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
pet pulse would-be
If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' All-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd.
children mean law
Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.
loss lovely devil
Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss
love two eden
These two imparadised in one another's arms, the happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss.
bible jesus father
The Saviour who flitted before the patriarchs through the fog of the old dispensation, and who spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, articulate but unseen, is the same Saviour who, on the open heights of the Gospel, and in the abundant daylight of this New Testament, speaks to us. Still all along it is the same Jesus, and that Bible is from beginning to end all of it, the word of Christ.
solitude companionship sometimes
Solitude sometimes is best society.
moon sea light
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
fall lucifer arise
Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.
powerful military war
Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
hands eden world
The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
may wonder solemnity
Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
inspirational motivational share
What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
eye people blindness
They who have put out the people's eyes reproach them of their blindness.
time elements may
Our torments also may in length of time Become our Elements.