Book: The Poetical Works of John Milton

• An Epitaph On The Marchioness Of Winchester

  This rich Marble doth enterr
  The honour'd Wife of Winchester,

  73 lines, 1 comment
• Another On The Same (Being The University Carrier)

  Here lieth one who did most truly prove,
  That he could never die while he could move,

  33 lines, 1 comment
• Sonnet IX. To A Virtuous Young Lady

  Lady that in the prime of earliest youth,
  Wisely hath shun'd the broad way and the green,

  14 lines
• Arcades

  Part of an entertainment presented to the Countess Dowager of Darby at Harefield, by som Noble persons of her Family, who appear on the

  121 lines
• Samson Agonistes

  The Scene before the Prison in Gaza.
  Samson:  A little onward lend thy guiding hand

  1912 lines
• At A Vacation Exercise In The Colledge, Part Latin, Part English. The Latin Speeches Ended, The English Thus Began

  Hail native Language, that by sinews weak
  Didst move my first endeavouring tongue to speak,

  109 lines
• The Passion

  Ere-while of Musick, and Ethereal mirth,
  Wherwith the stage of Ayr and Earth did ring,

  72 lines
• On The Death Of A Fair Infant, Dying Of A Cough

  O fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted,
  Soft silken Primrose fading timeless lie,

  97 lines
• Sonnet IV.

  Diodati, e te'l diro con maraviglia,
  Quel ritroso io ch'amor spreggiar solea

  13 lines
• On The New Forcers Of Conscience Under The Long Parliament

  Because you have thrown of your Prelate Lord,
  And with stiff vows renounc'd his Liturgy,

  19 lines
• Sonnet XIII. To Mr. H. Lawes On His Aires

  Harry whose tuneful and well measur'd Song
  First taught our English Musick how to span

  14 lines
• On The University Carrier

  Here lies old Hobson, Death hath broke his girt,
  And here alas, hath laid him in the dirt,

  17 lines
• Psalm LXXXVII. (87)

  Among the holy Mountains high
  Is his foundation fast,

  27 lines
• On Time

  Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
  Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,

  21 lines, 1 comment
• Sonnet II.

  Donna leggiadra il cui bel nome honora
  L'herbosa val di Rheno, e il nobil varco,

  13 lines
• Psalm I.

  Bless'd is the man who hath not walk'd astray
  In counsel of the wicked, and ith'way

  15 lines
• Sonnet VI.

  Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante
  Poi che fuggir me stesso in dubbio sono,

  13 lines
• Psalm II.

  Why do the Gentiles tumult, and the Nations
  Muse a vain thing, the Kings of th'earth upstand

  27 lines
• Sonnet XI. On The Detraction Which Followed My Writing Certain Treatises

  A Book was writ of late call'd Tetrachordon;
  And wov'n close, both matter, form and stile;

  14 lines
• Psalm III.

  When He Fled From Absalom.
  Lord how many are my foes

  25 lines
• Sonnet XIX: On His Blindness

  When I consider how my light is spent,
  Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,

  14 lines, 1 comment
• Psalm IV.

  Answer me when I call
  God of my righteousness;

  47 lines
• Psalm LXXXVI. (86)

  Thy gracious ear, O Lord, encline,
  O hear me I thee pray,

  63 lines
• Psalm V.

  Jehovah to my words give ear
  My meditation waigh

  38 lines
• Psalm LXXXVIII. (88)

  Lord God that dost me save and keep,
  All day to thee I cry;

  71 lines
• Psalm VI.

  Lord in thine anger do not reprehend me
  Nor in thy hot displeasure me correct;

  23 lines
• Song. On May Morning

  Now the bright morning Star, Dayes harbinger,
  Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her

  9 lines
• Psalm VII.

  Upon The Words Of Chush The Benjamite Against Him.
  

  76 lines
• Sonnet III.

  Qual in colle aspro, al imbrunir di sera
  L'avezza giovinetta pastorella

  31 lines
• Psalm VIII.

  O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great
  And glorious is thy name through all the earth?

  28 lines
• Sonnet V.

  Per certo i bei vostr'occhi Donna mia
  Esser non puo che non fian lo mio sole

  13 lines
• Psalm LXXX. (80)

  Thou Shepherd that dost Israel keep
  Give ear in time of need,

  79 lines
• Sonnet VIII. When The Assault Was Intended To The City

  Captain or Colonel, or Knight in Arms,
  Whose chance on these defenceless dores may sease,

  13 lines
• Psalm LXXXI. (81)

  To God our strength sing loud, and clear,
  Sing loud to God our King,

  67 lines
• Sonnet X. To The Lady Margaret Ley

  Daughter to that good Earl, once President
  Of Englands Counsel, and her Treasury,

  14 lines
• Psalm LXXXII. (82)

  God in the *great *assembly stands                    *Bagnadath-el
  Of Kings and lo

  27 lines
• Sonnet XII. On The Same. (Being On The Detraction)

  I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
  By the known rules of antient libertie,

  13 lines
• Psalm LXXXIII. (83)

  Be not thou silent now at length
  O God hold not thy peace,

  67 lines
• Sonnet XIV. On The Religious Memory Of Mrs. Catharine Thomson, My Christian Friend, Deceas'd 16 Decem. 1646

  When Faith and Love which parted from thee never,
  Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God,

  14 lines
• Psalm LXXXIV. (84)

  How lovely are thy dwellings fair!
  O Lord of Hoasts, how dear

  47 lines
• The Fifth Ode Of Horace. Lib. I

  Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, rendred almost word for word without rime, according to the Latin measure, as near as the language

  17 lines
• Psalm LXXXV. (85)

  Thy Land to favour graciously
  Thou hast not Lord been slack,

  55 lines
• Upon The Circumcision

  Ye flaming Powers, and winged Warriours bright,
  That erst with Musick, and triumphant song

  27 lines

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