On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Summary
John Milton

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Overview

"On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" is one of many devotional Christian poems written by John Milton. Milton, most famous for his epic Paradise Lost, is known for his exploration of Christian themes as well as political activism during the early modern period. This poem was written in 1629 and published in the collection Poems of Mr. John Milton in 1645. It is considered a nativity ode that tells the story of Christ's birth.