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John Milton
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“When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds: At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Let none admire That riches grow in hell: that soil may best Deserve the precious bane.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,-- A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assur'd us.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Rather than be less, Car'd not to be at all.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“My sentence is for open war.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When the scourge Inexorable and the torturing hour Call us to penance.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Th' ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope Is flat despair.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night?”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“His red right hand.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Unrespited, unpitied, unrepriev'd.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The never-ending flight Of future days.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The palpable obscure.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Long is the way And hard, that out of hell leads up to light.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Vain wisdom all and false philosophy.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Arm th' obdur'd breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk: the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs th' effect of fire. Thither by harpy-footed Furies hal'd, At certain revolutions all the damn'd Are brought, and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes,--extremes by change more fierce; From beds of raging fire to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth, and there to pine Immovable, infix'd, and frozen round, Periods of time; thence hurried back to fire.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Gorgons and Hydras and Chimæras dire.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either,--black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Whence and what art thou, execrable shape?”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“So spake the grisly Terror.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrify'd, and like a comet burn'd That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th' arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Their fatal hands No second stroke intend.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hell Grew darker at their frown.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I fled, and cry'd out, DEATH! Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, DEATH!”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death, my son and foe.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source