Selected PoemsCourier Dover Publications, 2015 M12 14 - 128 páginas Best known as the author of the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton (1608–74) was also an accomplished writer of shorter verse forms. This treasury presents twenty of the best of these works: "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," "On Shakespeare," "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," "Comus, A Mask," "Lycidas," "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont," "On His Blindness," "On His Deceased Wife," "Samson Agonistes," and more. In this carefully chosen selection, readers will discover the wide erudition, mastery of meter and rhythm, and superb artistic control that have earned Milton a preeminent place in English literature. |
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... Fair Infant Dying of a Cough (1626) On the Morning of Christs Nativity (1629) Song on May Morning (ca. 1630) Sonnet to the Nightingale (ca. 1630) On Shakespeare (1630) On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three (1631) Arcades (ca ...
... Fair Infant Dying of a Cough (1626) On the Morning of Christs Nativity (1629) Song on May Morning (ca. 1630) Sonnet to the Nightingale (ca. 1630) On Shakespeare (1630) On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three (1631) Arcades (ca ...
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... in Piemont (1655) 64. On His Deceased Wife (1658) 65 Samson Agonistes (?, published 1671) 65 Alphabetical List of Titles 111 Alphabetical List of First Lines 113 Selected Poems On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying viii Contents.
... in Piemont (1655) 64. On His Deceased Wife (1658) 65 Samson Agonistes (?, published 1671) 65 Alphabetical List of Titles 111 Alphabetical List of First Lines 113 Selected Poems On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying viii Contents.
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... fair one wedded not, Thereby to wipe away the infämous blot Of long uncoupled bed and childless eld, Which, 'mongst the wanton gods, a foul reproach was held. III So, mounting up in icy-pearlèd car, Through middle empire of the freezing ...
... fair one wedded not, Thereby to wipe away the infämous blot Of long uncoupled bed and childless eld, Which, 'mongst the wanton gods, a foul reproach was held. III So, mounting up in icy-pearlèd car, Through middle empire of the freezing ...
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... fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Makers eyes Should look so near upon her foul ...
... fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Makers eyes Should look so near upon her foul ...
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