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Psalm 04
Psalm 04
Aug. 10. 1653.
Answer me when I call
God of my righteousness;
In straights and in distress
Thou didst me disinth…
Psalm 06
Psalm 06
Aug. 13. 1653.
Lord in thine anger do not reprehend me
Nor in thy hot displeasure me correct;
Pity me Lord for I am much…
Psalm 02
Psalm 02
Done Aug. 8. 1653. Terzetti.
Why do the Gentiles tumult, and the Nations
Muse a vain thing, the Kings of th'earth upstand
…
Paradise Regained: The Third Book
Paradise Regained: The Third Book
So spake the Son of God; and Satan stood
A while as mute, confounded what to say,
What to reply, confuted and c…
Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book
Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book
Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
Discovered…
Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained
THE FIRST BOOK
I, WHO erewhile the happy Garden sung
By one man's disobedience lost, now sing
R…
Paradise Lost: Book 12
Paradise Lost: Book 12
As one who in his journey bates at noon,
Though bent on speed; so here the Arch-Angel paused
Betwixt the world destroyed a…
Paradise Lost: Book 10
Paradise Lost: Book 10
Mean while the heinous and despiteful act
Of Satan, done in Paradise; and how
He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve,
Paradise Lost: Book 08
Paradise Lost: Book 08
The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear
So charming left his voice, that he a while
Thought him still speaking, still stood fix…
Paradise Lost: Book 06
Paradise Lost: Book 06
All night the dreadless Angel, unpursued,
Through Heaven's wide champain held his way; till Morn,
Waked by the circling Ho…
Paradise Lost: Book 02
Paradise Lost: Book 02
High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth or Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with riches…
Paradise Lost: Book 04
Paradise Lost: Book 04
O, for that warning voice, which he, who saw
The Apocalypse, heard cry in Heaven aloud,
Then when the Dragon, put to secon…
On the University Carrier
On the University Carrier
Who sickened in the time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London by reason of the
Plague.
Here lie…
On Time
On Time
Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,
Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace;
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity
I
This is the month, and this the happy morn,
Wherein the Son of Heaven’s eternal King,
Of we…
On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend,
On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend,
Deceased Dec. 16, 1646
When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never,
…
On His Deceased Wife
On His Deceased Wife
METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused Saint
Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave,
Whom Joves great Son to her glad Husband …
On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough
On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough
I
O fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted,
Soft silken Primrose fading timelesslie, <…
Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint
Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint
Methought I saw my late espoused Saint
Brought to me like Alcestus from the grave,
Who Jove's great Son to…
Light
Light
HAIL holy light, ofspring of Heav'n first-born,
Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam
May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, <…
How Soon Hath Time
How Soon Hath Time
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on wtih full…
Il Penseroso
Il Penseroso
HENCE, vain deluding Joys,
............The brood of Folly without father bred!
How little you bested
............Or fill the…
From 'Arcades'
From 'Arcades'
O'RE the smooth enameld green
Where no print of step hath been,
Follow me as I sing,
And touch the warbled string.
…
Comus (excerpts)
Comus (excerpts)
SONG1Sweet
Echo, sweetest nymph that liv'st unseen
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Within thy airy shell
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By slow Meander's margent gre…