An authoritative new edition of Miltonas essential verse
John Milton, who abandoned early plans of becoming a clergyman to become a poet, was a master of almost every type of verseafrom the classical to the religious, from the lyric to the epic. His writing reflected his radical views and his profound understanding of politics and power. This collection includes such early works as the devotional aOn the Morning of Christas Nativity, a aComus, a and the pastoral elegy aLycidas.a
