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THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON

Edited with Critical Notes

by

WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A.

HON. LL.D., D.C.L., LITT.D.

VICE-MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

CAMBRIDGE:

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT DYING OF A COUGH

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VIII. When the Assault was intended to the City

IX. To a virtuous young Lady

On the Detraction which followed upon my writing

XII. On the Same

ΧΙΙΙ. Το Mr H. Lawes on his Airs

XIV. On the religious memory of Mrs Catherine Thomson,

my Christian Friend

On the new forcers of Conscience under the Long

Parliament

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XV.

To the Lord General Fairfax, at the siege of Colchester

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