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John Milton
442 quotes
“But oh the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone and never must return!”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And strictly meditate the thankless Muse.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neæra's hair.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in th' eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain).”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighboring eyes.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequer'd shade.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eyes by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Sweet bird, that shun'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide pathless way; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Far from all resort of mirth Save the cricket on the hearth.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Hide me from day's garish eye.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale The parting genius is with sighing sent.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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 (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But oh! as to embrace me she inclin'd, I wak'd, she fled, and day brought back my night.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“By labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times as they should not willingly let it die.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ornate rhetorick taught out of the rule of Plato. . . . To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less suttle and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do ingloriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple: who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.”
John Milton (1608–1674) said by 1674 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source