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
create ear might ribs soul took
I was all ear / And took in strains that might create a soul / Under the ribs of Death.
ear free quite won
Such strains as would have won the ear / Of Pluto, to have quite set free / His half-regained Eurydice.
close ear squat
Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.
both creatures earth millions sleep spiritual wake walk
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep
both creatures earth millions sleep spiritual walk
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we sleep and when we awake.
men air earth
My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.
earth woe losing
Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.
soul ears might
I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death.
failure earth pillars
If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
earth mixtures divinity
Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?
angel voice ears
The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.
men earth spots
Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.
sleep light earth
Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.
flower paradise-on-earth rose
Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.