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
stars memories son
What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?
revenge may assembling
And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
hypocrite angel men
For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone.
sleep silence pace
Her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle.
fall night wings
How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!
sleep silence midnight
Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.
dark moon night
The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
air silence chamber
Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
morning ambition men
The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.
country home wells
Our country is where ever we are well off.
time stars flower
Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
flower embroidery pansies
With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.
truth water flow
Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.
life lying prime
To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.