Poetic and Dramatic Works
- 1631: L'Allegro
- 1631: Il Penseroso
- 1634: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 commonly known as Comus (a masque)
- 1638: Lycidas
- 1645: Poems of Mr John Milton, Both English and Latin
- 1655: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont
- 1667: Paradise Lost
- 1671: Paradise Regained
- 1671: Samson Agonistes
- 1673: Poems, &c, Upon Several Occasions
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