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John Milton Quotes - Page 30

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Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?

Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor less, in freedom equal?

Equality, Splendor, Assuming

John Milton, David Scott Kastan “Paradise Lost (Kastan Edition)”, Hackett Publishing

Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all.

Men, Thinking, Way

Samson Agonistes l. 293 (1671) See Housman 5; Milton 18

Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.

Light, Glowing, Rooms

"Il Penseroso" l. 79 (1645)

What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, and all these at thy command to come and play before thee?

Air, Play, Solitude

John Milton (1871). “The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by W.M. Rossetti”, p.128

His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle.

Support, Steps, Burning

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 292

It is not virtue, wisdom, valour, wit, Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit, That woman's love can win, or long inherit; But what it is, hard is to say, Harder to hit.

Life, Winning, Long

John Milton (1836). “The Poetical Works of John Milton... to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author Together with”, p.309

If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th' All-giver would be unthank'd, would be unprais'd.

Pet, Pulse, Would Be

John Milton (1760). “Paradise Regain'd ... To which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon Several Occasions, with a Tractate of Education. [With engraved plates.]”, p.206

Only this I know, That one celestial father gives to all.

God, Father, Giving

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.342

How oft, in nations gone corrupt, And by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.

Men, Liberty, Gone

To-morrow to fresh woods, and pastures new.

Change, Woods, Morrow

"Lycidas" l. 192 (1638)

Nor aught availed him now to have built in heaven high towers; nor did he scrape by all his engines, but was headlong sent with his industrious crew to build in hell.

Heaven, Towers, Architecture

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 748

But infinite in pardon is my Judge.

Judging, Infinite, Pardon

And what the people but a herd confus'd, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise? They praise, and they admire, they know not what; And know not whom, but as one leads the other; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise?

People, Tongue, Delight

John Milton (1831). “Milton's Poetical Works”, p.40

No worthy enterprise can be done by us without continual plodding and wearisomeness to our faint and sensitive abilities.

Perseverance, Done, Sensitive

John Milton (1835). “Prose Works”, p.181

Day and night, Seed-time and harvest, heat and hoary frost Shall hold their course, till fire purge all things new.

Time, Night, Fire

John Milton (2013). “Paradise Lost Simplified!: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.508, BookCaps Study Guides

I see thou art implacable, more deaf To pray'rs than winds and seas. Yet winds to seas Are reconcil'd at length, and sea to shore: Thy anger, unappeasable, still rages Eternal tempest never to be calm'd.

Art, Hate, Wind

John Milton, Edward Phillips (1834). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.260

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.

Morning, Silly, Sheep

'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: The Hymn' (1645) st. 8

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

Wind, Meteors, Streaming

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

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

Grace, Wish, Saws

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.284

Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad'st it pregnant: What is in me dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the heighth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.

God, Heart, Dark

John Milton (2013). “Paradise Lost Simplified!: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index”, p.9, BookCaps Study Guides

On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.

Dapper, Fairy, Sand

John Milton (2007). “Complete Shorter Poems”, p.186, Pearson Education

Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.

May, Riches, Soil

Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 690 (1667)

Faithful found among the faithless.

Faithful, Fidelity, Found

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

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

Years, Wings, Age

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

Lifted up so high I disdained subjection, and thought one step higher would set me highest.

Steps, Higher, Highest

John Milton (1754). “Milton's Paradise Lost; Or, The Fall of Man: With Historical, Philosophical, Critical, & Explanatory Notes”, p.140

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