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
earth woe losing
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.
soul singing elysium
Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium.
ties soul harmony
Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony.
long soul pageantry
Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.
would-be virtue conscience
Her virtue and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won.
iron soul tears
Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.
song sweet fate
In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.
soul ears might
I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death.
nature may steps
In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.
sports laughter light
Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.
letting-go tragedy divinity
Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine.
choices reason
Reason is also choice.
book shallow
Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself.
future flight paradise-lost-book-2
The never-ending flight Of future days.