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
daughter god law left reason rest sole
God so commanded, and left that command/ Sole daughter of his voice; the rest we live / Law to ourselves, our reason is our law.
common hail human law mysterious paradise sole source true
Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source / Of human offspring, sole propriety / In Paradise of all things common else.
anarchy laws limited power protected sure
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them
law arguing sin
So many laws argues so many sins.
children mean law
Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance.
mean law bars
Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench Of British Themis, with no mean applause Pronounced and in his volumes taught our Laws, Which others at their Bar so often wrench
law sin weak
Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.
law reason force
Subdue By force, who reason for their law refuse, Right reason for their law.
time law forget
God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time.
teacher knowledge law
The teachers of our law, and to propose What might improve my knowledge or their own.
anniversary wedding law
Hail, wedded love, mysterious law; true source of human happiness.
freedom law anarchy
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; for no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
law reason
Our reason is our law.
men law sometimes
Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.