John Milton, Paradise Regain'd (originally published in 1671), lines 91–93; in The Works of John Milton (1931), vol. 2, part 2, p. 408. Satan is speaking of Christ.
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For man he seems In all his lineaments, though in his face The glimpses of his Fathers glory shine.
— John Milton on Jesus
What It Means
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About John Milton
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is most famous for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.
About John Milton
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is most famous for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.
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