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John Milton Quotes - Page 20

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Our state cannot be severed, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.

Our state cannot be severed, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.

Flesh, States, Thee

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 957

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.

God, Temptation, Taste

John Milton (1873). “The third (fourth, fifth) book of Milton's Paradise lost: with a prose tr. and notes, by J. Hunter”, p.9

This is servitude, To serve th'unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.

Thee, Unwise, Servitude

1665 Abdiel to Satan. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.6, l.178-81.

Hence, loathèd Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy.

Sight, Midnight, Caves

'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 1

It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world.

Two, Apples, Evil

'Areopagitica' (1644) p. 12

Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what need he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge, As children gathering pebbles on the shore.

Children, Reading, Book

John Milton (2014). “Paradise Regained In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version”, p.78, BookCaps Study Guides

Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.

Sports, Thinking, Hair

'Lycidas' (1638) l. 64

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!

Time, Years, Wings

'Sonnet' 7 'How soon hath time' (1645)

And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.

Wisdom, Sleep, Thinking

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors”, p.261

Let no man seek Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall Him or his children.

Children, Men

John Milton, “Paradise Lost: Book 11”

The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kisst.

Wind, Water, Wonder

John Milton (1853). “The Poetical works”, p.665

With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.

Fall, Ambition, Joy

1665 Satan. Paradise Lost (published 1667), bk.4, l.91-2.

Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.

Twilight, Eclipse

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

What can 'scape the eye Of God, all-seeing, or deceive His heart. Omniscient!

God, Eye, Heart

John Milton, Alastair Fowler (2007). “Paradise Lost”, p.540, Pearson Education

Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words To thy large heart give utterance due; thy heart; Contains of good, wise, just, the perfect shape.

Wise, Truth, Heart

John Milton (2014). “Paradise Regained In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version”, p.46, BookCaps Study Guides

Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging low with sullen roar.

Sound, Rising, Sullen

'Il Penseroso' (1645) l. 73

Blind mouths! That scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook.

Sheep, Hook, Mouths

'Lycidas' (1638) l. 114

Say, heavenly pow'rs, where shall we find such love? Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Man's mortal crime, and just th' unjust to save.

Men, Redemption, Unjust

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.191

For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.

Sweet, Eye, Grace

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 4, l. 297

So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death mature: This is old age; but then thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty, which will change To withered weak and grey.

Mother, Age, Lap

1665 Michael to Adam. Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.11, l.535-40.

And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.

Shepherds, Tales

'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 63

And the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me.

Pleasure, Feels, Paradise Lost Book 9

John Milton (1735). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.248

If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.

Failure, Earth, Pillars

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1798). “Comus: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634, Before the Earl of Bridgewater ...”, p.86

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless, faithful only he.

Faith, Faithful, Found

John Milton, Thomas Newton (1757). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.423

Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

Punishment, Wings, Add

John Milton (1832). “Paradise Lost. [With a portrait.]”, p.43

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