THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON.

EDITED BY

SIR EGERTON BRYDGES, BART.

OY

Is not each great, each amiable Muse
Of classic ages in our MILTON met?
A genius universal as his theme;
Astonishing as Chaos; as the bloom
Of blowing Eden fair; as Heaven sublime !—THOMSON.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS FROM DRAWINGS BY J. M. W. TURNER, R. A.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

WILLIAM TEGG & Co., 85, QUEEN STREET,

CHEAPSIDE.

1853.

TO

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AND ROBERT SOUTHEY

This Volume

IS APPROPRIATELY DEDICATED.