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In solitude What happiness? who can enjoy alone, Or all enjoying, what contentment find? — John Milton

Poem · Epic poem · Religious literature

In solitude What happiness? who can enjoy alone, Or all enjoying, what contentment find?

John Milton
Paradise Lost · 1667
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Topic
SolitudeLoneliness
Genre
Epic poemReligious literature
Medium
Poem
Time
1667The Renaissance
Person
John Milton
Provenance
Current citation
"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 8, I. 364.
Original citation
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 7, I. 1001.

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