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
brought embrace
But O as to embrace me she inclined, / I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
embryos
Embryos and idiots, eremites and friars / White, black, and grey, with all their trumpery.
oft though
All is best, though we oft doubt, / What the unsearchable dispose.
mood perfect soft
In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood / Of flutes and soft recorders.
blest pair voice
Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of Heav'n's joy,/ Sphere-born harmonious sisters, voice and verse.
golden iron keys last metals pilot
Last came, and last did go, / The Pilot of the Galilean lake, / Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain, / (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain).
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
deadly found restless rush sooner
Restless thoughts, like a deadly swarm of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, but rush upon me thronging.
angels needs seduce subtle
Subtle he needs must be, who could seduce Angels
dark foul hides himself secrets soul thoughts walks
But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.
country wherever
Our country is wherever we are well off
choose eden hand natural providence slow solitary steps tears took wandering wiped
Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; / The world was all before them, where to choose / Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: / They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow / Through Eden took their solitary way.
cared less rather
Rather than be less / Cared not to be at all.
heard nor sound
Nor war, or battle's sound / Was heard the world around.