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AUTHOR PROFILE
John Milton
John Milton is described in biographical records as an English poet and civil servant (1608–1674) (1608–1674). The selections gathered here touch on creation, fall of adam & eve, women. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.
“Under his forming hands a creature grew, Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem’d fair in all the world, seem’d now Mean, or in her summ’d up, in her contain’d, And in her looks, which from that time infus’d Sweetness into my heart, unfelt before.”— John Milton
Biography at a glance
- Profile: English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)
- Life: 1608–1674
- Quotes in this collection: 1
Life and work
Biographical records connect John Milton with Christ’s College and St Paul’s School. Works associated with John Milton include Paradise Lost and Areopagitica. This collection includes one quotation credited to John Milton. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.
Reading the quotations
The selections gathered here touch on creation, fall of adam & eve, women. These topic links make it easier to compare these words with other voices in the LDS Flow library. Citations are shown on the individual quotation pages where the source collection provided them.