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
death war unconquerable-will
Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
inspirational motivational positive
He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
death keys eternity-of-life
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.
summer dream children
And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild, And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.
love romantic eye
Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, in every gesture dignity and love.
mind of-my-mind
Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.
strong heart men
There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
nature air years
In those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
light long way
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
solitude sometimes
Solitude is sometimes best society.
astrology rubrics
No date prefixed directs me in the starry rubric set.
song morning stars
Now the bright morning-star, Day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Woods and groves are of thy dressing; Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
freedom giving liberty
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
love inspirational knowledge
The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.