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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... earth's sons besiege the wall Of sheeny Heav'n , and thou some Goddess fled Amongst us here below to hide thy nectar'd head ? VIII . Or wert thou that just Maid , who once before 50 Forsook the hated earth , O tell me sooth , 31 wormy ...
... earth's sons besiege the wall Of sheeny Heav'n , and thou some Goddess fled Amongst us here below to hide thy nectar'd head ? VIII . Or wert thou that just Maid , who once before 50 Forsook the hated earth , O tell me sooth , 31 wormy ...
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... earth ; Jordan's clear streams recoil , As a faint host that hath receiv'd the foil . The high , huge - bellied mountains skip like rams Amongst their ewes , the little hills like lambs . Why fled the ocean ? And why skipt the mountains ...
... earth ; Jordan's clear streams recoil , As a faint host that hath receiv'd the foil . The high , huge - bellied mountains skip like rams Amongst their ewes , the little hills like lambs . Why fled the ocean ? And why skipt the mountains ...
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... earth to shake : For his , & c . Who by his wisdom did create The painted heavens so full of state : For his , & c . Who did the solid earth ordain To rise above the watery plain : > 15 20 17 crush ] The rhymes from Sylvester's Du ...
... earth to shake : For his , & c . Who by his wisdom did create The painted heavens so full of state : For his , & c . Who did the solid earth ordain To rise above the watery plain : > 15 20 17 crush ] The rhymes from Sylvester's Du ...
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