Among Milton’s early works are: “Hymn on the Nativity” and “At a Solemn Music”. Probably, he had written “L’Allegro” before 1632. As its title means ‘the cheerful man’ and the work is the young poet’s celebration of mirth, in the delights of rustic scenery and also in the busy city. “II’ Penseroso” is a companion piece to“L’Allegro” written during vacations from Cambridge at his father’s house in Horton. Milton had not then gained his later fluency in Italian and the title is a mistaken form of ‘Il Pensicroso’ meaning ‘the contemplative.’ The poem invokes the goddess Melancholy and celebrates the delights of solitude, withdrawal, rumination, music, drama and epic poetry. “Comus”, a Masque, presented at Ludlow Castle in 1634.