John Milton Quotes
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As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye.
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Behold the kings of the Earth how they oppressThy chosen, to what highth thir pow'r unjustThey have exalted, and behind them castAll fear of thee, arise and vindicateThy Glory, free thy people from thir yoke
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Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.
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O sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere.
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These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.
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Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all.
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By night the Glass Of Galileo ... observes Imagin'd Land and Regions in the Moon.
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When the gust hath blown his fill,Ending on the rustling leavesWith minute drops from off the eaves.
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Believe and be confirmed.
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Accuse not nature: she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.
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Last came, and last did go,The Pilot of the Galilean lake;Two massy keys he bore of metals twain,(The golden opes, the iron shuts amain).
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If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore, With God or man will gain thee no remission.
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Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.
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The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, Safest and seemliest by her husband stays, Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.
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Be frustrate, all ye stratagems of Hell,And devilish machinations come to nought.
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And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens take his pleasure.
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Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?
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Then to the spicy nut-brown ale.
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Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
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Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train.
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Then lies him down the lubber fiend,And stretched out all the chimney's length,Basks at the fire his hairy strength.
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This is servitude, To serve th' unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled.
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Danger will wink on opportunity.
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A beardless cynic is the shame of nature.