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
evil farewell good hope thou
So farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear, Farewell Remorse: all Good to me is lost; Evil be thou my Good
blest happier happiest seek sleep
Sleep on, Blest pair; and O yet happiest if ye seek No happier state, and know to know no more
dear deaths love
So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure, without him live no life.
evil good news rides
Evil news rides post, while good news bates
beauty
Beauty is Nature's coin, must not be hoarded, but must be current.
beauty high
Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown/ In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.
appeared excess form glory less lost nor original
His form had yet not lost / All her original brightness, nor appeared / Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess / Of glory obscured.
dark foul hides himself secrets soul thoughts walks
But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.
court mansion starry threshold
Before the starry threshold of Jove's Court / My mansion is.
Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
best gentle modest reluctant required sway sweet
Implied / Subjection, but required with gentle sway / And by her yielded, by him best received; / Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, / And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
mood perfect soft
In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood / Of flutes and soft recorders.
assuming bad believe bridge life span
We believe the bridge has a 20-year life span left. That's assuming no earthquakes and no bad storms,
bloody infant mother
The bloody Piedmontese that rolled / Mother with infant down the rocks.