ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY, L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO AND LYCIDAS BY A. W. VERITY, M.A. SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE. CAMBRIDGE: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. First Edition 1891. Reprinted 1898, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1924 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN Riference Satheran 12-2-27 15425 NOTE, HE text of the poems in this volume has been pre THE pared from that of the first edition (1645), compared with the second edition (1673). I have to thank the Council of Trinity College for permission to inspect the MS. of Lycidas; it has enabled me to give what is, I hope, an accurate account of the variant readings in the poem. The edition of Milton's Prose Works to which reference is made throughout (under the abbreviation 'P. W.') is that published in Bohn's 'Standard Library.' V. M. A. W. V. |