John Milton Quotes - Page 28

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• Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat.

  John Milton

  Eye, Tree, Fruit

  John Milton (1871). “The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti”, p.127

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• Forget thyself to marble.

  John Milton

  Forget, Forgetfulness, Marble

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office”, p.412

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• Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

  John Milton

  Years, Ivy, Rude

  'Lycidas' (1638) l. 1

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• Ride the air In whirlwind.

  John Milton

  Air, Whirlwind

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1809). “The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,”, p.413

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• Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers.

  John Milton

  Moving, Numbers, Harmonious

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 3, l. 37

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• What if Earth be but the shadow of Heaven and things therein - each other like, more than on Earth is thought?

  John Milton

  Heaven, What If, Shadow

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 5, l. 574

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• These are thy glorious works Parent of Good, Almighty, thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair; thy self how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitst above these Heavens To us invisible or dimly seen In these thy lowest works, yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and Power Divine: Speak ye who best can tell, ye Sons of light, Angels, for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, Day without Night, Circle his Throne rejoicing, ye in Heav'n, On Earth join all ye Creatures to extoll Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.

  John Milton

  God, Song, Angel

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 5, l. 164

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• When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal.

  John Milton

  Sky, Heaven, Judgment

  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.198

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• And some are fall'n, to disobedience fall'n, And so from Heav'n to deepest Hell; O fall From what high state of bliss into what woe!

  John Milton

  Fall, Woe, Bliss

  John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.352

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• This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what change Worth waiting--since our present lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe.

  John Milton

  Light, Waiting, Darkness

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.47

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• But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight; Casting a dim religious light.

  John Milton

  Religious, Feet, Light

  John Milton (2012). “Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems”, p.51, Modern Library

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• To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise.

  John Milton

  Night, Sky, Singing

  John Milton (2007). “Complete Shorter Poems”, p.139, Pearson Education

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• The timely dew of sleep Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight inclines Our eyelids.

  John Milton

  Fall, Sleep, Dew

  John Milton (1824). “The poetical works of John Milton: with notes of various authors, principally from the editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is prefixed Newton's life of Milton”, p.263

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• And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the checkered shade. And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday.

  John Milton

  Holiday, Sunshine, Play

  'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 94

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• Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee, whom follow?

  John Milton

  Art, Father, Should

  John Milton, Raymond de Verninac de Saint Maur, Elijah Fenton (1784). “Paradise lost: a poem in twelve books”, p.73

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• But O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.

  John Milton

  Moving, Misery, Miserable

  John Milton (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators. To which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton”, p.369

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• Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The faith they owe; when earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude, they then begin to fail.

  John Milton

  Faith, Causes, Failing

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office”, p.391

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• The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.

  John Milton

  Knowledge, Firsts, Knows

  Paradise Regained bk. 4, l. 293 (1671) See Socrates 2

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• From his lips/Not words alone pleased her.

  John Milton

  Lips

  John Milton, “Paradise Lost: Book 08”

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• Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st.

  John Milton

  Too Much, Taught, Drink

  John Milton (2003). “The Complete Poems and Major Prose”, p.445, Hackett Publishing

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• New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large.

  John Milton

  Priests

  'On the New Forcers of Conscience under the Long Parliament' (1646)

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• Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.

  John Milton

  Hurt, Unjust, May

  'Comus' (1637) l. 586

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• Nor turned I ween Adam from his fair spouse, nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused: Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity and place and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.

  John Milton

  Hypocrite, Mysterious, Innocence

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 4, l. 738

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• Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

  John Milton

  Sleep, Light, Earth

  John Milton (1853). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.118

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• Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.

  John Milton

  Happiness, Art, Son

  John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.) (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... With Notes ... To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ... By J. Buchanan”, p.351

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