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XXI. The second sonnet to Cyriac Skinner determines its own date as 1655, and this one is probably to be assigned to the same year. But little is known of the person to whom this sonnet and the next one are addressed, except what we learn from the sonnets themselves,--that he was an intimate and esteemed friend of Milton. He may have been one of Milton's pupils; and he may, when his old teacher had become blind, have rendered him important services as amanuensis or as reader. 1-4. Cyriac Skinner's mother was daughter of the famous lawyer and judge, Sir Edward Coke. 2. Themis is personified _law_, this being the meaning of the Greek word. 7. Let Euclid rest, and Archimedes pause: intermit for a day your severe mathematical studies. 8. And what the Swede intend, and what the French: and pay no heed to foreign news. XXII (1655). 1. this three years' day: three years ago to-day. 10. Milton's duties as Latin secretary to the government were exceedingly arduous. XXIII. Milton's second wife died in February, 1658; her child lived but a short time. At the time of his second marriage Milton had been blind several years. Notice the reference in the sonnet to the sense of sight: in his dream he _saw_. 2. like Alcestis. Read the story of the Love of Alcestis in William Morris's Earthly Paradise; and read in Euripides, "That strangest, saddest, sweetest song of his, Alkestis." 6. Purification in the Old Law. See Leviticus XII. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Minor Poems by Milton, by John Milton *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MINOR POEMS BY MILTON *** ***** This file should be named 31706.txt or 31706.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/1/7/0/31706/ Produced by Thierry Alberto, Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying and distributing
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