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PART FIRST: ENGLISH POEMS. | ||
Poems Written at School and at College, 1624-1632. | ||
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Poems Written at Horton, 1632-1638, and in Italy, 1638-1639. | ||
Written at Horton: | ||
L'Allegro and Il Penseroso.
Introduction .... 23
L'allegro 26
Il Penseroso .... 28
Sonnet to the Nightingale . 30
Song On May Morning . . 30
On Time 30
At a Solemn Music ... 30
Upon the Circumcision . . 31
Arcades and Comus.
Introduction .... 32
Arcades 38
Comus 40
Lycidas.
Introduction .... 54
Lycidas 60
Written in Italy:
Introduction .... 63
Sonnet: " Donna Leggiadra, Il
Cot Bel Nome Onora." . . .63
Translation: " Lady Gay and Gracious, Whose Fair Name Honors " 63
Sonnet: " Qual in Colle Aspro, All' Imbrunir Di Sera " .64
Translation: " As On a Rough Hillside, at Dusk of Evening " 64
Canzone: " Ridonsi Donne E Giovani Amorosi " . . . .64
Translation: " the Ladies and Young Lovers Laugh at Me " 64
Sonnet: " Diodati (E Te 'l Dir6 Con Maraviglia) " . . .64
Translation: "Diodati (I Tell It Thee With Wonder) " . 65
Sonnet: " Per Certo I Bei Vostr' Occhi, Donna Mia" . . .65
Translation: " in Sooth, Your Beauteous Eyes, My Lady " . 65
Sonnet: " Giovane, Piano, E Semplicetto Am Ante " . . . 65
Translation: "A Young, and Meek, and Simple Lover " . 65
Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate, 1642-1658.
Sonnets:
Introduction .... 69
When the Assault Was Intended to the City . . . .74
To a Virtuous Young Lady . 74
To the Lady Margaret Ley . 74
On the Detraction Which Followed Upon My Writing Certain Treatises ... 74
On the Same 75
On the New Forcers of Conscience Under the Long Parliament 75
To Mr. H. La Wes On His Airs . 75
On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson . 76
On the Lord General Fairfax . 76
To the Lord General Cromwell ...... 76
To Sir Henry Vane, the Younger 77
On the Late Massacre in Piemont 77
On His Blindness ... 77
To Mr. Lawrence . . . .77
To Cyriack Skinner ... 78
To the Same 78
On His Deceased Wife . . 78
Translations:
The Fifth Ode of Horace Lib. I. . 79
Nine of the Psalms Done Into Metre: