THE

POETICAL WORKS

OP

JOHN MILTON.

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EDITED BY

SIR EGERTON BRYDGES, BART.

John Milton

Is not each great, each amjable Muse
of classic ages in our Ailton met ?
A genius universal as his theme;
Astonishing as Chaos; as the bloom
Of blowing Eden fair; as Heaven sublime !-THOMSON.

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