Milton's Comus, L'Allegro, and Il Penseroso, with Notes Etc. , by J. Hunter

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ...second brother. 'They were bred in such soft 506. The care it brought. The employments, that they were anxiety it involved. How chance she is not in your company? El. Br. To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. 510 Spir. Ay me unhappy! then my fears are true. El. Br. What fears, good Thyrsis? Pr'y thee briefly shew. Spir. I'll tell ye: "lis not vain or fabulous (Though so esteemed by shallow ignorance) What the sage poets, taught by the heavenly muse, 515 Storied of old, in high immortal verse, Of dire chimeras, and enchanted isles, And rifted rocks whose entrance leads to hell; For such there be, but unbelief is blind. Within the navel of this hideous wood, 520 Immured in cypress shades a sorcerer dwells, --Of Bacchus and of Circe born, great Comus, Deep skilled in all his mother's witcheries, --And here to every thirsty wanderer By sly enticement gives his baneful cup, 525 With many murmurs mixed, whose pleasing poison The visage quite transforms of him that drinks, 508. Sow chance. How hap-517. Dire chimeras.' See Par. pens it. The word chance in old Lost, ii. 628. The Chimsera was authors often means it chances or a fire-vomiting monster, slain by happens. Bellerophon. If chanre the radiant sun, with farewell 518. Biftcd rocks. In Greece, sweet, the entrance to hell was supposed Extend his evening beam., j i Far. Lost, ii. 492. to be by a deep gloomy cavern How chance yon went not with Master near the promontory Tsenarns, Slender? the southern extremity of the Shttkspeare s Merry It ives, v. 4. T T.." country. In Italy, a cave near 'How chance you go not to the the Campanian lake Avernus had service upon the holy-days?' the same reputation. Latimer's Sermon on 1st Sund. 520. Navel....

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John Milton, English scholar and classical poet, is one of the major figures of Western literature. He was born in 1608 into a prosperous London family. By the age of 17, he was proficient in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Milton attended Cambridge University, earning a B.A. and an M.A. before secluding himself for five years to read, write and study on his own. It is believed that Milton read everything that had been published in Latin, Greek, and English. He was considered one of the most educated men of his time. Milton also had a reputation as a radical. After his own wife left him early in their marriage, Milton published an unpopular treatise supporting divorce in the case of incompatibility. Milton was also a vocal supporter of Oliver Cromwell and worked for him. Milton's first work, Lycidas, an elegy on the death of a classmate, was published in 1632, and he had numerous works published in the ensuing years, including Pastoral and Areopagitica. His Christian epic poem, Paradise Lost, which traced humanity's fall from divine grace, appeared in 1667, assuring his place as one of the finest non-dramatic poet of the Renaissance Age. Milton went blind at the age of 43 from the incredible strain he placed on his eyes. Amazingly, Paradise Lost and his other major works, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes, were composed after the lost of his sight. These major works were painstakingly and slowly dictated to secretaries. John Milton died in 1674.

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TitleMilton's Comus, L'Allegro, and Il Penseroso, with Notes Etc. , by J. Hunter
AuthorJohn Milton
PublisherGeneral Books, 2013
ISBN1230153446, 9781230153445
Length34 pages
  
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