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Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate 1642-1658

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Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate 1642-1658

by John Milton

English· 00:27:23· 17 chapters
The English poet John Milton supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War and publicly defended the execution of King Charles I. He held the post of Secretary for Foreign Tongues in the government of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The relatively few poems he wrote during this period often reference the political situation of the time.

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    When the Assault was Intended to the City

    02:01
  2. Chapter 2

    To a Virtuous Young Lady

    01:33
  3. Chapter 3

    To the Lady Margaret Ley

    01:26
  4. Chapter 4

    On the Detraction which Followed Upon my Writing Certain Treatises

    01:38
  5. Chapter 5

    On the Same

    01:29
  6. Chapter 6

    On the New Forcers of Conscience Under the Long Parliament

    02:00
  7. Chapter 7

    To Mr. H. Lawes on his Airs

    01:33
  8. Chapter 8

    On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, Deceased Dec. 16, 1646

    01:47
  9. Chapter 9

    On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester

    01:34
  10. Chapter 10

    To the Lord General Cromwell, on the Proposals of Certain Ministers at the Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel

    01:38
  11. Chapter 11

    To Sir Henry Vane the Younger

    01:30
  12. Chapter 12

    On the late Massacre in Piemont

    01:29
  13. Chapter 13

    On his Blindness

    01:27
  14. Chapter 14

    To Mr. Lawrence

    01:30
  15. Chapter 15

    To Cyriack Skinner

    01:29
  16. Chapter 16

    To the Same

    01:29
  17. Chapter 17

    On his Deceased Wife

    01:50