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
cricket far resort save
Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!
free themselves till
I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthral themselves
god happiest thou thy
God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
childhood morning shows youth
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
gaza mill
Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves.
feast luxury throat turned war
The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar, / All now was turned to jollity and game,/ To luxury and riot, feast and dance.
grateful indebted mind owes
A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd
bring haste jest smiles thee youthful
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles
dignity gesture grace love
Grace was in all her steps, Heav'n in her Eye, In every gesture dignity and love
bore champion faithful hath hide oft returns seems witness
Oft he seems to hide his face, / But unexpectedly returns / And to his faithful champion hath in place / Bore witness gloriously.
glory race shall
My race of glory run, and race of shame, / And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
bay harbor port sites
Mats Mats Bay and the Port of Grays Harbor are the two sites we are considering.
alone climb feeble follow higher itself love stoop teach virtue
Mortals, that would follow me, / Love virtue, she alone is free, / She can teach ye how to climb / Higher than the sphery chime; / Or if virtue feeble were, / Heav'n itself would stoop to her.
audience fit govern thou though
Still govern thou my song, / Urania, and fit audience find, though few.