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=**John Milton**= =Background:=
 * John Milton was born on Bread Street in London, on December 9th, 1608.
 * His father was a composer, so Milton grew up around creativeness and had a great love of music.
 * As a child he learned many languages, hence in his later years as a writer he wrote in not only English, but in Latin and Italian as well.
 * He was not limited to these though, along with Italian and Latin, he knew Hebrew, French, Greek, and Spanish.
 * He is considered one of the most learned poets of his time.
 * Milton went on a year tour to France and Italy. He talked to many of the finest minds of the time and showed off his poetry skills.
 * When Milton returned home from his tour the country was in the Bishop's War. He wrote prose tracts to help the Puritan and Parliamentary cause.
 * He then got married to 16 year old Mary Powell. Milton was 35 at the time.
 * He was then a secretary to foreign governments.
 * He had 4 children.

Works:

 * [|1631: L' Allegro]
 * [|1631: II Penseroso]
 * [|1634: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle]
 * [|1638: Lycidas]
 * [|1655: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont]
 * 1667: Paradise Lost
 * [|1671: Paradise Regained]
 * [|1671: Samson Agonistes]
 * [|1673: Poems, &c, Upon Several Occasion]

[|1657: On his Blindness]
media type="file" key="wiki 2.mp3" width="240" height="20" When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need   Either man's work or his own gifts: who best    Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state    Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed    And post o'er land and ocean without rest:    They also serve who only stand and wait." media type="youtube" key="x0jDRlXd-O0" height="315" width="420"