"To Milton" by Oscar Wilde is a tribute to the great English poet John Milton, celebrating his intellectual and artistic legacy. In this poem, Wilde praises Milton’s unwavering commitment to truth, liberty, and moral conviction, particularly highlighting his contributions to the ideals of freedom and justice. Wilde reflects on how Milton's work transcends time, offering guidance to future generations. He admires Milton’s courage in defending civil liberties during a turbulent period in England's history and his powerful expression of individual conscience through his epic poetry, such as Paradise Lost. Wilde's poem is both an acknowledgment of Milton's towering influence on literature and a call to honor the timeless values that Milton championed. Through this work, Wilde expresses his own reverence for poetic greatness and intellectual integrity.

MILTON! I think thy spirit hath passed away
From these white cliffs and high-embattled towers;
This gorgeous fiery-coloured world of ours
Seems fallen into ashes dull and grey,
And the age changed unto a mimic play
Wherein we waste our else too-crowded hours:
For all our pomp and pageantry and powers
We are but fit to delve the common clay,
Seeing this little isle on which we stand,
This England, this sea-lion of the sea,
By ignorant demagogues is held in fee,
Who love her not: Dear God! is this the land
Which bare a triple empire in her hand
When Cromwell spake the word Democracy!

Poem written by Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 to November 30, 1900).
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