The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flow'r, but not in this soil; Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon. John Milton More Quotes by John Milton More Quotes From John Milton The timely dew of sleep. John Milton timely dew sleep Hail holy light, offspring of heav'n firstborn! John Milton hail holy light I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. John Milton ribs soul ears Fame is the last infirmity of the human mind. John Milton recognition lasts mind Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand. John Milton happiness art son Live while ye may, Yet happy pair. John Milton pairs may happiness Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?-thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades? John Milton paradise shade happiness She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all heaven And happy constellations on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; Joyous the birds; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub. John Milton air wings happiness Reason also is choice. John Milton logic choices reason They are the troublers, they are the dividers of unity, who neglect and don't permit others to unite those dissevered pieces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth. John Milton unity pieces body Fairy damsels met in forest wide / By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, / Lancelot or Pelleas, or Pellenore. John Milton knights fairy forests And these gems of Heav'n, her starry train. John Milton gems jewelry train Lifted up so high I disdained subjection, and thought one step higher would set me highest. John Milton highest higher steps Courage never to submit of yield. John Milton submit yield courage We should be wary what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books, since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom; and if it extend to the whole impression, a kind of massacre, whereof the execution ends not in the slaying of an elemental life, but strikes at the ethereal and fifth essence, the breath of reason itself; slays an immortality rather than a life. John Milton essence men book Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. John Milton rude ivy years A death-like sleep, John Milton immortal-life sleep death Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench Of British Themis, with no mean applause Pronounced and in his volumes taught our Laws, Which others at their Bar so often wrench John Milton bars law mean Where all life dies death lives. John Milton life-death dies death Let us seek Death, or he not found, supply With our own hands his office on ourselves; Why stand we longer shivering under fears, That show no end but death, and have the power, Of many ways to die the shortest choosing, Destruction with destruction to destroy. John Milton office hands way
