John Milton

Dancing in the chequer'd shade.

Dancing in the chequer'd shade.

When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy summoning read more

When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy summoning archangels to proclaim
Thy dread tribunal.

With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.

Till old experience do attain
To something like prophetic strain.

Till old experience do attain
To something like prophetic strain.

None can love freedom but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope than read more

None can love freedom but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope than under tyrants.