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" In 1671 Milton produced his "Paradise Regained, " a model of the shorter epic, an action comprehending few characters and a brief space of time. The subject was 204 ENGLISH POETRY AND POETS. far less capable of calling forth the vast powers of the poet's mind ; and though it abounds with passages equal to any of the same nature in " Paradise Lost, " it is, as a whole, less ornate, elevated, and imaginative, and cannot at all compare throughout with the greater poem. " Sam- son Agonistes " suc...ceeded " Paradise Regained. " In this his last poem " ebbs the mighty tide of Milton's genius. " An air of grandeur pervades it, the vigor of thought re- mains, but the imagination flags ; and it is not, even with the lovers of poetry, a popular poem, though critics as- sert that it deserves a higher rank than has been accorded it. " In 4 Paradise Lost, ' " says Craik, " Milton rises high above all Greek, above all Roman fame. " The first book of that poem is held, by the same critic, to be " probably the most perfect and splendid of all human compositions.
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