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
felt
If they felt someone was out of line, they would tell them,
base built firmament
If this fail, / The pillared firmament is rottenness, / And earth's base built on stubble.
conscience unsought virtue
Her virtue and the conscience of her worth,/ That would be wooed, and not unsought be won.
ambition choice heaven hell reign serve though worth
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
daughter god law left reason rest sole
God so commanded, and left that command/ Sole daughter of his voice; the rest we live / Law to ourselves, our reason is our law.
god happiest thou thy
God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
home house private
He unobserved / Home to his mother's house private returned.
build himself knew lofty
He knew / Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
bring haste jest smiles thee youthful
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles
calm event experience great hath passion peace true
He with new acquist / Of true experience from this great event / With peace and consolation hath dismissed, / And calm of mind, all passion spent.
common hail human law mysterious paradise sole source true
Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source / Of human offspring, sole propriety / In Paradise of all things common else.
hail human mysterious offspring source true
Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring
free themselves till
I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthral themselves
above according argue english-poet freely liberty
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all liberties.