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
wise men giving
None But such as are good men can give good things, And that which is not good, is not delicious To a well-govern'd and wise appetite.
shame
Where shame is, there is also fear.
moon madness melancholy
Moping melancholy And moon-struck madness.
rain eye judging
Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize.
tears noble may
Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
calm quiet thee
And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.
clouds billiards pool
Every cloud has a silver lining.
art lying law
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
men earth spots
Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.
thinking men way
Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all.
men devil shame
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.
sleep light earth
Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.
strong sleep eye
Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.
truth air study
Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.