THE POEMS OF MILTON.

VOLUME III.

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON.

WITH A LIFE,

BY REV. JOHN MITFORD.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME III.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

M.DCCC.LIII.

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SAMSON AGONISTES,

A DRAMATIC POEM.

THE AUTHOR

JOHN MILTON.

Τραγωδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας, &c.

Aristot. Poet. cap. vi.

Tragoedia et imitatio actionis seriæ, &c. per misericordiam et metum perficiens talium affectuum lustrationem.