Drawing of John Milton after he had become blind

In the latest Miltonic Mill blog, Pasquale Toscano reflects on disability in Sonnet 19 by alumnus #JohnMilton

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« The Legions of Hell », 1996

by Wayne Douglas Barlowe (American artist, born 1958)

Inspired by Dante Alighieri and John Milton's visions of Hell.
From "Barlowe's Inferno", Morpheus, 1998

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Choose your top 25 favourite villains or group of villains. Doesn't matter if comics/tv/movies/novels. One per day for 25 days, in no particular order.
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Day 15: Satan from Paradise Lost

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“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”— John Milton, Areopagitica [1644]
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Understanding Milton: Poetry And Prose - Nevermorepoem.com John Milton stands some of the giants of English literature. Born in 1608, Milton has been celebrated for his superb skills as each a poet and a prose writer.

John Milton’s writings—each poetry and prose—are undying of their beauty, energy, and relevance. His works deal with essential questions on faith, freedom, temptation, and the character of properly and evil.
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Image of the tree of life with a naked figure entwined by a snake

Check out our newly-updated resource - Darkness Visible - for studying alumnus John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'.

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Areopagitica
A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England

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»Other critics have conjectured that [John] Milton suffered from some kind of writer's block that was lifted only after he became totally blind in 1652,« schreibt John Leonard #johnmilton #paradiselost

Exploring The Message In Milton's Sonnet On Blindness - Nevermorepoem.com John Milton is one of the maximum influential poets in English literature. Among his many well-known works, the sonnet regularly recognised as “On His

John Milton’s “On His Blindness,” or Sonnet 19, stays a effective meditation on loss, religion, and the transformation of purpose.
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'The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.'

John Milton
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“Farewell remorse; all good to me is lost. Evil, be thou my good.” - Paradise Lost, Book 4

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“The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.” --John Milton (1608-1674) From Paradise Lost, Book 1, Lines 253-55 See also Book IV, line 75 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #johnmilton In Paradise Lost, the above line is spoken by Satan early in the poem, as he reflects on his fall. John Milton gives one of literature’s most unsettling insights to Satan himself: the mind doesn’t merely react to circumstances, it creates experience. Heaven and hell are not only locations but states of perception. With the right mindset, even torment can be reframed as triumph; with the wrong one, paradise can feel like punishment. Milton’s line captures the terrifying power of self-interpretation. What makes the quote endure is its moral ambiguity. The same mental autonomy that enables resilience can also enable self-deception. Satan uses this idea to justify rebellion and denial, turning inner resolve into a counterfeit freedom. Milton’s warning is subtle but sharp: the mind’s power is real, but it is not morally neutral. How we frame our world can save us, or trap us, depending on what truth we’re willing to face.

“The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.”
--John Milton (1608-1674)
From Paradise Lost, Book 1, Lines 253-55
See also Book IV, line 75

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DYK #Puritan #JohnMilton (d.1674) believed getting turned on was necessary for learning? His education would have been incomplete w/o #erotic reading. For him, all learning began w/arousal of the senses. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

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— illustration for Paradise Lost by #JohnMilton
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"Canın Cehenneme"
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"Bu En Son İncir Yaprağı"
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John Milton, on his birthday December 9  2025 revision A gorgeous synthesis of classical paganism and Puritan Christianity, John Milton’s epic poems Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, reimaginations of the Old and New Testaments respectively, form an…

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#TuesdayTrends - Born #OTD John Milton 1608 - Remembering his 417th Birthday - Paradise Lost, Lycidas -
'The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.'
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“Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.” - #JohnMilton (born: 9 December 1608)

Sonnet 19: When I consider how my light is spent 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    Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent To serve ther...

Here’s the text of the poem #JohnMilton #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky

Today is John Milton’s 417th Birthday. Reading Paradise Lost for the first time in my teens remains one of the most important moments of my own creative life.

As a tribute to him, here’s a recording of me reading his sonnet number 19, on his blindness. #poetrycommunity #JohnMilton #poetsonbluesky

Milton believed that true freedom begins in the mind and that virtue is forged through choice, not ease.

Happy birthday John Milton!

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Born on this day in 1608, John Milton was an English poet and political thinker best known for Paradise Lost. His vision, language, and defense of liberty left a lasting mark on literature.

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Me miserable!
Which way shall
I fly Infinite wrath
and infinite despair?
Which way I fly is Hell
myself am Hell
And in the lowest deep a lower deep
Still threat’ning to devour
me opens wide...
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