And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant. John Milton More Quotes by John Milton More Quotes From John Milton Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice morn, on th' Indian steep From her cabin'd loop-hole peep. John Milton cabins holes nice And to the faithful: death, the gate of life. John Milton gates faithful Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers-- John Milton thrones titles dominion Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate. John Milton fate approach chance But God himself is truth; in propagating which, as men display a greater integrity and zeal, they approach nearer to the similitude of God, and possess a greater portion of his love. John Milton truth integrity men The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness; the darkness and crookedness is our own. The wisdom of God created understanding, fit and proportionable to truth, the object and end of it, as the eye to the thing visible. If our understanding have a film of ignorance over it, or be blear with gazing on other false glitterings, what is that to truth? John Milton eye ignorance truth Thy actions to thy words accord; thy words John Milton truth wise heart Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame,-nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble. John Milton weakness noble tears When thou attended gloriously from heaven , Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal. John Milton judgment sky heaven What honour that, But tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. John Milton wasting-time waste lying Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light. John Milton light morning hands Apostate, still thou err'st, nor end wilt find John Milton offering ends path So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good. John Milton farewell hope fear It is not hard for any man who hath a Bible in his hand to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. John Milton bible men hands And feel that I am happier than I know. John Milton knows feels happiness There are no songs comparable to the songs of Zion, no orations equal to those of the prophets, and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach. John Milton zion bible song To-morrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. John Milton morrow woods change Fate shall yield John Milton yield fate judging There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness, which in a thousand outward and intermitting crosses may yet be done well, as in this vale of tears. John Milton tears done christian The helmed Cherubim, John Milton display wings
