John Milton Quotes About Hope

Quotes about: Hope

• Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Hope, Fear

  John Milton (1851). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.387

• What reinforcement we may gain from hope;
  If not, what resolution from despair.

  John Milton

  Hope, Despair, May

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 190

• Hope elevates, and joy
  Brightens his crest.

  John Milton

  Hope, Joy, Paradise Lost Book 9

  John Milton (1757). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.179

• Where peace
  And rest can never dwell, hope never comes,
  That comes to all.

  John Milton

  Hope, Peace, Doleful

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 61

• He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.

  John Milton

  Hope, Writing, Frustration

  'An Apology for Smectymnuus' (1642) introduction, p. 16

• Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.

  John Milton

  Hope, Heart, Hands

  John Milton (1752). “Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton”, p.534

• O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!

  John Milton

  Hope, Dark, Science

  Samson Agonistes l. 80 (1671) See T. S. Eliot 104

• So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good.

  John Milton

  Hope, Fear, Farewell

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 4, l. 108

• Th' ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope Is flat despair.

  John Milton

  Hope, Fire, Despair

  John Milton (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost: Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... with Notes Grammatical, Geographical, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ...”, p.101

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