Thursday, December 08, 2011

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

On this day in 1608 the poet John Milton was born.

And now the news:

Spain opens the public process to designate 41 mar...
Nisshin Maru on the move
Hungry goats improve habitat for rare native speci...
Kruger National Park to protect its rhinoceroses
Persian leopard photographed in Afghanistan
Vet Student Gored To Death By Pygmy Elephant
Teenager 'dies jumping into piranha-infested river...

Milton’s most well known work is Paradise Lost and it’s quite a long poem to say the least. It doesn’t rhyme very well either (which is cheating if you ask me), but it is quite good and if you have a lot of spare time on your hands you can listen to it being read out in its entirety on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qgaQ24IxVo&feature=BFa&list=PLE4D9656D12FCC8C5&lf=results_main

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