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
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.
darkness innocence lost
Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.
pleasure feels paradise-lost-book-9
And the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me.
redemption hell lost
And now without redemption all mankind Must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe.
hope joy paradise-lost-book-9
Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest.
farewell paradise-lost-book-9 adieu
Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear
hope doleful paradise-lost-book-1
Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.
future flight paradise-lost-book-2
The never-ending flight Of future days.
revenge victory paradise-lost-book-2
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
confusion ruins paradise-lost-book-2
With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.
law paradise-lost-book-9 paradise-lost-book-2
God is thy law, thou mine.
sole tyranny paradise-lost-book-1
Sole reigning holds the tyranny of Heav'n.
long late paradise-lost-book-9
Pleas'd me, long choosing and beginning late.
lows soar paradise-lost-book-9
Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd.