John Milton Quotes
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Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.
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Peace hath her victoriesNo less renowned than war.
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Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.
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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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And the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me.
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And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie,That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
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The spirits perverse with easy intercourse pass to and fro, to tempt or punish mortals.
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Few sometimes may know, when thousands err.
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Hence vain deluding Joys,The brood of Folly without father bred!
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Tears such as angels weep.
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The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kisst.
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Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race:Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours,Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace;And glut thyself with what thy womb devours,Which is no more than what is false and vain,And merely mortal dross.
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Under the shady roofOf branching elm star-proof.
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So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good.
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The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.
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Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelèd throne, the Cherub Contemplation.
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Where the bright seraphim in burning rowTheir loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.
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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.
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A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars,--as stars to thee appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powder'd with stars.
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The rising world of waters dark and deep.
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By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same ages.
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The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.
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O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!
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Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.