Selected Shorter Poems and Prose WritingsIncludes 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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Page 71
... hand in hand , O nations , never to be disunited ; be the praise and the heroic song of all poster- ity . Merit this , but seek only virtue , not to extend your limits ; for what needs to win a fading triumphant laurel out of the tears ...
... hand in hand , O nations , never to be disunited ; be the praise and the heroic song of all poster- ity . Merit this , but seek only virtue , not to extend your limits ; for what needs to win a fading triumphant laurel out of the tears ...
Page 82
... hand of a temporal , earthly and corporeal spirituality can avail to the edifying of Christ's holy Church . Were it ... hands to that eternal and propitious throne where nothing is readier than grace and refuge to the distresses of ...
... hand of a temporal , earthly and corporeal spirituality can avail to the edifying of Christ's holy Church . Were it ... hands to that eternal and propitious throne where nothing is readier than grace and refuge to the distresses of ...
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... hands . Hence ' simony ' , buying preferment in the church ( Acts 8 ) . Grizons an independent Protestant canton in Switzerland . French the Huguenots , or French Protestants . Saint Lawrence Ordered under torture to hand over the ...
... hands . Hence ' simony ' , buying preferment in the church ( Acts 8 ) . Grizons an independent Protestant canton in Switzerland . French the Huguenots , or French Protestants . Saint Lawrence Ordered under torture to hand over the ...
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An epitaph on the admirable dramatic poet | 27 |
Lycidas 1638 | 56 |
from Areopagitica 1644 | 85 |
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