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
feast luxury throat turned war
The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar, / All now was turned to jollity and game,/ To luxury and riot, feast and dance.
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The bridge is getting old and it is an indication it is continuing to weaken. So that type of storm we saw (Wednesday) is something we expect to see in the future.
bones fathers kept lie mountains pure scattered stocks thy truth whose worshipped
Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones / Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; / Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old / When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones.
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At whose sight all the stars / Hide their diminished heads.
adam celestial concerning knowledge rather search worthy
Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge.
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A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.
angels needs seduce subtle
Subtle he needs must be, who could seduce Angels
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Storied of old in high immortal verse / Of dire chimeras and enchanted isles, / And rifted rocks whose entrance leads to Hell.
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Store of ladies, whose bright eyes / Rain influence, and judge the prize.
bed chin cloudy pillows sun
So when the sun in bed, / Curtained with cloudy red, / Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.
anybody five talk
Now, anybody can talk about anything they want for five minutes,
dear fame great heir son thou thy weak witness
Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, / What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?
country herbs
Of herbs and other country messes, / Which the neat-handed Phyllis dresses.
heard nor sound
Nor war, or battle's sound / Was heard the world around.