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
both creatures earth millions sleep spiritual wake walk
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep
both creatures earth millions sleep spiritual walk
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we sleep and when we awake.
against air calm earth heaven injury nature rejoicing seasons
In those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth
men air earth
My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.
earth woe losing
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.
failure earth pillars
If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
earth mixtures divinity
Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
men earth spots
Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.
sleep light earth
Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.
flower paradise-on-earth rose
Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.
self earth centre
And the earth self-balanced on her centre hung.
shining heaven earth
The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.
light return earth
There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.
rose fabric earth
Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.