Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate

1642-1658

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Read by Alan Mapstone

English · 27m · Poetry, Political Science

The English poet John Milton supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War and publicly defended the execution of King Charles I. He held the post of Secretary for Foreign Tongues in the government of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The relatively few poems he wrote during this period often reference the political situation of the time.

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When the Assault was Intended to the City 2:01 Read by Alan Mapstone
To a Virtuous Young Lady 1:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
To the Lady Margaret Ley 1:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
On the Detraction which Followed Upon my Writing Certain Treatises 1:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
On the Same 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
On the New Forcers of Conscience Under the Long Parliament 2:00 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Mr. H. Lawes on his Airs 1:33 Read by Alan Mapstone
On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, Deceased Dec. 16, 1646 1:47 Read by Alan Mapstone
On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester 1:34 Read by Alan Mapstone
To the Lord General Cromwell, on the Proposals of Certain Ministers at the Committee for the Propagation of the Gospel 1:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Sir Henry Vane the Younger 1:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
On the late Massacre in Piemont 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
On his Blindness 1:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Mr. Lawrence 1:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Cyriack Skinner 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
To the Same 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
On his Deceased Wife 1:50 Read by Alan Mapstone