Poems, &c. upon several occasions both English and Latin, &c. / composed at several times by Mr. John Milton ; with a small tractate of education to Mr. Hartlib.
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- Poems, &c. upon several occasions both English and Latin, &c. / composed at several times by Mr. John Milton ; with a small tractate of education to Mr. Hartlib.
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- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
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- London :: Printed for Tho. Dring ...,
- 1673.
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"Poems, &c. upon several occasions both English and Latin, &c. / composed at several times by Mr. John Milton ; with a small tractate of education to Mr. Hartlib." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A50938.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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Page 61
To measure life, learn thou betimes, and know
Toward solid good what leads the nearest way
For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains,
And disapproves that care, though wise in show,
That with superfluous burden loads the day,
And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.