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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Sonnet 7: "How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth" by John Milton : The Poetry Foundation
English poet John Milton was born on this day in 1608. Read this sonnet of his on his having arrived at the age of twenty-three: Sonnet 7: How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth by John Milton : The Poetry Foundation
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