THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON.

EDITED BY

SIR EGERTON BRYDGES, BART.

Is not each great, each amiable Muse

Of classic ages in our MILTON met?

A genius universal as his theme;

Astonishing as Chaos; as the bloom

Of blowing Eden fair; as Heaven sublime !-THOMSON.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS FROM DRAWINGS BY J. M. W. TURNER, R. A.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

WILLIAM TEGG & Co., 85, QUEEN STREET,

CHEAPSIDE.

1853.

ΤΟ

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AND ROBERT SOUTHEY

This Volume

IS APPROPRIATELY DEDICATED.