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John Milton Quotes - Page 29

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

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

Knowledge, Firsts, Knows

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

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

Heaven, What If, Shadow

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

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!

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

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.

God, Song, Angel

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

Apostate, still thou err'st, nor end wilt find Offering, from the paths of truth remote.

Offering, Path, Ends

The helmed Cherubim, And sworded Seraphim, Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd.

Wings, Display

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors”, p.13

All seemed well pleased, all seemed, but were not all.

Wells

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 5, l. 617

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.

Religious, Feet, Light

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

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.

Weed, Sea, Dropping

John Milton (1853). “The Poetical works”, p.691

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

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

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

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

Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers.

Moving, Numbers, Harmonious

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

Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.

Sports, Laughter, Light

"L'Allegro" l. 33 (1645)

But say That death be not one stroke, as I supposed, Bereaving sense, but endless misery From this day onward, which I feel begun Both in me, and without me, and so last To perpetuity; ay me, that fear Comes thund'ring back with dreadful revolution On my defenceless head; both Death and I Am found eternal, and incorporate both, Nor I on my part single, in me all Paradise Lost Posterity stands cursed: fair patrimony That I must leave ye, sons; O were I able To waste it all myself, and leave ye none!

Son, Paradise, Able

John Milton (2009). “The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton”, p.576, Modern Library

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.

Dream, Moon, Sides

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

Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.

Earth, Woe, Losing

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 9, l. 780

Ride the air In whirlwind.

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

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

Art, Father, Should

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

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!

Parent, Parenthood, Good Parent

John Milton (1853). “The Paradise lost”, p.210

What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?

War, Boots, Defence

'Samson Agonistes' (1671) l. 558

With a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.

Love, Hue, Red

John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.197

Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate to hearse when Lycid lies.

Lying, Tears, Cups

'Lycidas' (1638) l. 142

Sense of pleasure we may well Spare out of life perhaps, and not repine, But live content, which is the calmest life; But pain is perfect misery, the worst Of evils, and excessive, overturns All patience.

Pain, Evil, Perfect

John Milton, Elijah Fenton, Samuel Johnson (1821). “Paradise lost”, p.182

Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offence returning, to regain Love once possess'd.

Love, Power, Strange

'Samson Agonistes' (1671) l. 1003

To many a youth and many a maid, dancing in the chequer'd shade.

Dancing, Ballet, Maids

John Milton (1824). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Edition of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster, and Thomas Warton, to which is Prefixed, Newton's Life of Milton”, p.407

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