Il Penseroso
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Il Penseroso is a poem by John Milton, first found in the 1645/1646 quarto of verses The Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, published by Humphrey Moseley. It was presented as a companio
Il Penseroso by Thomas Cole
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L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, is a pastoral ode by George Frideric Handel based on the poetry of John Milton.
Il Penseroso
…poet and engraver William Blake, who was deeply influenced by Milton's poetry and personality, made illustrations to both L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is a pastoral ode by George Frideric Handel based on the poem. In an attempt to unite the two poems into a singular "moral design", at Handel's request…
Handel portrayed by Balthasar Denner, 1733