Samuel Johnson quipped that even the admirers of John Milton’s epic never wished it “longer than it is.” But “Paradise Lost” ...

John Milton died 350 years ago, leaving behind Paradise Lost, a poem composed in a state of deep despair. Blind, alone, and ...

Poet John Milton (1608-1674). The poet begins with an exhortation to the Holy Spirit to “sing Heavenly Muse” as Milton seeks “thy aid to my adventurous song” because his ambition for this ...

Toward the end of John Milton's epic poem, written after England's civil war, the angel Michael gives Adam a vision of the future, and it is not a happy one. Thanks to the Fall, Michael tells Adam ...

WIFE TO MR. MILTON—Robert Graves —Creative Age Press ($2.75).Breathing heavily, his Bible under his arm, Poet John Milton climbed into the bridal bed. He read his "numb and stark" ...