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
virtue chimes ifs
Or if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n itself would stoop to her.
flames fuel may
He 's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?
answers deeds
Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.
justice may mercy
Yet I shall temper so Justice with mercy, as may illustrate most Them fully satisfy'd, and thee appease.
war throat brazen
The brazen throat of war.
war sentences
My sentence is for open war.
war sky fire
Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrify'd, and like a comet burn'd That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th' arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
war battle world
No war or battle sound Was heard the world around.
stars moon world
And fast by, hanging in a golden chain, This pendent world, in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude, close by the moon.
punishment wings add
Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
dog owl age
I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes and dogs.
sex enmity spirit
Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both.
choices logic reason
Reason also is choice.
happiness wings air
She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub.