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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... glory ] Fletcher's Pisc . Eclogues , 1633 , p . 27. his glory late , but now his shame . ' Todd . 184 Salve to thy sores ] This is one of the most common expressions in old English poetry . See Southwell's Mæonia , p . 21. Park's note ...
... glory ] Fletcher's Pisc . Eclogues , 1633 , p . 27. his glory late , but now his shame . ' Todd . 184 Salve to thy sores ] This is one of the most common expressions in old English poetry . See Southwell's Mæonia , p . 21. Park's note ...
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... glory run , and race of shame , And I shall shortly be with them that rest . Man . Believe not these suggestions , which proceed From anguish of the mind and humours black , 600 597 ruce ] May's Cleopatra , p . 48 . My race of life ...
... glory run , and race of shame , And I shall shortly be with them that rest . Man . Believe not these suggestions , which proceed From anguish of the mind and humours black , 600 597 ruce ] May's Cleopatra , p . 48 . My race of life ...
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... glory , Thee through my story Th ' exalter of my head I count ; Aloud I cried Unto Jehovah , he full soon replied And heard me from his holy mount . I lay and slept , I wak'd again , For my sustain Was the Lord . Of many millions The ...
... glory , Thee through my story Th ' exalter of my head I count ; Aloud I cried Unto Jehovah , he full soon replied And heard me from his holy mount . I lay and slept , I wak'd again , For my sustain Was the Lord . Of many millions The ...
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