The Poetical Works of John Milton

Download or read book The Poetical Works of John Milton written by John Milton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Memoir, Etc The Comus had been preceded by the Arcades, which the youthful poet wrote for the family of his fair neighbour the Dowager Countess of Derby, who lived near Uxbridge, and at whose house he frequently visited. Here, probably, also he had made the acquaint ance of the Bridgewater family for Lord Bridgewater had married a daughter of Lady Derby's. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.