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L'allegro Poem Pastoral Cheerful Man Celebration Mirth John

Front L'Allegro
Back A poem
1632
The cheerful man
Celebration of mirth
L'Allegro is a pastoral poem by John Milton published in his 1645 Poems. L'Allegro (which means "the happy man" in Italian) is invariably paired with the contrasting pastoral poem, Il Penseroso ("the melancholy man"), which depicts a similar day spent in contemplation and thought.

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