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John Milton Quotes - Page 31

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Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.

Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.

Passion, Judgement, Free Will

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.124

Hate is of all things the mightiest divider, nay, is division itself. To couple hatred, therefore, though wedlock try all her golden links, and borrow to tier aid all the iron manacles and fetters of law, it does but seek to twist a rope of sand.

Couple, Hate, Law

Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.

Majestic, Sober, Demure

John Milton (1874). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: Edited with Introductions, Notes and an Essay on Milton's English by David Masson”, p.191

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

Dark, Light, Soul

'Comus' (1637) l. 373

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Ends, Quarrels

'Samson Agonistes' (1671) l. 1008

Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes' throne.

Thrones, Oratory, Fierce

John Milton, Henry John Todd, Thomas Newton, John Aikin (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.275

Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.

Night, Eldest

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 962

Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.

Eye, Squares, Trials

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.298

If by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of him who all things can, I would not cease To weary him with my assiduous cries; But prayer against his absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to his great bidding I submit.

Prayer, Wind, Bidding

John Milton (1844). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Seven Embellishments”, p.247

Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.

Views, Theatre, Cedars

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.244

Eloquence the soul, song charms the senses.

Song, Soul, Mazes

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 555

Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child!

Children, Fancy, Sweetest

'L'Allegro' (1645) l. 125

How gladly would I meet mortality, my sentence, and be earth in sensible! How glad would lay me down, as in my mother's lap! There I should rest, and sleep secure.

Death, Mother, Sleep

John Milton, “Paradise Lost: Book 10”

Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply, Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope.

Fraud, Thrown, Perplexed

John Milton (1855). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: with Life”, p.285

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

Modesty, Rich, Covetousness

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

Spurs, Spirit, Fame

"Lycidas" l. 70 (1638). A 1619 play thought to be written by John Fletcher, Sir John van Olden Barnavelt act 1, sc. 1, refers to "the desire of glory (That last infirmity of noble minds)." That play was lost and not rediscovered until 1883, so Milton's parallel words were coincidental.

So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought, Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success.

Perseverance, Giving, Silence

John Milton (2014). “Paradise Regained In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version”, p.65, BookCaps Study Guides

Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth.

Angel, Looks, Ruth

"Lycidas" l. 163 (1638)

Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.

Wise, Men, Fool

John Milton (1853). “The Poetical works”, p.386

Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.

Ocean, Rich, Various

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors”, p.254

O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.

Heart, May, Woods

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.449

Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, Get riches first, get wealth.

Riches, Firsts, Wealth

John Milton (2007). “Complete Shorter Poems”, p.460, Pearson Education

. . . for beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive. Cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd.

Beauty, Fall, Mind

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

Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry.

Nature, War, Night

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.159

Where shame is, there is also fear.

Shame

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