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
loss men eden
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse
soul half thee
Part of my soul I seek thee, and claim thee my other half
hope fear farewell
So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good.
hate remembrance sun
O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.
order voice light
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.
farewell
Hope allows us to bid farewell to fear.
basketball confidence inspiration
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to the possessor.
art father should
Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow?
men liberty ease
How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.
crow devil awful
Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is,.....
lips
From his lips/Not words alone pleased her.
truth impossible truth-is
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.
flames light darkness
Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.
woe stills eternal
Still paying, still to owe. Eternal woe!