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A short retirement urges a sweet return.

John Milton

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John Milton
Age: 65 †
Born: 1608
Born: December 9
Died: 1674
Died: November 8
Poet
Politician
Writer
Retirement
Short
Sweet
Return
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Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.
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Dark with excessive bright.
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Fate shall yield To fickle Chance, and Chaos judge the strife.
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A boundless continent, Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of night Starless expos'd.
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Freely we serve, Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not in this we stand or fall.
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When we speak of knowing God, it must be understood with reference to man's limited powers of comprehension. God, as He really is, is far beyond man's imagination, let alone understanding. God has revealed only so much of Himself as our minds can conceive and the weakness of our nature can bear.
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Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden placed, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrivalled love In blissful solitude.
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Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song.
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Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.
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Death ready stands to interpose his dart.
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