<P> `` When I Consider How My Light is Spent '' is one of the best known of the sonnets of John Milton ( d . 1674 ) . The last three lines ( concluding with `` They also serve who only stand and wait . '' ) are particularly well known , though rarely quoted in context . </P>
<P> `` When I Consider How My Light is Spent '' is one of the best known of the sonnets of John Milton ( d . 1674 ) . The last three lines ( concluding with `` They also serve who only stand and wait . '' ) are particularly well known , though rarely quoted in context . </P>
who said they also serve who stand and wait
who said they also serve who stand and wait
John Milton
John Milton