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John Milton
John Milton
(9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674 / London, England)
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Paradise Lost: Book 02
High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth or Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence; and, from despair
Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
Vain war with Heaven; and, by success untaught,
Milton wrote some poems in Italian: 5 sonnets and a canzone:
Canzone.
Ridonsi donne e giovani amorosi
M'accostandosi attorno, e perché scrivi,
Perché tu scrivi in lingua ignota e strana
Verseggiando d'amor, e come t'osi?
Dinne, se la tua speme sia mai vana
E de pensieri lo miglior t'arrivi;
Così mi van burlando, altri rivi
Altri lidi t'aspettan, & altre onde
Nelle cui verdi sponde
Spuntati ad hor, ad hor a la tua chioma
L'immortal guiderdon d'eterne frondi
Perché alle spalle tue soverchia soma?
Canzon dirotti, e tu per me rispondi, -
Dice mia Donna, e 'l suo dir, e il mio cuore
Questa è lingua di cui si vanta Amore.
Milton it's my glee, I see thee through thy poems. Love thee it's my glee.
Good writing and poetry.
unique is your writing style, god, angels, satan all are characters in your poems.I love your poems.
'Did I request thee Maker from my clay to mould me man?
Did I solicit thee from darkness to promote me? '
-Adam's words after the fall quoted from Paradise Lost. I first read them years ago in the intro to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and they have remained with me ever since.