John Milton Quotes about Power

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Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.

Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.

John Milton

Sympathy, Condolences, Power

John Milton (2012). “Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems”, p.335, Modern Library

Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

John Milton

Power, Light, Long

Paradise Lost bk. 2, l. 432 (1667)

Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.

John Milton

Time, Power, Night

John Milton (1859). “The poems of John Milton”, p.98

His rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.

John Milton

Power

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.370