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
ambition choice heaven hell reign serve though worth
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
ambition reign serve though worth
To reign is worth ambition though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n
reign
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
umpires decision reign
Chaos umpire sits And by decision more embroils the fray by which he reigns: next him high arbiter Chance governs all.
night reign chaos
A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.
conscience unsought virtue
Her virtue and the conscience of her worth,/ That would be wooed, and not unsought be won.
daughter god law left reason rest sole
God so commanded, and left that command/ Sole daughter of his voice; the rest we live / Law to ourselves, our reason is our law.
god happiest thou thy
God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more / Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
free themselves till
I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthral themselves
enduring incapable miserable
It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness.
create ear might ribs soul took
I was all ear / And took in strains that might create a soul / Under the ribs of Death.
engine ready stands
But that two-handed engine at the door, / Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
common hail human law mysterious paradise sole source true
Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source / Of human offspring, sole propriety / In Paradise of all things common else.
hail human mysterious offspring source true
Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring