Poems by John Milton
Paradise Lost: Book XI (1674)
... hold thir course, till fire purge all things new,Both Heav'n and Earth, wherein the just shall dwell ...
Paradise Lost: Book XII (1674)
... dence thir guide:They hand in hand with wandring steps and slow,Through Eden took thir solitarie way ...
Paradise Lost: Books II-III: Editorial Summary
... 's descent through the spheres, past Uriel, the guardian of the sun, whom he deceives, down to earth ...
Paradise Lost: Books V-VIII: Editorial Summary
... ning to Adam's account of the creation of Eve, exhorts him to remain obedient and happy, and departs ...
Paradise Lost: Books XI-XII: Editorial Summary
... of the promised redemption by Christ, the Last Judgment, and the creation of a new Heaven and Earth ...
Paradise Regain'd: Book I (1671)
... now beganNight with her sullen wing to double-shadeThe Desert, Fowls in thir clay nests were couch't ...
Paradise Regain'd: Book II (1671)
... for themselves,And for thy reason why they should be sought,To gain a Scepter, oftest better miss't ...
Paradise Regain'd: Book III (1671)
... joy they hast,As the Red Sea and Jordan once he cleft,When to the promis'd land thir Fathers pass'd ...
Paradise Regain'd: Book IV (1671)
... Son of God our Saviour meekSung Victor, and from Heavenly Feast refreshtBrought on his way with joy ...
Sonnet VII: How soon hath Time, the Subtle Thief of Youth
... , and the will of Heav'n: All is, if I have grace to use it so As ever in my great Task-Master's eye ...
Sonnet XII: I did but Prompt the Age to Quit their Clogs
... hogs,That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free ...
Sonnet XIX: When I Consider How my Light is Spent
... his bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait ...
Sonnet XXII: To Cyriack Skinner
... his thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide ...
Sonnet XXIII: Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint
... ancied sight Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin'dSo clear as in no face with more delight ...
