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
half
To live a life half dead, a living death.
jealousy negative emotion
Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion. .
suffering weakness miserable
To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.
light essence heaven
Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
life peace war
Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
life patience integrity
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.
son antichrist
Antichrist is Mammon's son.
lonely stars lying
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
light darkness horror
This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.
blood ink printing
Ink is the blood of the printing-press.
christmas mother kings
This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of heaven's eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our great redemption from above did bring.
morning time children
The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
darkness innocence lost
Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.
love chocolate eating
Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.