Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, compos'd at several times. Printed by his true copies. / The songs were set in musick by Mr. Henry Lawes Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Maiesties private musick. Printed and publish'd according to order.

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Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, compos'd at several times. Printed by his true copies. / The songs were set in musick by Mr. Henry Lawes Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Maiesties private musick. Printed and publish'd according to order.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674.
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London :: Printed by Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at the signe of the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard,
1645.
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"Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, compos'd at several times. Printed by his true copies. / The songs were set in musick by Mr. Henry Lawes Gentleman of the Kings Chappel, and one of His Maiesties private musick. Printed and publish'd according to order." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89149.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

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Anno aetatis 17. In obitum Praesulis Eliensis.

ADhuc madentes rore squalebant genae, Et sicca nondum lumina Adhuc liquentis imbre turgebant salis, Quem nuper effudi pius, Dum maesta charo justa persolvi rogo Wintoniensis praesulis. Cum centilinguis Fama (proh semper mali Cladisque vera nuntia) Spargit per urbes divitis Britanniae, Populosque Neptuno satos, Cessisse morti, & ferreis sororibus Te generis humani decus, Qui rex sacrorum illâ fuisti in insulâ Quae nomen Anguillae tenet. Tunc inquietum pectus irá protinus Ebulliebat fervidâ, Tumulis potentem saepe devovens deam: Nec vota Naso in Ibida Concepit alto diriora pectore, Graiusque vates parciùs

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Turpem Lycambis execratus est dolum▪ Sponsamqne Neobolen suam. At ecce diras ipse dum fundo graves, Et imprecor neci necem, Audisse tales videor attonitus sonos Leni, sub aurâ, flamine: Caecos furores pone, pone vitream Bilemque & irritas minas, Quid temerè violas non nocenda numina, Subitoque ad iras percita. Non est, ut arbitraris elusus miser, Mors atra Noctis filia, Erebóve patre creta, sive Erinnye, Vastóve nata sub Chao: Ast illa caelo missa stellato, Dei Messes ubique colligit; Animasque mole carneâ reconditas In lucem & auras evocat: Ut cum fugaces excitant Horae diem Themidos Jovisque filiae; Et sempiterni ducit ad vultus patris; At justa raptat impios Sub regna furvi luctuosa Tartari, Sedesque subterraneas

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Hane ut vocantem laetus audivi, cito Foedum reliqui carcerem, Volatilesque faustus inter milites Ad astra sublimis feror: Vates ut olim raptus ad coelum senex Auriga currus ignei, Non me Boötis terruere lucidi Sarraca tarda frigore, aut Formidolosi Scorpionis brachia, Non ensis Orion tuus. Praetervolavi fulgidi solis globum, Longéque sub pedibus deam Vidi triformem, dum coercebat suos Fraenis dracones aureis. Erraticorum syderum per ordines, Per lacteas vehor plagas, Velocitatem saepe miratus novam, Donec nitentes ad fores Ventum est Olympi, & regiam Crystallinam, & Stratum smaragdis Atrium. Sed hic tacebo, nam quis effari queat Oriundus humano patre Amoenitates illius loci, mihi Sat est in aeternum frui.
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