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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Perhaps you will find him sitting with his sweet wife, fondling the dear pledges of their love on his lap, or perhaps turning over the mighty volumes of the old Fathers” or the Holy Scriptures of the true God, or watering tender souls ...
Perhaps you will find him sitting with his sweet wife, fondling the dear pledges of their love on his lap, or perhaps turning over the mighty volumes of the old Fathers” or the Holy Scriptures of the true God, or watering tender souls ...
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Perhaps Milton thought of the identification of the morning Star, 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 ...
Perhaps Milton thought of the identification of the morning Star, 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 ...
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I This is the Month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit ...
I This is the Month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, Of wedded Maid, and Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That he our deadly forfeit ...
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... I2O Ring out ye Crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears, 125 And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; 130 For if such holy Song Enwrap our fancy long, 135 And speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die, Yea, Truth.
... I2O Ring out ye Crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears, 125 And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; 130 For if such holy Song Enwrap our fancy long, 135 And speckl'd vanity Will sicken soon and die, Yea, Truth.
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XXII With that twice-batter'd god of Palestine, Heav'n's Queen and Mother both, Now sits not girt with Tapers' holy shine, The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn, In vain the Tyrian Maids their wounded Thammuz mourn.
XXII With that twice-batter'd god of Palestine, Heav'n's Queen and Mother both, Now sits not girt with Tapers' holy shine, The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn, In vain the Tyrian Maids their wounded Thammuz mourn.
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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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