John Milton
1608 - 1674
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan, and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. Paradise Lost elevated Milton's reputation as one of history's greatest poets. He also served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell.Poems
- Paradise Lost : Book I
- A Masque Presented At Ludlow Castle, 1634 (Comus)
- Sonnet XIX: On His Blindness
- Paradise Lost : Book III
- Sonnet XV To The Lord General Fairfax
- Samson Agonistes
- Lycidas
- Sonnet VII: On His Being Arriv'd To The Age Of 23
- Sonnet XVIII: On The Late Massacre In Piemont
- Paradise Lost : Book II
- On The New Forcers Of Conscience Under The Long Parliament
- Paradise Lost : Book V