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
dance light goes-on
Come and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe.
men faults should
Ah, why should all mankind For one man's fault, be condemned, If guiltless?
patience eggs white
We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. Abraham Lincoln, White House speech 11 April 1865. Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
song time blessed
But see! theVirgin blessed Hath laid her Babe to rest. Time is our tedious song should here have ending.
time fire elements
Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements, these piercing fires As soft as now severe, our temper changed Into their temper.
hope joy paradise-lost-book-9
Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest.
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.
time revenge hate
That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge .
character men past
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
ends quarrels
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
time past eternity
Time, though in Eternity, applied To motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future.
running time age
Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
dark
What is dark within me, illumine.
men goes-on world
So shall the world go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning.