John Milton Quotes
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
Citations
Milton, John. "Lycidas." Justa Edouardo King Naufrago, Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1638, line 70.
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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.