Sonnets Author:John Milton Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ABBA ABBA CDD CDC To this form helong— Sonnet 12. I did but prompt ,, 16. Fairfax, whose name ABBA ABBA CDC EED To this form helongs— Sonnet 21. Lawrenc... more »e, of virtuous father 7- ABBA ABBA CDD CEE To this form helongs— Sonnet 17. Cromwell, our chief of men ABBA ABBA CDE DEC C FFF GG To this form helongs— Sonnet 13. Because you have thrown off chapter{Section 4CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. 16;o. On Shakspeare .... 77 1630? Sonnet 1. To the Nightingale. . 83 1631. ,, 2. On his having arrived at the age of twenty.three 95 1638.9. 3. Donna leggiadra . . 99 ,, 4. Qual in colle. aspro . . 107 ,, Canzone. Ridonsi, donne . . 113 Sonnet 5. Diodati . . . 117 ,, 6. Per certo i hei vostr' occhi 121 ,, ,, 7. Giovane, piano . . 125 1642. 8. When the assault was intended to the city . 129 1644. Sonnet 9. Lady, that in the prime . 137 1644-5. :, 1O- To the Lady Margaret Ley 143 1645-6. 11. On the detraction which followed upon my writing certain treatises . 147 ,, 12. On the same . . .15? 1646 ? ,, 13. On the new forcers of conscience under the Long Parliament . . 159 1646. 14. To Mr. H. Lawes, on his airs .... 167 1646. 15. On the religious memory of Mrs.Catherine Thomson 171 1648. 16. On the Lord - General Fairfax at the siege of Colchester . . . 175 1652. ,, 17. To the Lord-General Cromwell, May 1652 183 1652. Sonnet 18. To Sir Henry Vane the younger . . .191 1655. ,, 19. On the late Massacre in Piedmont . . 197 1655? ,, 2o. On bis blindness . . 2o5 1656-6o. ,, 21. To Mr. Lawrence . 2o7 ,, - ,, 22. To Cyriack Sliuner . 211 1656. ,, 23. Tothesame . . 215 1658? ,, 24. To the memory of his second wife . .219 chapter{Section 5TABLE OF FIRST LINES. A book was writ of late called Tetrachordon...« less