John Milton Quotes about Earth

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There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.

There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.

John Milton

Light, Earth, Return

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.283

Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call earth.

John Milton

Men, Earth, Spots

'Comus' (1637) l. 5

The earth, though in comparison of heaven so small, nor glistering, may of solid good contain more plenty than the sun, that barren shines.

John Milton

Shining, Heaven, Earth

John Milton (1847). “The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments”, p.171

And the earth self-balanced on her centre hung.

John Milton

Self, Earth, Centre

1665 Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.7, l.242.

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.

John Milton

Men, Air, Earth

1634 Comus, A Mask, opening lines.

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

John Milton

Failure, Earth, Pillars

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

Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?

John Milton

Earth, Mixtures, Divinity

'Comus' (1637) l. 244

Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.

John Milton

Rose, Fabric, Earth

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 710

Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

John Milton

Sleep, Light, Earth

John Milton (1853). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.118