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• He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Apology for Smectymnuu...
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  YOU WRITE: Probably the greatest quality of the poetry John Milton -- born 1608 of John Milton, who was born in 1608, is the combination of beauty and power....
• Left that command Sole daughter of his voice.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book ix, Line 652...
• Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book v, Line 658...
• Execute their airy purposes. -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book i, Line 430
• A poet soaring in the high reason of his fancies, with his garland and singing robes about him.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- The Reason of Church Government, Introduction, Book ii...
• Homer: How dare you talk about Ned Flanders like that.
  He's a wonderful, kind, caring man -- maybe even more so than me....
• The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book viii, Line 1...
• Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
  Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe....