
John Milton: Party of the Devil
Art of Darkness
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Milton's Poems
Milton wrote a collection of poems in 1645, while the English Civil War was raging all around him. He added some Greek to the frontispiece of his book because the man who engraved it didn't speak or read Greek. Milton liked being attacked and likes the game of you tried to get me. And here's a good example of what he like to do again.
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