Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. John Milton More Quotes by John Milton More Quotes From John Milton Let us go forth and resolutely dare with sweat of brow to toil our little day. John Milton toil sweat work Witness this new-made world, another Heav'n John Milton views sea heaven 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 eye beauty lying 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 learning bravery men It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. John Milton winter lying children 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 ocean stars morning 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 delay pride sweet As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace? John Milton native-language delight children how wearisom Eternity so spent in worship paid To whom we hate. Let us not then pursue By force impossible, by leave obtain'd Unacceptable, though in Heav'n, our state Of splendid vassalage, but rather seek Our own good from our selves, and from our own Live to our selves, though in this vast recess, Free, and to none accountable, preferring Hard liberty before the easie yoke Of servile Pomp John Milton liberty hate self Part of my soul I seek thee, and claim thee my other half John Milton half soul claims Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. John Milton Immortal amarant, a flower which once In paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft, shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er elysian flowers her amber stream: With these that never fade the spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks. John Milton flower rivers men For so I created them free and free they must remain. John Milton freedom Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection. John Milton liberty cities house Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain? That the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain? John Milton pain suffering heaven Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse John Milton eden loss men I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend. John Milton venture dark night What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, and all these at thy command to come and play before thee? John Milton solitude air play And now without redemption all mankind Must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe. John Milton redemption hell lost The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape. John Milton landscape elements clouds
