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Samson Agonistes, by John Milton

Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics
Episode • Dec 19, 2021 • 48m

The mighty Samson was blinded while a captive of the Philistines. He sought revenge - a revenge devastating and costly. Milton, himself a giant of intellect, blind and imprisoned, wrote of this sightless giant of other days. (Volume 4, Harvard Classics)

Milton released from prison, Dec. 19, 1660.

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