Best known as the author of the epic poem Paradise Lost, John Milton (1608-74) was also an accomplished writer of shorter verse forms. This treasury presents twenty of the best of these works: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, On Shakespeare, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, A Mask, Lycidas, On the Late Massacre in Piedmont, On His Blindness, On His Deceased Wife, Samson Agonistes, and more.
In this carefully chosen selection, readers will discover the wide erudition, mastery of meter and rhythm, and superb artistic control that have earned Milton a preeminent place in English literature.

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One of the greatest of English poets, John Milton (1608-74) is best known for his immortal epic, Paradise Lost. A prolific pamphleteer and polemicist, he is also a giant in the history of political thought and philosophy who opposed state-sponsored religion and championed liberty of conscience.

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