Poems by John Milton
Sonnet XII. On The Same. (Being On The Detraction)
... As when those Hinds that were transform'd to Froggs ...
Sonnet XIX: On His Blindness
... His state Is kingly: thousands at His bidding speed ...
At a Vacation Exercise
... ysses' soul and all the restAre held with his melodious harmonyIn willing chains and sweet captivity ...
On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester
... th and Right from Violence be freed,And Public Faith clear'd from the shameful brand Of Public Fraud ...
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
... n's youngest-teemed star,Hath fix'd her polish'd car, Her sleeping Lord with handmaid lamp attending ...
Paradise Lost: Book I (1674)
... erubimIn close recess and secret conclave satA thousand Demy-Gods on golden seat's,Frequent and full ...
Paradise Lost: Book II (1674)
... ng in a golden ChainThis pendant world, in bigness as a StarrOf smallest Magnitude close by the Moon ...
Paradise Lost: Book III (1674)
... 'd success,Throws his steep flight in many an Aerie wheele,Nor staid, till on Niphates top he lights ...
Paradise Lost: Book IV (1674)
... ad thy Lot in yon celestial SignWhere thou art weigh'd, and shown how light, how weak,If thou resist ...
Paradise Lost: Book IX (1674)
... ation spentThe fruitless hours, but neither self-condemning,And of thir vain contest appeer'd no end ...
Paradise Lost: Book V (1674)
... th he pass'd,Long way through hostile scorn, which he susteindSuperior, nor of violence fear'd aught ...
Paradise Lost: Book VI (1674)
... is solace and revenge,As a despite don against the most High,Thee once to gaine Companion of his woe ...
Paradise Lost: Book VII (1674)
... gan,And what before thy memorie was donFrom the beginning, that posteritieInformd by thee might know ...
Paradise Lost: Book VIII (1674)
... all be honour'd everWith grateful Memorie: thou to mankindBe good and friendly still, and oft return ...
Paradise Lost: Book X (1674)
... ighs the AirFrequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in signOf sorrow unfeign'd, and humiliation meek ...