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 24
... behold, while I am *5 pouring out these grievous curses and calling down death upon death”—astonished—I seem to hear these sounds in the gently moving Themidos Iovisque filiae; Et sempiterni ducit ad vultus patris; At. alr: 30 “Leave ...
... behold, while I am *5 pouring out these grievous curses and calling down death upon death”—astonished—I seem to hear these sounds in the gently moving Themidos Iovisque filiae; Et sempiterni ducit ad vultus patris; At. alr: 30 “Leave ...
Page 39
... Behold, her towering brow is girdled with a sacred grove as Idaean Ops"? is turreted with pines. She twines her dewy hair with various bloom and with her flowers seems powerful to charm, as the Sicanian goddess with the flowers plaited ...
... Behold, her towering brow is girdled with a sacred grove as Idaean Ops"? is turreted with pines. She twines her dewy hair with various bloom and with her flowers seems powerful to charm, as the Sicanian goddess with the flowers plaited ...
Page 73
... behold the wand'ring Moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heav'n's wide pathless way; 70 And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a Plat of rising ground, 33 ...
... behold the wand'ring Moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the Heav'n's wide pathless way; 70 And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a Plat of rising ground, 33 ...
Page 78
... behold What shallow-searching Fame hath left untold; Which I full oft amidst these shades alone Have sat to wonder at, and gaze upon: For know by lot from Jove I am the pow'r Of this fair Wood, and live in Oak'n bow'r, 25 As they come ...
... behold What shallow-searching Fame hath left untold; Which I full oft amidst these shades alone Have sat to wonder at, and gaze upon: For know by lot from Jove I am the pow'r Of this fair Wood, and live in Oak'n bow'r, 25 As they come ...
Page 106
... behold this cordial Julep here, That flames and dances in his crystal bounds With spirits of balm and fragrant Syrups mixt. Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena Is of such power to stir up joy as ...
... behold this cordial Julep here, That flames and dances in his crystal bounds With spirits of balm and fragrant Syrups mixt. Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena Is of such power to stir up joy as ...
Contents
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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