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
deep devour fly hell lower lowest opens seems suffer
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep Still threat'ning to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heav'n
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.
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.
steps hell
Nor from hell One step no more than from himself can fly By change of place.
redemption hell lost
And now without redemption all mankind Must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe.
jealous lovers hell
Nor jealousy Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.
paradise way hell
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.
benefits hell torture
Hell has no benefits, only torture.
hell broke
All hell broke loose.
fall woe hell
And some are fall'n, to disobedience fall'n, And so from Heav'n to deepest Hell; O fall From what high state of bliss into what woe!
obscure palpable uncouth
Through the palpable obscure find out / His uncouth way.
rude winter
It was the winter wild, / While the Heaven-born child, / All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.