round: the orb or sphere of the moon. Cf. l. 75 above, l. 130 below, and Comus, I3 I. 103. This half-technical use of region ...
... holy Song Enwrap our fancy long, 135 And speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die, Yea, Truth. 102, the hollow round: the orb or sphere of the moon. Cf. l. 75 above, l. 130 below, and Comus, I3 I. 103. This half-technical use of region ...
Page 48
... holy shine, The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn, In vain the Tyrian Maids their wounded Thammuz mourn. XXIII His burning Idol all of blackest hue; In dismal. The Oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Apollo from his shrine Can no more ...
... holy shine, The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn, In vain the Tyrian Maids their wounded Thammuz mourn. XXIII His burning Idol all of blackest hue; In dismal. The Oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Apollo from his shrine Can no more ...
Contents
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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