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And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.

And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons.

John Milton
Nature, Son
John Milton (1853). “The Poetical works”, p.577

Antichrist is Mammon's son.

John Milton
Son, Antichrist
John Milton, James Augustus St. John (1871). “The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes”, p.402

What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd bones,- The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?

John Milton
Stars, Memories, Son
John Milton, “On Shakespear”

So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair that ever since in love's embraces met -- Adam, the goodliest man of men since born his sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve.

John Milton
Daughter, Son, Men
John Milton (1749). “Paradise Lost. A Poem. In Twelve Books [Book I. - VI.]: 1”, p.254

Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.

John Milton
Heart, Good Luck, Son
John Milton (2004). “The Complete Poems”, p.145, Penguin UK

O execrable son! so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given. He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.

John Milton
Son, Men, Titles
John Milton, Elijah Fenton, Samuel Johnson (1821). “Paradise lost”, p.365

And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

John Milton
Wine, Son, Night
'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 500

Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.

John Milton
Happiness, Art, Son
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.351

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!

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

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