1608–167417th century

John Milton

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

32 poems

At A Solemn Musick30 lines
Comus1091 lines
Cromwell, our cheif of men, who through a cloud14 lines
Cyriack, this three years day these eys, though clear14 lines
Daughter to that good Earl, once President14 lines
How Soon Hath Time14 lines
On His Deceased Wife14 lines
On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend, Deceased Dec. 16, 164614 lines
On Time22 lines
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Paradise Regained: The First Book502 lines
Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book640 lines
Paradise Regained: The Second Book486 lines
Paradise Regained: The Third Book443 lines
Samson Agonistes1417 lines
Song On May Morning10 lines
Sonnet 1317 lines
The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce41 lines
The Passion68 lines
The Reason of Church-governement Urg'd against Prelaty16 lines
Vane, young in yeares, but in sage counsell old14 lines