L'Allegro is a 1632 pastoral poem by John Milton, published in his 1645 Poems, which celebrates cheerfulness and mirth, often paired with the contrasting poem Il Penseroso.
L'Allegro este un poem pastoral din 1632 de John Milton, publicat în Poems din 1645, care celebrează bucuria și bună-dispoziția, fiind adesea asociat cu poemul contrastant Il Penseroso.
| Front | L'Allegro |
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| 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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