John Milton Quotes
So spake the Fiend [the devil], and with necessitie, The Tyrant's plea, excus'd his devilish deeds.
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John Milton, 1608-1674, English Writer, Paradise Lost
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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.