This man compared the death of his niece to Apollo's slaying of Hyacinth in a poem describing her as a "Fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted.
This man compared the death of his niece to Apollo's slaying of Hyacinth in a poem describing her as a "Fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted." The speaker of another poem by this man describes one figure as a "Sweet Bird that shunn'st the noise of folly" and a "pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure." This poet of "On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough," wrote a poem whose speaker wishes to attain "somthing like Prophetic strain" while occupying a (*) "Hairy Gown and Mossy Cell." This man described how his "soul more bent to serve therewith my Maker" in a poem that laments his blindness. For 10 points, name this poet of "When I consider how my light is spent" and "Il Penseroso" who also wrote Paradise Lost.
This man compared the death of his niece to Apollo's slaying of Hyacinth in a poem describing her as a "Fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted.
John Milton