The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton - John Milton (9 December 1608 - 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. |
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... Shepherd , I take thy word , And trust thy honest offer'd courtesy , Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters , than in tap'stry halls And courts of princes , where it first was nam'd , 325 And yet is most pretended ...
... Shepherd , I take thy word , And trust thy honest offer'd courtesy , Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoky rafters , than in tap'stry halls And courts of princes , where it first was nam'd , 325 And yet is most pretended ...
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... shepherd , sure . 1 B. Thyrsis ? Whose artful strains have oft delay'd The huddling brook to hear his madrigal , 495 And sweețen'd every muskrose of the dale . How cam'st thou here , good swain ? hath any ram Slipt from the fold , or ...
... shepherd , sure . 1 B. Thyrsis ? Whose artful strains have oft delay'd The huddling brook to hear his madrigal , 495 And sweețen'd every muskrose of the dale . How cam'st thou here , good swain ? hath any ram Slipt from the fold , or ...
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... Shepherd , thee the woods , and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown , And all their echoes ... shepherd's ear . [ deep Where were ye , Nymphs , when the remorseless Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For ...
... Shepherd , thee the woods , and desert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown , And all their echoes ... shepherd's ear . [ deep Where were ye , Nymphs , when the remorseless Clos'd o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For ...
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