John Milton

John Milton (born 1608 December 9 Bread Street, Cheapside, London) was an epic writer. The “Prince of Poets” also wrote First Defense of the English People, justifying the execution of Charles I.

On his birthday in 1631 he wrote: “How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,/ Stoltn on his wing my three‐and-twentieth year!”

After completing his First Defense of the English People, he went blind at 43. Alfred, Lord Tennyson later apostrophizes the author of Paradise Lost: “O mighty‐mouthʼd inventor of harmonies, /O skillʼd to sing of Time or Eternity,/God-gifted organ-voice of England, / Milton, a name to resound for ages.”

External links

• http://www.literature.org/authors/milton‐john/paradise-lost/
• http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jmilton.htm