《The Poetical Works of John Milton》

PARADISE LOST1

INTRODUCTION1

Ⅰ．Earliest Editions of the Poem1

Ⅱ．Origin of the Poem and History of its Composition9

Ⅲ．Scheme and Meaning of the Poem18

Commendatory Verses，prefixed to the Second Edition37

Author＇s Preface on＂The Verse＂41

TEXT OF THE POEM43

Book Ⅰ43

Book Ⅱ61

Book Ⅲ84

Book Ⅳ101

Book Ⅴ124

Book Ⅵ144

Book Ⅶ164

Book Ⅷ179

Book Ⅸ194

Book Ⅹ220

Book Ⅺ245

Book Ⅻ265

PARADISE REGAINED281

INTRODUCTION283

TEXT OF THE POEM291

Book Ⅰ293

Book Ⅱ305

Book Ⅲ316

Book Ⅳ326

SAMSON AGONISTES 341

INTRODUCTION343

The Author＇s Preface：＂Of that sort of Dramatic Poem called Tragedy＂353

The Argument，and the Persons355

TEXT OF THE POEM357

MINOR POEMS395

GENERAL INTRODUCTION397

INTRODUCTIONS TO THE POEMS SEVERALLY：－401

Part Ⅰ．－Introductions to the English Poems403

Part Ⅱ．－Introductions to the Latin Poems450

Moseley＇s Preface to the Edition of 1645474

Part Ⅰ．－The English Poems475

Paraphrases on Psalms CXIV and CXXXVI477

On the Death of a Fair Infant dying of a Cough480

At a Vacation Exercise in the College482

On the Morning of Christ＇s Nativity485

Upon the Circumcision492

The Passion493

On Time495

At a Solemn Music496

Song on May Morning496

On Shakespeare497

On the University Carrier497

Auther on the Same498

An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester498

L＇Allegro500

Il Penseroso503

Arcades508

Comus；a Masque presented at Ludlow Castle，1634：511

Lawes＇s Dedication of the Edition of 1637511

Sir Henry Wotton＇s Commendatory Letter of 1638511

The Persons513

Text of the Masque514

Lycidas538

Sonnets and Kindred Piece543

Sonnet Ⅰ．To the Nightingale543

Sonnet Ⅱ．On his having arrived at the Age of Twenty-three543

Sonnet Ⅲ．Donna leggiadra，＆c544

Sonnet Ⅳ．Qualin colle aspro，＆c544

Canzone544

Sonnet Ⅴ．Diodati (et＇l diro，＆c．)545

Sonnet Ⅵ．Per certo，＆c545

Sonnet Ⅶ．Giovane，piano，＆c545

Sonnet Ⅷ．When the Assault was intended to the City546

Sonnet Ⅸ．To a Lady546

Sonnet Ⅹ．To the Lady Margaret Ley547

Sonnet Ⅺ．On the Detraction which followed upon my writing certain Treatises547

Sonnet Ⅻ．On the Same547

On the New Forcers of Conscience548

Sonnet ⅩⅢ．To Mr．H．Lawes on His Airs548

Sonnet ⅩⅣ．On the Religious Memory of Mrs．Catherine Thomson549

Sonnet ⅩⅤ．On the Lord General Fairfax549

Sonnet ⅩⅥ．To the Lord General Cromwell550

Sonnet ⅩⅦ．To Sir Henry Vane the Younger550

Sonnet ⅩⅧ．On the late Massacre in Piedmont550

Sonnet ⅩⅨ．On His Blindness551

Sonnet ⅩⅩ．To Mr．Lawrence551

Sonnet ⅩⅪ．To Cyriack Skinner552

Sonnet ⅩⅫ．To the Same552

Sonnet ⅩⅩⅢ．To the Memory of his Second Wife552

Translations554

The Fifth Ode of Horace，Lib．I554

Nine of the Psalms done into Metre，1648555

Eight of the Psalms done into Verse，1653567

Scraps from the Prose Writings574

Part Ⅱ．－The Latin Poems577

De Auctore Testimonia578

Elegiarum Liber582

Elegia Ⅰ．Ad Carolum Diodatum582

Elegia Ⅱ．In obitum Praeconis Academici Cantabrigiensis584

Elegia Ⅲ．In obitum Praesulis Wintoniensis584

Elegia Ⅳ．Ad Thomam Junium，Praeceptorum suum586

Elegia Ⅴ．In Adventum Veris589

Elegia Ⅵ．Ad Carolum Diodatum，ruri commorantem592

Elegia Ⅶ．Anno aetatis undevigesimo594

In Proditionem Bombardicam597

In Eandem597

In Eandem597

In Eandem598

In Inventorem Bombardae598

Ad Leonoram Romae Canentem598

Ad Eadem598

Ad Eandem599

Apologus de Rustico et Hero599

De Moro599

Ad Christinam，Suecorum Reginam，nomine Cromwelli599

Sylvarum Liber600

In obitum Procancellarii Medici600

In Quintum Novembris601

In obitum Praesulis Eliensis606

Naturam non pati Senium607

De Idea Platonica quemadmodum Aristoteles intellexit609

Ad Patrem610

Greek Verses613

Ad Salsillum，Poetam Romanum，aegrotantem614

Mansus615

Epitaphium Damonis617

Ad Joannem Rousium，Oxoniensis Academiae Bibliothecarium622

In Salmasii Hundredam625

In Salmasium625