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John Milton
442 quotes
“On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To compare Great things with small.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Confusion worse confounded.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“So he with difficulty and labour hard Mov'd on, with difficulty and labour he.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And fast by, hanging in a golden chain, This pendent world, in bigness as a star Of smallest magnitude, close by the moon.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hail holy light! offspring of heav'n first-born.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The rising world of waters dark and deep.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me; from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works, to me expung'd and raz'd, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Dark with excessive bright.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Embryos and idiots, eremites and friars, White, black, and gray, with all their trumpery.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Since call'd The Paradise of Fools, to few unknown.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The hell within him.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd,--wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“At whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Such joy ambition finds.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse; all good to me is lost. Evil, be thou my good.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“That practis'd falsehood under saintly shew, Deep malice to conceal, couch'd with revenge.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A heaven on earth.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Flowers worthy of paradise.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Proserpine gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him. His fair large front and eye sublime declar'd Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Implied Subjection, but requir'd with gentle sway, And by her yielded, by him best receiv'd,-- Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And with necessity, The tyrant's plea, excus'd his devilish deeds.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“As Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Imparadis'd in one another's arms.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Live while ye may, Yet happy pair.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompany'd; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The timely dew of sleep.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons, and their change,--all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful ev'ning mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glist'ring with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful ev'ning mild, nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In naked beauty more adorn'd, More lovely than Pandora.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Eas'd the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touch'd lightly; for no falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source