THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON.

EDITED BY

SIR EGERTON BRYDGES, BART.

John Milton

18 not each great, each amjable Muse
or classic ages in our Milton met?
A genius universal as his theme;
Astonishing as Chaos; as the bloom
Or blowing Eden fair; as Heaven sublime !—THOMson.

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