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“Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.”

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John Milton, born on December 9, 1608, in London, and died on November 8, 1674, was a renowned English poet and scholar. He is best known for his epic poem 'Paradise Lost,' which has had a profound impact on world literature. more

“Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creature here Beast, bird, insect, or worm durst enter none; Such was their awe of man.”

Men Rich Creatures Bird Stones Rose Beast Awe Worms Insects Violet Hue Emblems Mosaics Irises Hyacinths Crocuses

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“Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.”

Light Virtue Angel Thrones Domination Progeny

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“Let us descend now therefore from this top Of speculation.”

Speculation

Author:John Milton

“[Rhyme is] but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame Meter; ... Not without cause therefore some both Italian and Spanish poets of prime note have rejected rhyme, ... as have also long since our best English tragedies, as... trivial and of no true musical delight; which [truly] consists only in apt numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another, not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fault avoided by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory.”

Long Matter Age Causes Sound Numbers Poet Fit Tragedy Faults Notes Musical Delight Invention Prime Italian Quantity Verses Rejected Rhyme Wretched Avoided Meter Lame Syllables Oratory

Author:John Milton

“Tis chastity, my brother, chastity; She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.”

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Explanatory Notes and a Life of the Author, by H. Stebbing. To which is Prefixed Dr. Channing's Essay on the Poetical Genius of Milton

“O fairest of creation, last and best Of all God's works, creature in whom excelled Whatever can to sight or thought be formed, Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet! How art thou lost, how on a sudden lost, Defaced, deflow'red, and now to death devote? Paradise Lost”

Art Lasts Lost Creation Divine Sweet Holy Creatures Red Sight Paradise Amiable Paradise Lost Book 9

Author:John Milton

“O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes!”

Joy Dear Paradise Lasting Woe Fleeting

Author:John Milton

“I on the other side Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds; The deeds themselves, though mute, spoke loud the doer.”

Sides Ambition Deeds Loud Spokes Mute Doers

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office

Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office

“What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?”

Light Choices Taste Neat Attics

Book:Paradise regained, Samson Agonistes, etc

Source: Paradise regained, Samson Agonistes, etc

“I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.”

I Can Able Wanted Remember Frustration Scream

Author:Temple Grandin

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