Paradise Lost: An Account of Its Growth and Major OriginsRussell & Russell, 1963 - 362 pages Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout. |
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Page 268
... verses ready against his amanuensis came . ' The portion of the account which implied that Milton worked out verses during the night or early morning has the support of Thomas Ellwood and the poet . The young Quaker remarked that on ...
... verses ready against his amanuensis came . ' The portion of the account which implied that Milton worked out verses during the night or early morning has the support of Thomas Ellwood and the poet . The young Quaker remarked that on ...
Page 302
... verses , which several years before the poem was begun , were shown to me and some others , as designed for the very begin- ning of the said tragedy . The verses are these : O thou that with surpassing glory crowned ! Look'st from thy ...
... verses , which several years before the poem was begun , were shown to me and some others , as designed for the very begin- ning of the said tragedy . The verses are these : O thou that with surpassing glory crowned ! Look'st from thy ...
Page 305
... verses of Satan's exclamation to the sun , which Mr. E. Ph . remembers , about fifteen or sixteen years before ever his poem was thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy which he had designed , but was ...
... verses of Satan's exclamation to the sun , which Mr. E. Ph . remembers , about fifteen or sixteen years before ever his poem was thought of , which verses were intended for the beginning of a tragedy which he had designed , but was ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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