THE majority of modern poets specialize in their own particular line, and wo become accustomed to expecting from them the same sort of poetry. In more spacious days it was not so ; Shakespeare wrote lyrics and sonnets as exquisite as his plays are magnificent, and similarly Milton, the epic poet of ' Paradise Lost,' was a lyric poet of the first rank. This afternoon's reading, which will include' L'Allegro,'' Lyeidas,' and two of the sonnets, as well as passages from ' Samson Agonistes ' and ' Paradise Lost,' will give a good idea of his range.