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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.

SAMSON AGONISTES,

Of that sort of Dramatic Poem which is call'd Tragedy.

The ARGUMENT.

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He would not else who never wanted means,

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.