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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... thine , while I preserv'd these locks unshorn , The pledge of my unviolated vow . For proof hereof , if Dagon be thy god , Go to his temple , invocate his aid With solemnest devotion , spread before him How highly it concerns his glory ...
... thine , while I preserv'd these locks unshorn , The pledge of my unviolated vow . For proof hereof , if Dagon be thy god , Go to his temple , invocate his aid With solemnest devotion , spread before him How highly it concerns his glory ...
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... thine eyes , and fetter'd send thee Into the common prison , there to grind Among the slaves and asses , thy comrades , As good for nothing else , no better service With those thy boist'rous locks , no worthy match For valour to assail ...
... thine eyes , and fetter'd send thee Into the common prison , there to grind Among the slaves and asses , thy comrades , As good for nothing else , no better service With those thy boist'rous locks , no worthy match For valour to assail ...
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... Thine anger all thou hadst remov'd , And calmly didst return From thy fierce wrath which we had proy'd Far worse than fire to burn . 4 God of our saving health and peace , Turn us , and us restore , Thine indignation cause to cease ...
... Thine anger all thou hadst remov'd , And calmly didst return From thy fierce wrath which we had proy'd Far worse than fire to burn . 4 God of our saving health and peace , Turn us , and us restore , Thine indignation cause to cease ...
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