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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... gods, a foul reproach was held. III So, mounting up in icy-pearlèd car, Through middle empire of the freezing air He wandered long, till thee he spied from far; There ended was his quest, there ceased his care: Down he descended from ...
... gods, a foul reproach was held. III So, mounting up in icy-pearlèd car, Through middle empire of the freezing air He wandered long, till thee he spied from far; There ended was his quest, there ceased his care: Down he descended from ...
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... God hast sent, And render him with patience what he lent: This if thou do, he will an offspring give That till the world's last end shall make thy name to live. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity I This is the. | Two syllables are ...
... God hast sent, And render him with patience what he lent: This if thou do, he will an offspring give That till the world's last end shall make thy name to live. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity I This is the. | Two syllables are ...
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... God? Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain, To welcome him to this his new abode, Now while the heaven, by the Sun's team untrod, Hath took no print of the approaching light, And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons ...
... God? Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain, To welcome him to this his new abode, Now while the heaven, by the Sun's team untrod, Hath took no print of the approaching light, And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons ...
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