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Sonnets. VII

By John Milton

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How soon hath Time the suttle theef of youth,     Stoln on his wing my three and twentith yeer !     My hasting dayes flie on with full career,     But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th,     Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth,     That I to manhood am arriv'd so near,     And inward ripenes doth much less appear,     That som more timely-happy spirits indu'th.     Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow.     It shall be still in strictest measure eev'n,     To that same lot, however mean, or high,     Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heav'n;     All is, if I have grace to use it so,     As ever in my great task Masters eye.

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John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet best known for "Paradise Lost" (1667), an epic poem retelling the biblical story of the Fall of Man. He also wrote "Paradise Regained," "Samson Agonistes," and the pastoral elegy "Lycidas," and is considered the greatest English epic poet.

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