John Milton Quotes


Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.


Citations

Milton, John. A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 [Comus]. Humphrey Robinson, 1637, lines 322-325.

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John Milton
  • Born: December 9, 1608
  • Died: November 8, 1674
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Intellectual, Civil Servant

John Milton was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious shifts and political instability, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Written in blank verse, Paradise Lost is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written.