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    John Milton was born in London in 1608. After graduating from Cambridge University, he spent years studying privately and composing works. His masterpiece, the epic poem Paradise Lost, was written while tutoring students despite his blindness later in life. Milton died in 1674 and was buried in London, having produced one of the greatest works in English literature while blind.

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    John Milton was born in London in 1608. After graduating from Cambridge University, he spent years studying privately and composing works. His masterpiece, the epic poem Paradise Lost, was written while tutoring students despite his blindness later in life. Milton died in 1674 and was buried in London, having produced one of the greatest works in English literature while blind.

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    John Milton was born in London in 1608. After graduating from Cambridge University, he spent years studying privately and composing works. His masterpiece, the epic poem Paradise Lost, was written while tutoring students despite his blindness later in life. Milton died in 1674 and was buried in London, having produced one of the greatest works in English literature while blind.

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    John Milton (1608-1674)

    t In 1632, Milton took his M.A. cum laude at Cambridge, after which he retired o the family homes in London and Horton, Buckinghamshire for years of private study and composition.

    John Milton was born on December 9, 1608, in London, as the second child of John and Sara (ne Jeffrey). The family lived on Bread Street in Cheapside, near St. Paul's Cathedral.

    He spent his time tutoring students and finishing his life's work, the epic, Paradise Lost. Among the greatest works ever to be written in English, the feat is all the more remarkable for Milton's blindness

    He spent his time tutoring students and finishing his life's work, the epic, Paradise Lost. Among the greatest works ever to be written in English, the feat is all the more remarkable for Milton's blindness

    Milton died peacefully of gout in November, 1674, and was buried in the church of St. Giles, Cripplegate. A monument to Milton rests in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey.

    On His Blindness

    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 Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts: who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait."

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