John Milton
Born: 12-08-1608
John Milton was a 17th-century English poet and intellectual, renowned for his epic work "Paradise Lost." Born in 1608, Milton's profound influence on literature stems from his masterful use of blank verse and exploration of themes such as freedom and redemption. A staunch advocate for civil liberties, his prose works also championed freedom of speech and religion. Milton's legacy endures as a pivotal figure in Western literary and cultural history.
Book summaries for books written by John Milton
Quotes
Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!
Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.
Farewell, happy fields, where joy forever dwells!
To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
For who would lose, though full of pain, this intellectual being, those thoughts that wander through eternity?
If thou beest he; But O how fall'n! how changed from him, Who in the happy realms of light clothed with transcendent brightness didst outshine Myriads though bright!
I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Evil be thou my good.
What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield.
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, And all her various objects of delight Annull'd, which might in part my grief have eased.
Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor: one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.