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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... thought it ' deplorable ' that students of literature should ' devote any large part of their time to solemn study of Milton's " thought " ( Leavis 1962 : p . 23 ) , ignored his ideas and concen- trated the attack on his style ; and ...
... thought it ' deplorable ' that students of literature should ' devote any large part of their time to solemn study of Milton's " thought " ( Leavis 1962 : p . 23 ) , ignored his ideas and concen- trated the attack on his style ; and ...
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... thought To this my errand , and the care it brought . But O my virgin lady , where is she ? How chance she is not in your company ? Eld . Bro . To tell thee sadly , shepherd , without blame Or our neglect , we lost her as we came ...
... thought To this my errand , and the care it brought . But O my virgin lady , where is she ? How chance she is not in your company ? Eld . Bro . To tell thee sadly , shepherd , without blame Or our neglect , we lost her as we came ...
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... thought of as a poet , slender though his published output was . ' I can understand your wanting to write poems ' , T. S. Eliot remarked to the young Stephen Spender , ' but I don't quite know what you mean by " being a poet " ( Spender ...
... thought of as a poet , slender though his published output was . ' I can understand your wanting to write poems ' , T. S. Eliot remarked to the young Stephen Spender , ' but I don't quite know what you mean by " being a poet " ( Spender ...
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An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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