Contains Milton's English poems, with the exception of Paradise Lost, together with translations and texts of his Latin, Italian and Greek poems. This work presents extensive notes and headnotes to show Milton's allusions and synthesize the judgements and disagreements of a bewildering array of modern critics. Note by the General Editors ix Preface to the Second Edition xi Preface to the First Edition xiii Abbreviations xvii Selected Journal Abbreviations xix Chronological Table of Milton's Life and Chief Publications xxi THE MINOR POEMS AND SAMSON AGONISTES Textual Introduction 3(3) A Paraphrase on Psalm cxiv 6(1) Psalm cxxxvi 7(3) Carmina Elegiaca [Elegiac Verses] 10(2) Ignavus satrapam . . . [Kings should not oversleep] 12(1) Philosophus ad regem . . . haec subito misit [A philosopher on his way to execution . . . ] 12(1) Apologus De Rustico et Hero [The Fable of the Peasant and the Landlord] 13(1) On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough 14(5) Elegia prima ad Carolum Diodatum [Elegy I. To Charles Diodati] 19(6) Elegia secunda. In Obitum Praeconis Academici Cantabrigiensis [Elegy II. On the Death of the University of Cambridge Beadle] 25(2) In Obitum Praesulis Eliensis [On the Death of the Bishop of Ely] 27(3) In Obitum Procancellarii Medici [On the Death of the Vice-Chancellor, a Doctor] 30(4) In Proditionem Bombardicam [On the Gunpowder Plot] 34(1) In Eandem [On the Same] 35(1) In Eandem [On the Same] 35(1) In Eandem [On the Same] 36(1) In Inventorem Bombardae [On the Inventor of Gunpowder] 37(1) In Quintum Novembris [On the Fifth of November] 37(13) Elegia tertia. In Obitum Praesulis Wintoniensis [Elegy III. On the Death of the Bishop of Winchester] 50(5) Elegia quarta. Ad Thomam Junium . . . [Elegy IV. To Thomas Young . . . ] 55(8) Naturam non pati senium [That Nature does not suffer from old age] 63(5) De Idea Platonica quemadmodum Aristoteles intellexit [Of the Platonic Ideal Form as understood by Aristotle] 68(4) Elegia septima [Elegy VII] 72(6) At a Vacation Exercise in the College 78(5) Elegia quinta. In adventum veris [Elegy. V. On the Coming of Spring] 83(8) Sonnet I 91(2) Song. On May Morning 93(1) Sonnet II 94(1) Sonnet III 95(1) Canzone 96(1) Sonnet IV 97(1) Sonnet V 98(1) Sonnet VI 98(1) The Fifth Ode of Horace, Lib. I 99(2) On the Morning of Christ's Nativity 101(15) Elegia sexta [Elegy VI] 116(6) The Passion 122(4) On Shakespeare 126(1) On the University Carrier 127(2) Another on the Same 129(1) An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester 130(4) L'Allegro 134(10) Il Penseroso 144(8) Sonnet VII 152(1) Ad Pattern [To My Father] 153(8) Note on Ariosto 161(1) Arcades 161(6) At a Solemn Music 167(3) On Time 170(2) Upon the Circumcision 172(1) A Masque presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 [Comus] 173(61) Psalm cxiv 234(2) Haec ego mente . . . [A postscript to his love poems] 236(1) Lycidas 237(20) Fix here 257(1) Ad Leonoram Romae canentem [To Leonora singing at Rome] 257(1) Ad eandem [To the same] 258(1) Ad eandem [To the same] 259(1) Ad Salsillum poetam Romanum . . . [To Salzilli, a Roman poet . . . ] 260(2) Mansus [Manso] 262(8) Epitaphium Damonis [Damon's Epitaph] 270(16) Translations from `Of Reformation' 286(1) Translation from `Reason of Church-Government' 287(1) Translations from `Apology for Smectymnuus' 287(1) Sonnet VIII. When the assault was intended to the City 288(1) Sonnet X. To the Lady Margaret Ley 289(2) Sonnet IX 291(1) Translation from title-page of `Areopagitica' 292(1) Translation from `Tetrachordon' 292(1) In Effigiei eius Sculptor [On the Engraver of his Portrait] 293(1) Sonnet XIII. To Mr H. Lawes 294(2) Sonnet XII. On the Detraction which followed upon my Writing Certain Treatises 296(2) On the New Forcers of Conscience under the Long Parliament 298(2) Sonnet XIV 300(2) Ad Joannem Rousium Oxoniensis Academiae Bibliothecarium [To John Rouse, Librarian of Oxford University] 302(5) Sonnet XI 307(2) Psalms lxxx-lxxxviii 309(14) On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester 323(2) Translation from `Tenure of Kings and Magistrates' 325(1) Translations from `The History of Britain' 325(2) Epigram from Defensio pro Populo Anglicano 327(1) To the Lord General Cromwell 328(1) To Sir Henry Vane the Younger 329(2) Sonnet XVI 331(2) Psalms i-viii 333(7) Verses from Defensio Secunda 340(1) Sonnet XV. On the late Massacre in Piedmont 341(2) Sonnet XVII 343(2) Sonnet XVIII 345(1) To Mr Cyriack Skinner Upon his Blindness 346(1) Sonnet XIX 347(2) From title-page of the second edition of `The Ready and Easy Way' 349(1) Samson Agonistes 349(75) PARADISE REGAINED Introduction 417(7) The Poem 424(89) Bibliography of References Cited 513(5) Index of Titles and First Lines 518