In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. John Milton More Quotes by John Milton More Quotes From John Milton Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, John Milton riches wealth firsts On the tawny sands and shelves trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. John Milton dapper sand fairy Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem: other creature here Beast, bird, insect, or worm durst enter none; Such was their awe of man. John Milton rose bird men For books are as meats and viands are; some of good, some of evil sub-stance. John Milton meat evil book A boundless continent, Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of night Starless expos'd. John Milton dark night world This manner of writing wherein knowing myself inferior to myself? I have the use, as I may account it, but of my left hand. John Milton knowing writing hands Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones Forget not. John Milton mountain father lying Evil into the mind of god or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind. John Milton evil mind men For Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure, Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their airy purposes, And works of love or enmity fulfil. John Milton enmity essence sex The greatest burden in the world is superstition, not only of ceremonies in the church, but of imaginary and scarecrow sins at home. John Milton church home world Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms. John Milton realms money honor So little knows Any, but God alone, but perverts best things To worst abuse, or to their meanest use. John Milton abuse worst littles This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what change Worth waiting--since our present lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe. John Milton light darkness waiting Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled. John Milton unjust hurt may Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark. John Milton light dark night Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds. John Milton morning sweet bird Capricious, wanton, bold, and brutal Lust Is meanly selfish; when resisted, cruel; And, like the blast of Pestilential Winds, Taints the sweet bloom of Nature's fairest forms. John Milton selfish sweet wind For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands. John Milton liberty men hands Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. John Milton nymphs laughter sports And some are fall'n, to disobedience fall'n, And so from Heav'n to deepest Hell; O fall From what high state of bliss into what woe! John Milton bliss woe fall
