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Usage

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This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from John Milton's collected work Poems by Mr. John Milton (1673). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work (contents) at the Internet Archive.

A table of contents along with a transcription of the text is available at the John Milton Reading Room website.

If a poem appears in {{RQ:Milton Poems}}, use that template instead of this one.

Parameters

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The template takes the following parameters:

  • |lang=mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the Latin section of the work, specify |lang=la. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the English section.
  • |1=, |chapter=, or |poem=mandatory: the name of the "chapter" or poem to be quoted. If quoting from one of the poems indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions (1673)
Parameter value Result First page number
In both the 1st edition (1645) and this edition (1673)
Use {{RQ:Milton Poems}} where possible.
Arcades Arcades (originally performed in 1634) page 70
Il Penseroso Il Penseroso (before 1645) page 41
L'Allegro or l'Allegro L’Allegro (before 1645) page 35
Lycidas Lycidas (1637) page 75
Marchioness An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester (unknown) page 27
Musick At a Solemn Musick (unknown) page 26
May Song on May Morning (unknown) page 31
Nativity or On the Morning of Christ's Nativity On the Morning of Christs Nativity (1629) page 1
Passion or The Passion The Passion (c. 1630) page 21
Upon the Circumcision Upon the Circumcision (c. 1633–1634) page 25
Only in this edition (1673)
Infant On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough (written 1624) page 17
Psalm LXXXVII Psal[m] LXXXVII page 161
Vacation Exercise At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, [] (written 1626) page 64
Sonnets
|sonnet=XII [Sonnet] XII. On the Same [Tetrachordon]. page 56
|sonnet=XIII [Sonnet] XIII. To Mr. H. Lawes, on his Aires. page 57
|sonnet=XV or
Massacre or Massacher
[Sonnet] XV. On the Late Massacher in Piemont. page 58
|sonnet=XVI or
When I Consider
[Sonnet] XVI. [When I Consider How My Light is Spent] page 59
For help with linking other English Wikipedia articles or adding publication dates to the template, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".
  • |sonnet= – if quoting from one of the sonnets, the sonnet number in uppercase Roman numerals.
  • |stanza= – the stanza number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, where applicable.
  • |2= or |page=, or |pages=mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) to be quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
    • Separate the first and last page numbers of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
    • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

The pagination restarts from 1 in the Latin section of the work.

  • |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) of the work quoted. Separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash.
  • |3=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage to be quoted from the work.
  • |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
  • |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

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