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 11
Tuque O alumno major Apolline, Gentis togatae cui regimen datum, Frondosa quem nunc Cirrha luget, At Age 16 [17] Learn obedience to the laws of destiny and lift suppliant hands to the Goddess of Fate, you descendants of Iapetus+ who ...
Tuque O alumno major Apolline, Gentis togatae cui regimen datum, Frondosa quem nunc Cirrha luget, At Age 16 [17] Learn obedience to the laws of destiny and lift suppliant hands to the Goddess of Fate, you descendants of Iapetus+ who ...
Page 52
Liber and Erato, Ceres and Venus are at hand to help her, and beside his rosy mother is the stripling Cupid. ... Beyond this, his youth must be innocent of crime and chaste, his conduct irreproachable and his hands stainless.
Liber and Erato, Ceres and Venus are at hand to help her, and beside his rosy mother is the stripling Cupid. ... Beyond this, his youth must be innocent of crime and chaste, his conduct irreproachable and his hands stainless.
Page 70
Right against the Eastern gate, Where the great Sun begins his state, 6o Rob'd in flames, and Amber light, The clouds in thousand Liveries dight; While the Plowman near at hand, Whistles o'er the Furrow'd Land, And the Milkmaid singeth ...
Right against the Eastern gate, Where the great Sun begins his state, 6o Rob'd in flames, and Amber light, The clouds in thousand Liveries dight; While the Plowman near at hand, Whistles o'er the Furrow'd Land, And the Milkmaid singeth ...
Page 92
Comus enters with a Charming Rod in one hand, his Glass in the other; with him a rout of Monsters, headed like sundry sorts of wild Beasts, but otherwise ... They come in making a riotous and unruly noise, with Torches in their hands.
Comus enters with a Charming Rod in one hand, his Glass in the other; with him a rout of Monsters, headed like sundry sorts of wild Beasts, but otherwise ... They come in making a riotous and unruly noise, with Torches in their hands.
Page 136
Ah! had I not gone, surely I might have touched his right hand at the last and closed his eyes as he lay peacefully dying, and have said, “Farewell! remember me in your flight to the stars.' “Go home unfed, for your master has no time ...
Ah! had I not gone, surely I might have touched his right hand at the last and closed his eyes as he lay peacefully dying, and have said, “Farewell! remember me in your flight to the stars.' “Go home unfed, for your master has no time ...
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User Review - jsburbidge - LibraryThingThis is pretty well the standard edition of Milton, with a critically established text, a reasonable level of apparatus for non-expert readers, and a critical mass of Milton's work extending beyond his major works to everything that anyone who is not a specialist is likely to need. Read full review
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User Review - selfcallednowhere - LibraryThingOk, so I didn't read this whole thing, obviously. But I did read "Paradise Lost" and that's the important thing, right? And I actually ended up enjoying it a lot more than I expected to. The language ... Read full review
Contents
| 3 | |
| 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
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Complete Poems and Major Prose Hackett Classics |
| Author | John Milton |
| Editor | Merritt Y. Hughes |
| Publisher | Hackett Publishing, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1624665853, 9781624665851 |
| Length | 1088 pages |
| Subjects | › › Poetry / Epic Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Poetry / European / General |
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