Paradise Lost Book 1 Quotes - Page 2

• Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.

  John Milton

  Sweet, Revenge, Long

  John Milton (1826). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.153

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• The work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint.

  John Milton

  Work, Luxury, Restraint

  John Milton, John Aikin (1806). “Poetical Works: With a Preface, Biographical and Critical”, p.92

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• From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,- A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star.

  John Milton

  Summer, Stars, Fall

  Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 742 (1667)

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• To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Rolling, Cherubs

  John Milton (1758). “Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained...”, p.14

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• In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.

  John Milton

  Change, Fear, Twilight

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 594

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• Among unequals what society Can sort, what harmony, or true delight?

  John Milton

  Society, Delight, Harmony

  1665 Adam. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.8, l.383-4.

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• Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.

  John Milton

  Rose, Fabric, Earth

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 710

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• Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress.

  John Milton

  Dream, Moon, Sides

  John Milton, Henry Stebbing (1836). “Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books”, p.25

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• Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both.

  John Milton

  Sex, Enmity, Spirit

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 423

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• For Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure, Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their airy purposes, And works of love or enmity fulfil.

  John Milton

  Sex, Essence, Enmity

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 423

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• Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.

  John Milton

  Cooking, Flow, Reason

  John Milton (1758). “Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained...”, p.277

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• Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower.

  John Milton

  Arches, Shade, Brooks

  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.45

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• Unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing.

  John Milton

  Years, Wings, Age

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 44

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• As in an organ from one blast of wind
  To many a row of pipes the soundboard breathes.

  John Milton

  Music, Wind, Breathe

  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.82

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• Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd
  Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.

  John Milton

  Wind, Meteors, Streaming

  John Milton, John Rice (1766). “Paradise Lost ... With notes of various authors, by John Rice”, p.29

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• And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.

  John Milton

  Revenge, Power, May

  John Milton (1850). “Paradise Lost”, p.23

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