is worrying that John] Milton might inadvertently tumble the entire Christian edifice of fall and redemption into just another myth--because he was such a good epic poet. He compares him to Samson pulling down the temple "to revenge his sight"--a tellingly personal comparison, given that Milton, also, had become blind (and was very interested in Samson). Marvell is saying all this in a poem of compliment, so even his worries are designed to flatter; but that doesn't mean they are not real worries.from The Guardian: Milton, part 1: a puzzling epic of heaven and hell
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