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John Milton Quotes - Page 19

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In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.

In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.

Nature, May, Steps

1665 Adam to Raphael. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.5, l.511-12.

Heaven open'd wide Her ever during gates, harmonious sound, On golden hinges moving.

Moving, Heaven, Sound

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.332

Beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive.

Beauty, Mind, Admiration

John Milton, Charles Dunster (1795). “Paradise Regain'd: A Poem in Four Books”, p.86

Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.

Sports, Laughter, Nymphs

John Milton, John Hunter (1864). “Milton's Comus, L'allegro, and Il Penseroso: With Numerous Illustrative Notes &c”, p.59

Her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle.

Sleep, Silence, Pace

John Milton, John Richardson Major (1853). “Milton's Paradise Lost, with notes, critical and explanatory, original and selected, by J. R. Major”, p.373

Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark.

Dark, Night, Light

John Milton (1837). “Paradis perdu: de Milton”, p.338

That space the Evil One abstracted stood From his own evil, and for the time remained Stupidly good, of enmity disarmed, Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge .

Time, Revenge, Hate

1665 Satan gazes upon Eve. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.9, l.463-6.

We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. Abraham Lincoln, White House speech 11 April 1865. Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.

Patience, White, Eggs

Immortal amarant, a flower which once In paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er elysian flowers her amber stream: With these that never fade the spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks.

Flower, Men, Rivers

John Milton (2012). “Paradise Lost”, p.58, Courier Corporation

Herbs, and other country messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses.

Country, Dresses, Herbs

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.396

Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.

Cities, House, Liberty

'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 31

Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?

Night, Clouds, Silver

'Comus' (1637) l. 221

Th'invention all admir'd, and each, how he to be th'inventor miss'd; so easy it seem'd once found, which yet unfound most would have thought impossible.

Science, Missing, Impossible

John Milton, Samuel Johnson, John Evans (1799). “Milton's Paradise Lost: With the Life of the Author ; to which is Prefixed the Celebrated Critique by Sam Johnson LLD.”, p.177

God is thy law, thou mine: to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise. With thee conversing I forget all time.

Time, Law, Forget

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 4, l. 637

Tis chastity, my brother, chastity; She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.

Brother, Arrows, Nymphs

John Milton (1846). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Explanatory Notes and a Life of the Author, by H. Stebbing. To which is Prefixed Dr. Channing's Essay on the Poetical Genius of Milton”, p.410

With thee conversing I forget all time.

Time, Forget, Thee

Paradise Lost bk. 4, l. 639 (1667)

God is decreeing to begin some newand great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as his manner is, first to his Englishmen?

Church, Doe, Firsts

'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 31

Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named.

Firsts, Rafters, Courtesy

John Milton (1859). “The poems of John Milton”, p.92

The spirit of man, which God inspired, cannot together perish with this corporeal clod.

Future, Men, Together

John Milton (1825). “A Treatise on Christian Doctrine: Comp. from the Holy Scriptures Alone”, p.368

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

Men, Rocks, Wrecks

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.71

What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?

Light, Choices, Taste

John Milton (1861). “Paradise regained, Samson Agonistes, etc”, p.216

My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth.

Men, Air, Earth

1634 Comus, A Mask, opening lines.

These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.

Forgiveness, Eye, Evil

John Milton (1848). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Critical Remarks on His Genius and Writings”, p.131

What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.

Book, Dark, Men

Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 22 (1667) See Housman 5; Milton 49

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

Change, Fear, Twilight

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

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