Background
- 1608-Born
- 1620-St. Paul's School
- Learned Greek, Latin, Hebrew
- 1625- Christ's College of Cambridge given nickname "Lady of Christ's"
- 1629- BA
- 1632-Masters
- 1634- Masque "Comus"
- 1635- Furthered learning in languages
- 1637- Pastoral elegy "Lycidas"
- 1638- Toured continent, met Hugo Grotius and Galileo
- 1639- Starts a school
- 1641-1660 Almost no poetry instead writes pamphlets for war
- 1642- Marries Mary Powell she soon leaves him and goes home, prompts him to write "On the doctrine and discipline of Divorce"
- 1644-"Of Education" and "Areopagetica"(Most famous pamphlet)
- 1645- Mary returns, gives him 3 daughters, writes poems with Humphrey Mosely
- 1649-"The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates"
- 1652- loses eyesight and Mary dies
- 1656- Marries Katherine Woodstock
- 1658- Oliver Cromwell and Katherine Woodstock die
- 1660- Monarchy restored, marries Elizabeth Minshull
- 1665- Retires
- 1667- "Paradise Lost" (10 Volumes)
- 1671- "Agonistes" and "Paradies Regained"
- 1674- "Paradies Lost Revised" (12 Volumes)
Sonnet XIX: When I Consider How My Light is Spent
When I consider how my life is spent, with half my life in darkness, and my one talent of writing which is death's to hide is now uselessly lodged within me. Although my soul yearns to serve my maker and use my talent. unless he dissapproves. "Am I only useful for a short period of time?" I foolishly ask. But Patience to prevent such a murmur replies, "God doesn't need you, your not that important. Blindness isn't that bad, he has thousands of others that can do the job, just wait your turn."
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