TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MARGINALAIA
FOUND IN THE “MINOR
POEMS” OF THE SELECTED WORKS OF MILTON EDITED BY
MAYNARD MACK AND PUBLISHED IN 1950 BY PRENTICE HALL
p 30 promise
of
grace which
saves repentant
nature
p 31 All world
quiet
stars &
sun
p 32 music
symbol
of harmony
in nature
+ universe
moon’s
sphere
figures
of heaven
p 68 nature
mourning
loss
nymphs
p 69 conflict of poetry
+
reality
digression
wonder at value
of long preparation
for poet’s trade
combined idea of
fates
p 70 shepard
p 71 2nd digression
pastor as
shepard +
sheep congregation
p 78 builds
rushing
passion
p 79 idolatry
p 82 books have
a life
p 85 evil can
be learned
other ways
than from
reading