Who is John Milton
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644), written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship, is among history's most influential and impassioned defences of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. His desire for freedom extended into his style: he introduced new words (coined from Latin) to the English lang...
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John Milton Poems
- How Soon Hath Time
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on wtih full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. ... - At A Vacation Exercise In The Colledge, Part Latin, Part English.
Hail native Language, that by sinews weak
Didst move my first endeavouring tongue to speak,
And mad'st imperfect words with childish tripps,
Half unpronounc't, slide through my infant-lipps, ... - Translations Of The Italian Poems Vi.
Enamour'd, artless, young, on foreign ground,
Uncertain whither from myself to fly,
To thee, dear Lady, with an humble sigh
Let me devote my heart, which I have found ... - Translations Of The Italian Poems V.
Lady! It cannot be, but that thine eyes
Must be my sun, such radiance they display
And strike me ev'n as Phoebus him, whose way
Through torrid Libya's sandy desert lies. ... - Translations Of The Italian Poems Iv To Charles Diodati.
Charles and I say it wond'ring thou must know
That I who once assum'd a scornful air,
And scoff'd at love, am fallen in his snare
(Full many an upright man has fallen so) ...
Top 10 most used topics by John Milton
God 88 Long 74 Great 71 Light 71 High 70 Earth 69 Good 65 Son 64 Time 63 Deep 60John Milton Quotes
- Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.
- He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires and fears is more than a King.
- Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.
- Accuse not nature, she hath done her part Do thou but thine, and be not diffident Of wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thou Dismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh, By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.
- But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive.
Comments about John Milton
- Ofgiorno: john milton: the mind is its own place, and in it self can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n. what matter where, if i be still the same, and what i should be, all but less then he whom thunder hath made greater? here at least
- Ofgiorno: so as you could see whenever i try to review faust i get distracted, prolly because with humility to goethe faust is not that good. i'm prolly just going to ramble about lucifer in john milton's paradise lost.
- Zingaibot_f: satan"the mind is its own place, and in it self can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n."john milton『paradise lost』
- Ofgiorno: paradise lost is unique in that it has lucifer as a protagonist. critics have attempted to explain this as representing john milton's conflicted feelings about the church, but it is obvious to anyone that has read the text that john milton was banging some demonic succubi.
- Zingaibot_f: abdiel "that golden scepter which thou didst reject is now an iron rod to bruise and breake thy disobedience. "john milton『paradise lost』
