John Milton Biography
John Milton was an English poet, author and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost and for Areopagitica, his treatise condemning censorship. John Milton was born December 9, 1608 to a prosperous and cultured middle... Continue reading
John Milton Biography
Excerpt from Paradise Lost (Book IV)
by John Milton Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that... Continue reading
Excerpt from Paradise Lost (Book IV)