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
heaven hell rule serve
Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven
ambition choice heaven hell reign serve though worth
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
heaven hell mind
The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
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
changed heaven hell itself mind
A mind not to be changed by place or time, the mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
light essence heaven
Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
sky heaven judgment
When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal.
pain heaven suffering
Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain? That the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain?
inspirational heaven mind
You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.
moving heaven golden
Heaven open'd wide Her ever during gates, harmonious sound, On golden hinges moving.
heaven vision gold
Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell >From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific.
heaven
The starry cope Of heaven.
heaven despair spirit
The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
names heaven satan
Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.