John Milton also wrote the hymn Let us with a gladsome mind, a versification of Psalm 136. His 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseroso', with additional material, were magnificently set by Handel (1740). John Milton John Milton (9 December 16088 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" (1667), written in blank verse. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international
William Blake's mythology other epic prophetic works, "Milton a Poem" and "Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion". The parts into which Albion is divided are the four Zoas: The Blake pantheon also includes feminine "emanations" that have separated from an integrated male being, as Eve separated from Adam: The fall of Albion and his division into the Zoas and their emanations are also the central themes of "Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion". Rintrah first appears in "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", personifying revolutionary wrath. He is later grouped together with other spirits of rebellion in "The Vision of the