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1608–1674 England
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, 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 most famous for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.
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Yet from those flames
A smile that glow'd
Ease would recant
The low'ring element
For no falsehood can endure
But zeal moved thee;
Samson Agonistes (1671)
That stone,
Under the shady roof
Just are the ways of God,
Samson Agonistes (1671)
An amber scent of odorous perfume
Samson Agonistes (1671)
Left that command
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
Paradise Lost (1667)
Rather than be less
Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity (1629)
Next him high arbiter
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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
His words ... like so many nimble and airy servitors trip about him at command.
Apology for Smectymnuus (1642)
Ofttimes nothing profits more
O welcome pure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope,
Comus (1637)
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