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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John Milton. SONG . 231 Sweet Echo , sweetest nymph , that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell , By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet - embroider'd vale , Where the love - lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song ...
John Milton. SONG . 231 Sweet Echo , sweetest nymph , that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell , By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet - embroider'd vale , Where the love - lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song ...
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... song , In her sweetest , saddest plight , Smoothing the rugged brow of night , While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke , Gently o'er th ' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird , that shunn'st the noise of folly , Most musical , most melancholy ...
... song , In her sweetest , saddest plight , Smoothing the rugged brow of night , While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke , Gently o'er th ' accustom'd oak ; Sweet bird , that shunn'st the noise of folly , Most musical , most melancholy ...
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... SONG II . 85 O'er the smooth enamellid green , Where no print of step hath been , Follow me as I sing , And touch the warbled string , Under the shady roof Of branching elm star - proof , Follow me , I will bring you where she sits ...
... SONG II . 85 O'er the smooth enamellid green , Where no print of step hath been , Follow me as I sing , And touch the warbled string , Under the shady roof Of branching elm star - proof , Follow me , I will bring you where she sits ...
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