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Paradise Regain'd

A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes. The Author John Milton
Milton, John (1608-1674)

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PARADISE REGAIN'D, A POEM.
 I. 
The First BOOK.
 II. 
The Second BOOK.
 III. 
The Third BOOK.
 IV. 
The Fourth BOOK.
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SAMSON AGONISTES,

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He would not else who never wanted means,
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Nor in respect of the enemy just cause
To set his people free,
Have prompted this Heroic Nazarite,
Against his vow of strictest purity,
To seek in marriage that fallacious Bride,
Unclean, unchaste.
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