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
life winning long
It is not virtue, wisdom, valour, wit, Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit, That woman's love can win, or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit.
life waking sober
Such sober certainty of waking bliss.
patience pain perfect
But pain is perfect misery, the worst Of evils, and excessive, overturns All patience.
book dark men
What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.
patience waiting patience-and-waiting
They also serve who only stand and wait.
patience stars air
This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all th'ethereal powers, All secrets of the deep, all nature's works, Or works of God in heav'n, air, earth, or sea, And all the riches of this world enjoy'dst, And all the rule, one empire; onlyadd Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love, By name to come called charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
farewell paradise-lost-book-9 adieu
Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear
life hate long
Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
life men humans
For men to tell how human life began Is hard; for who himself beginning knew?
teacher knowledge law
The teachers of our law, and to propose What might improve my knowledge or their own.
inspirational rolling cherubs
To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.
anniversary wedding law
Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human happiness.
fear no-hope left
Where no hope is left, is left no fear.
freedom law anarchy
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.