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 31
... thou dost stray! Expectance calls thee now another way, Thou know'st it must be now thy only bent 55 To keep in compass of thy Predicament: Then quick about thy purpos'd business come, That to the next I may resign my Room. Then Ens is ...
... thou dost stray! Expectance calls thee now another way, Thou know'st it must be now thy only bent 55 To keep in compass of thy Predicament: Then quick about thy purpos'd business come, That to the next I may resign my Room. Then Ens is ...
Page 36
... thou not inglorious in thy fate; For so Apollo, with unweeting hand Whilom did slay his dearly-loved mate, Young Hyacinth born on Eurotas' strand, Young Hyacinth the pride of Spartan land, But then transform'd him to a purple flower ...
... thou not inglorious in thy fate; For so Apollo, with unweeting hand Whilom did slay his dearly-loved mate, Young Hyacinth born on Eurotas' strand, Young Hyacinth the pride of Spartan land, But then transform'd him to a purple flower ...
Page 37
... thou of the golden-winged host, Who having clad thyself in human weed, To 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 ...
... thou of the golden-winged host, Who having clad thyself in human weed, To 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 ...
Page 95
... thou not tell me of a gentle Pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O if thou have Hid them in some flow'ry Cave, Tell me but where, Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of the Sphere, So mayst thou be translated to the skies, And give ...
... thou not tell me of a gentle Pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O if thou have Hid them in some flow'ry Cave, Tell me but where, Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of the Sphere, So mayst thou be translated to the skies, And give ...
Page 115
... thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou was driven 6. Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8. Which turned the ...
... thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou was driven 6. Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8. Which turned the ...
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