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
bridge continuing expect indication saw storm type
The bridge is getting old and it is an indication it is continuing to weaken. So that type of storm we saw (Wednesday) is something we expect to see in the future.
awful devil felt goodness lovely saw shape virtue
Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely
awful devil felt goodness
Abashed the devil stood, / And felt how awful goodness is.
evil farewell good hope thou
So farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear, Farewell Remorse: all Good to me is lost; Evil be thou my Good
evil good news rides
Evil news rides post, while good news bates
almost destroys eye good image man reasonable
As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye
heaven hell rule serve
Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven
dark further guiding hand lend onward thy
A little onward lend thy guiding hand / To these dark steps, a little further on.
freedom good hath heartily license love none rest scope tyrants
None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license which never hath more scope than under tyrants
country herbs
Of herbs and other country messes, / Which the neat-handed Phyllis dresses.
side wild
Dingle, or bushy dell of this wild wood, / And every bosky bourn from side to side.
appear reason tongue worse
His tongue dropt manna, and could make the worse appear the better reason
bed chin cloudy pillows sun
So when the sun in bed, / Curtained with cloudy red, / Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.
blank book cheerful cut entrance fair knowledge men presented quite shut universal ways wisdom works
From the cheerful ways of men / Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair / Presented with a universal blank / Of nature's works to me expunged and razed, / And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.