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
sleep silence midnight
Midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.
dark moon night
The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
air silence chamber
Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?
morning ambition men
The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind o'er all the world.
country home wells
Our country is where ever we are well off.
time stars flower
Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
flower embroidery pansies
With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears.
truth water flow
Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.
life lying prime
To know that which lies before us in daily life is the prime wisdom.
mother sleep lap
How gladly would I meet mortality, my sentence, and be earth in sensible! How glad would lay me down, as in my mother's lap! There I should rest, and sleep secure.
ayurveda quality hue
In Physic, things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors.
sweet retirement return
A short retirement urges a sweet return.
crazy ambition heaven
Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
angel sight host
Myself, and all the Angelic Host, that stand in the sight of God enthroned, our happy state hold, as you yours, while our obedience hold. On other surety none: freely we serve, because we freely love.