| Description |
7 p., 47 . : 47 facsim. ; 41 x 30 cm. |
| Note |
Preface signed: William Aldis Wright. |
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The ms. mainly in Milton's own hand, written between 1633 and 1648, includes several drafts of some of the poems, and many corrections. |
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Each facsimile is accompanied by a transcription of the text in ordinary type. |
| Contents |
Arcades -- Song Blest pair of Sirens" -- Letter to a friend Sonnet II -- Another draft of the same letter -- On time -- Upon the circumcision -- Sonnets VIII, IX, and X -- A maske -- Lycidas -- First sketch of Paradise lost -- Notes from Old Testament history -- Notes from early English history -- Notes for poems on Scripture subjects -- Notes from Scotch stories. Christus patiens -- Sonnets XIII, XII, XIV, XIII, and XIV,XII, and XI, XI, XV, and XVI, XVII, and On the forcers of Conscience, |
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