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
gratitude everyday thankfulness
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.
kind plagiarism good-authors
For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted Plagiarè.
mean evil find-me
And out of good still to find means of evil.
nature womb graves
Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave.
nature son
And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.
failure earth pillars
If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
faith faithful found
So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless, faithful only he.
moving heaven golden
Heaven open'd wide Her ever during gates, harmonious sound, On golden hinges moving.
heaven vision gold
Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell >From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific.
earth mixtures divinity
Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
religious light religion
And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
heaven
The starry cope Of heaven.
heaven despair spirit
The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
names heaven satan
Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.