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Samson Agonistes

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Samson Agonistes

John Milton

“The Sun to me is dark
And silent as the Moon,
When she deserts the night
Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.”

Milton composes his last extended work as a tragedy according to the classical Unities of Time, Place and Action. Nevertheless it “never was intended for the stage” and is here declaimed by a single reader.

Samson the blinded captive, in company with the Chorus of friends and countrymen, receives his visitors on their varying missions and through them his violent story is vividly recalled. Then he is summoned to give a final demonstration of God-given strength to entertain the Philistines, his captors. Famously – and of course, offstage – his performance brings the house down. (Summary by Martin Geeson)

Year of Publication: 1671Genres: Narratives,Tragedy,Historical Fiction
Running Time: 2 hours 37 minutes 52 seconds(12 chapters)
Language: EnglishRead by: Martin Geeson
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The Nights
00 - The Preface. The Argument. The Persons.
Martin Geeson
10:39
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The Nights
01 - "A little onward lend thy guiding hand..."
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15:23
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The Nights
02 - "Your coming, friends, revives me..."
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11:32
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The Nights
03 - "Brethren and men of Dan..."
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14:36
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The Nights
04 - "Be penitent and for thy fault contrite..."
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18:38
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The Nights
05 - "With doubtful feet and wavering resolution..."
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7:39
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The Nights
06 - "How cunningly the sorceress displays..."
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15:09
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The Nights
07 - "She's gone, a manifest Serpent..."
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12:23
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The Nights
08 - "I know no Spells, use no forbidden Arts..."
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11:02
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The Nights
09 - "Oh how comely it is and how reviving..."
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13:55
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10 - "Peace with you brethren..."
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13:24
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11 - "Occasions drew me early to this city..."
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13:32

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