John Milton
John Milton
John Miltonwas an English poet, polemicist, and man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 December 1608
childhood morning shows youth
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
slow
By slow Meander's margent green, / And in the violet-embroidered vale.
coming far onward
He onward came, far off his coming shone.
dignity gesture grace love
Grace was in all her steps, Heav'n in her Eye, In every gesture dignity and love
against argue bear hand heart nor onward steer
I argue not against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot of heart or hope, but still bear up, and steer right onward
mood perfect soft
In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood / Of flutes and soft recorders.
imitate knowledge learning love
The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him.
full high imperial streaming
The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, / Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.
grateful indebted mind owes
A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd
beyond book good life master precious purpose treasured
A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond
beyond book english-poet good lifeblood master precious purpose treasured
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
childhood empire extend famous mind morning shows thy
The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. Be famous then / By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, / So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.
grace great
All is, if I have grace to use it so, / As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
oft though
All is best, though we oft doubt, / What the unsearchable dispose.