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
nymphs wreaths dimples
Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathèd Smiles.
twilight eclipse
Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.
hands office way
Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears, That show no end but death, and have the power, Of many ways to die the shortest choosing, Destruction with destruction to destroy.
years ivy rude
Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
doors wind two
The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
gratitude forever everyday
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
book reading burning
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
life book soul
For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
bad men pretend shall wisest women
Wisest men / Have erred, and by bad women been deceived; / And shall again, pretend they ne'er so wise.
assuming bad believe bridge life span
We believe the bridge has a 20-year life span left. That's assuming no earthquakes and no bad storms,
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Virtue could see to do what Virtue would / By her own radiant light, though sun and moon / Were in the flat sea sunk.
surprised unjust virtue
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, / Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.
dancing youth
To many a youth and many a maid, / Dancing in the chequered shade.
land ocean post serve stand thousands wait
Thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait