SOURCE: Marvell, Andrew. “On Mr. Milton's Paradise Lost.” In Andrew Marvell: The Complete Poems, edited by George deF. Lord, pp. 217-18. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
In the following poem, first published in 1674 in the second edition of Paradise Lost, Marvell defends Milton from charges of impiety as well as criticisms of his style.
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