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
brought shadow sin
Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and Misery, Death's Harbinger
beginning heroic pleased since song subject
Since first this subject for heroic song / Pleased me long choosing, and beginning late.
dangers days evil mortal mute safe sing though unchanged
More safe I sing with mortal voice, unchanged / To hoarse or mute though fall'n on evil days, / On evil days though fall'n, and evil tongues; / In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, / And solitude.
fancies garland high poet region robes singing soaring
A poet soaring in the high region of his fancies with his garland and singing robes about him.
against borne cause far fought god mightier multitudes servant single testimony thou truth universal word worse
Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the Cause Of Truth, in word mightier than they in Arms; And for the testimony of Truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse
few large limbo paradise since
Into a Limbo large and broad, since called / The paradise of fools, to few unknown.
law arguing sin
So many laws argues so many sins.
air voice singing
How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator?
food black sin
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.
law sin weak
Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.
soul singing elysium
Who, as they sung, would take the prison'd soul And lap it in Elysium.
law sin remove
Laws can discover sin, but not remove it
sin immortality
Death from sin no power can separate.
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity is definitely my favorite sin.