Selected Shorter Poems and Prose WritingsRoutledge, 1988 - 265 pages Includes Comus, Lycidas, and extracts from the prose, such as the early pamphlet, Of Reformation, and the celebrated Areopagitica in defence of freedom of the press. |
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Page 136
... peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd , And on the neck of crowned fortune proud Hast rear'd God's trophies and his work pursu❜d , While Darwen stream with blood of Scots imbru'd And Dunbar field resounds thy praises loud And ...
... peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd , And on the neck of crowned fortune proud Hast rear'd God's trophies and his work pursu❜d , While Darwen stream with blood of Scots imbru'd And Dunbar field resounds thy praises loud And ...
Page 139
... peace and liberty ; must raise and manage the public revenue , at least with some inspectors deputed for satisfaction of the people how it is employed ; must make or propose expressly shall be said anon civil laws ; treat of com- merce ...
... peace and liberty ; must raise and manage the public revenue , at least with some inspectors deputed for satisfaction of the people how it is employed ; must make or propose expressly shall be said anon civil laws ; treat of com- merce ...
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... peace Isaiah 9.7 ( a continuation of the prophecy in the last note ) : ' Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end . ' unsufferable intolerably bright . heavenly Muse Milton followed the French poet Du Bartas in ...
... peace Isaiah 9.7 ( a continuation of the prophecy in the last note ) : ' Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end . ' unsufferable intolerably bright . heavenly Muse Milton followed the French poet Du Bartas in ...
Contents
An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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