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
God shall be all in all.
book paradise down-and
'Paradise Lost' is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is.
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity is definitely my favorite sin.
pride tongue vices
Virtue hath no tongue to check vice's pride.
knowing tree grew
The Tree of Knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of Good bought dear by knowing ill.
nurse contemplation
Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.
forgiveness eye evil
These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.
peace night light
But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began.
paradise way hell
Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell.
benefits hell torture
Hell has no benefits, only torture.
ifs
If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.
night hands black
The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either,--black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand.
nodding horror shady
The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger.
air quarry grim
So scented the grim Feature, and upturn'd His nostril wide into the murky air, Sagacious of his quarry from so far.