John Milton Sonnet Poems

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on wtih full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
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XV

On The Late Massacher In Piemont
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When I consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent
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O nightingale that on yon blooming spray
Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,
Thou with fresh hopes the Lover’s heart dost fill,
While the jolly Hours lead on propitious May.
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XII. On the same.

I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
By the known rules of antient libertie,
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XIX

When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,
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X

Daughter to that good Earl, once President
Of Englands Counsel, and her Treasury,
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I

O Nightingale, that on yon bloomy Spray
Warbl'st at eeve, when all the Woods are still,
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XVI

When I consider how my light is spent,
E're half my days, in this dark world and wide,
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XVII


Lawrence of vertuous Father vertuous Son,
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XX

Lawrence, of virtuous father virtuous son,
Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire,
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XIV

When Faith and Love which parted from thee never,
Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God,
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Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones
Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold,
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old,
When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones;
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VIII

Captain or Colonel, or Knight in Arms,
Whose chance on these defenceless dores may sease,
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XVIII

Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench
Of Brittish Themis, with no mean applause
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XI

A Book was writ of late call'd Tetrachordon;
And wov'n close, both matter, form and stile;
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XXII

Cyriac, this three years' day these eyes, though clear,
To outward view, of blemish or of spot,
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XIII

To Mr. H. Lawes, on his Aires.
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To the Lord General Cromwell

On the Proposals of Certain Ministers of the Committee
for the Propagation of the Gospel
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To the Lady Margaret Ley

Daughter to that good Earl, once President
Of England's Council, and her Treasury,
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XXIII

Methought I saw my late espoused saint
Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave,
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V

Per certo i bei vostr'occhi Donna mia
Esser non puo che non fian lo mio sole
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To Mr Lawrence

Lawrence, of virtuous father virtuous son,
Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire,
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IV

Diodati, e te'l diro con maraviglia,
Quel ritroso io ch'amor spreggiar solea
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IX

Lady that in the prime of earliest youth,
Wisely hath shun'd the broad way and the green,
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Ridonsi donne e giovani amorosi
M' occostandosi attorno, e perche scrivi,
Perche tu scrivi in lingua ignota e strana
Verseggiando d'amor, e conie t'osi ?
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II

Donna leggiadra il cui bel nome honora
L'herbosa val di Rheno, e il nobil varco,
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VI

Giovane piano, e semplicetto amante
Poi che fuggir me stesso in dubbio sono,
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III

Qual in colle aspro, al imbrunir di sera
L'avezza giovinetta pastorella
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XXI

Cyriac, whose grandsire on the royal bench
Of British Themis, with no mean applause
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Cyriack, this three years' day these eyes, though clear
To outward view of blemish or of spot,
Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot;
Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear
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